Date opened 1936/1938 Land area 107.5 acres (43.5 ha) No. of species 250 (1990) Number of animals 1,000 | No. of animals 1000+ (1990) Area 44 ha Number of species 250 (1990) | |
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Similar Almaty Zoo, Shymkent Zoo, Dushanbe Zoo, Yerevan Zoo, Vvedensky Cathedral | ||
The Karagandy Zoo (Kazakh: Қарағанды хайуантар бағы; Russian: Карагандинский зоопарк) is the state zoo of the city Karaganda in Kazakhstan. The Karagandy Zoo covers 107.5 acres (43.5 ha), and is one of the largest and oldest zoological parks in the Republic of Kazakhstan.
The zoo is best known as the home of the "talking" elephant Batyr until his death in 1993.
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