A zoo was founded in 1908 by the association of nature-lovers and it existed on the private offerings. The first winter animals of Kiev zoo conducted on the railway station in a food department which was kindly given by commandant's headquarters. Kiev zoological garden could not find shelter in town very long. Some time beasts lodged in the Botanical garden of university.
Only in four years city Thought gave a zoo five tithes of the shulyavskikh abandoned lots and ravines on the outskirts of city contrary recently built Polytechnic institute (KPI). So expression appeared "two zoos across the road". A zoo occupies territory about forty hectares. Relief complication rationally and successfully used. In former ravines lakes are arranged for waterfowls, from overhead points a prospect is well visible.
In collections of zoo more than two thousand representatives of fauna from around the world.
Study on acclimatization of animals of inhabiting distant countries advanced here, on an economy and reproduction of rare types of animals, such as an aurochs, kulan, Amur tiger, horse Prozheval'skogo and others.Everybody will find on your own something interesting here - if you are a specialist or even you are a simply amateur. Kiev zoo - one of the greatest in the country. Very much relief complication is successfully used, allowing to place compactdisplay in combination with the places of entertainment of young visitors of zoo.