Date opened 1940 Land area 35 hectares (86 acres) No. of species 204 Area 35 ha Phone +374 10 562362 Number of species 204 | Location Yerevan, Armenia No. of animals 2749 Website www.yerevanzoo.am Opened 1940 Number of animals 2,749 | |
Address 20 Myasnikyan Ave, Yerevan 0025, Armenia Hours Open today · 9AM–9PMSunday9AM–9PMMonday9AM–9PMTuesday9AM–9PMWednesday9AM–9PMThursday9AM–9PMFriday9AM–9PMSaturday9AM–9PMSuggest an edit Similar Yerevan TV Tower, Yerevan Botanical Garden, Blue Mosque - Yerevan, Yerevan Opera Theatre, Matenadaran | ||
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The Yerevan Zoo, also known as the Zoological Garden of Yerevan (Armenian: Երևանի կենդաբանական այգի (Yerevani kendabanakan aygi)), is a 35-hectare (86-acre) zoo established in 1940 in Yerevan, Armenia.
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Animals
At present the zoo is home to about 2749 individuals representing 204 species. Species representing the South Caucasus and Armenia include Syrian brown bears, Bezoar goats, vipers, Armenian mouflon, and black vultures. Other species at the zoo from around the world include African lions, tigers (Bengal and Siberian subspecies), spotted hyenas, Caucasian lynx and an Indian elephant named Grantik.
Conservation
Since Armenia is a biodiversity hot spot, the Foundation for the Preservation of Wildlife and Cultural Assets (FPWC) has leased and taken over management of about 839 hectares (2,070 acres) near the Khosrov reserve, which until recently had been unprotected and at risk of poaching, illegal logging, and overgrazing. The Yerevan Zoo is cooperating with the FPWC to use this land for wildlife rehabilitation and the reintroducing critically endangered species of the area into the wild.
Education
In 2012 the zoo, in cooperation with the Foundation for the Preservation of Wildlife and Cultural Assets (FPWC), the municipality of Yerevan, and the Artis Zoo in Amsterdam, will open a zoo school. The main purpose of this school will be to teach schoolchildren the importance of biodiversity in Armenia and around the world, and it will use the zoo as an interactive classroom.
The future
In April 2011 the Director of the FPWC took over control of the zoo to help change what the zoo itself describes as "unbearable conditions". The zoo will be partnering with the Artis Zoo (among others) to upgrade and renovate the zoo to modern standards. Current plans call for the zoo to be expanded to about 50 hectares (120 acres), with construction of the first phase completed in May 2015. The second phase is due to be completed in 2017.