Moscow Zoo
Company
Entertainment, leisure, sports
Since 1864
Russia
Central Federal District of the Russian Federation
Moscow
Bolshaya Gruzinskaya str., 1, p. 1
Since 1864
Russia
Central Federal District of the Russian Federation
Moscow
Bolshaya Gruzinskaya str., 1, p. 1
Moscow Zoo is one of the oldest zoos in Europe. It was opened on January 31, 1864 according to the old style and was then called the zoo.
2020: 8,000 animals
As of July 2020, the Moscow Zoo contains more than eight thousand animals belonging to more than a thousand species of world fauna. Some species are bred by zoo specialists for the first time in the world. The zoo is a member of the World and European Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA, EAZA), the Eurasian Regional Association of Zoos and Aquariums (EARAZA). Participates in many international conservation programs for endangered animal species, collaborating with environmental organizations around the world.
1957
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