Kazan zoobotanical garden: description, features and reviews

2024 Author: Harold Hamphrey | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 10:06

This is the only protected area in our country, which combines the botanical and zoological gardens. It was founded by K. F. Fuchs in 1806.

History of Creation

The garden was founded at the University of Kazan in 1806 by Karl Fuchs. Thirteen years later, plots of land near Kaban Lake were purchased, which were intended to create a botanical garden. It was planned that its area will be 6.7 hectares. Five years later, a greenhouse was built, and the new botanical garden was opened to the public.

At the beginning of November 1925, a very small zoo was opened on the territory of the garden, located in the courtyard of the Central Museum. It was decided to combine it with the botanical garden at the Museum of Tatarstan in 1931. The new institution was named the zoobotanical garden.

Kazan Zoobotanical Garden (Russia): Description

Today, the unique garden has a huge collection, which includes about one hundred and fifty species of animals (more than 1200 specimens). Of these, twenty-seven are listed in the Red Book. Kazan Zoobotanical Garden was created to preserve the gene pool of fauna and flora, species diversitythis territory. This is a nursery where rare species of plants and animals are multiplied.

In the collection of the botanical department of the park, there are five hundred species and cultivars of indoor, as well as two hundred and three open ground. Kazan Zoobotanical Garden, reviews of which are left by visitors from different regions of our country, closely cooperates with fifty zoos and corresponds with thirty botanical gardens of the Far and Near Abroad, is a member of the Volga and Ural Association of Botanical Gardens of the Russian Academy of Sciences, cooperates with BGCI - International Organization of Botanical Gardens.

Scientific activity

The personnel of the zoobotanical garden are highly professional specialists who conduct scientific research, participate in seminars and conferences, publish articles in various international reference books. They develop and implement the latest reproductive technologies aimed at preserving species of protected animals.

Zoobotanical garden successfully propagates rare species of plants and animals. Together with the Central Forest Reserve, scientific work is being carried out in the garden to return to natural conditions brown bear cubs that were born in captivity. This work in the world has no analogues. From 1979 to 1996, fifteen polar bear cubs were born in the Zobotanical Garden. Twelve of them are grown - a very high number for young animals.

Outreach activities

Kazan zoobotanical gardenconducts a progressive form of education. Great importance is given to excursion-lecture and research work. It consists of excursions around the zoo, with a demonstration of animals outside its territory and other interesting and educational activities.

Kazan zoobotanical garden is working on a republican program for the development of environmental education. The scientific staff of the garden carry out visiting lectures, where they demonstrate animals in school camps, kindergartens, at holidays and festivals. Zoobotanical garden takes part in city and regional holidays: Children's Day, Sabantuy, City Day, etc.

Events held as part of international environmental events are very popular: handicraft and drawing contests, brain ring for high school students, etc.

Bird Breeding

Kazan zoobotanical garden takes an active part in international programs aimed at the conservation of four species of rare birds:

• Eagle-Eagle;
• white-tailed eagle;
• black vulture;
• Steller's sea eagle.

Serious work is underway to preserve and breed birds of prey, together with the Volzhsko-Kamsky nature reserve, the latest methods for the conservation of rare and sometimes endangered species are being developed. The breeding of birds of prey in captivity is being studied. In 1991, the first offspring of imperial eagles was obtained. This event was the second case in the world after the zoo in the Polish city of Poznań. ATin cooperation with the landscaping department of the Kazan administration, birds are settling on lakes in the suburbs.

Lukomorye

In the summer, a petting zoo for the youngest visitors begins to operate in the garden, which is stylized as a village courtyard. Here you can not only look at animals from afar, but also get to know them more closely: in this park it is allowed to feed, stroke, play with animals.

Rehabilitation Center

One of the oldest in Europe is the Kazan Zoobotanical Garden (Russia). Kazan, or rather, its residents are proud of this institution, and the city administration provides assistance in its further development. Currently, work is underway to resume the very important activities of the Mutual UNDERSTANDING center. An indoor arena has already been purchased, where hippotherapy classes with disabled children will be held.

Awards

For carrying out one of the environmental events announced by EAZA, the Kazan Zoo and Botanical Garden was awarded the highest award in Belgium (Antwerp): a gold diploma for the creation of an original innovative educational program.

Zoo services

Kazan zoobotanical garden offers visitors and residents of the city a variety of services. Among them:

1. Exit group of animals, which includes angora and lop-eared rabbits, fox and raccoon, peacock and ferret, pheasant and guinea fowl, iguana and peacock dove, tiger python and eublefar, aga toad and maizesnake, various turtles.
2. Show animals and talk about them for preschoolers and elementary school students "Animals are the heroes of fairy tales".
3. The Kazan zoobotanical garden conducts regular excursions. Prices are quite affordable: for a group of children from fifteen people, a ticket costs 50 rubles for each child, two accompanying adults visit the garden for free.
4. You can ride a pony or a horse in the park.
5. Children's holidays and entertainment programs are organized and held.
6. Kazan Zoobotanical Garden holds a game "Reconnaissance at the Zoo" for schoolchildren. The group of children is divided into two teams. Each of them receives zoo maps and certain tasks: find an animal according to the description and answer a question about it. The team that is stronger than the opponent is awarded prizes and certificates.

Visit Rules

As in any institution, there are visiting rules in the Kazan zoobotanical garden. There are few of them, and they are quite simple. Not allowed in the park:

• feed the animals;
• throw foreign objects into cages;
• climb over fences and barriers;
• hunting and photography.

How to get there?

You can get to the zoobotanical garden from the Kazan railway station by buses No. 5, 68. They will take you to the stop called "Khadi-Taktash Street". From the river port and the bus station, you can take bus number 27, which will take you to the same stop, or bus number 85 to the stop "Pavlyukhina Street". You will spend no more than twenty minutes on the road.

But the quickest way to get to the garden is by taking the subway. You need to get off at the station "Sukonnaya Sloboda" (the closest to the stop "Pavlyukhina Street").

Kazan zoobotanical garden: opening hours and ticket prices

From April 1 to April 30, the garden awaits guests daily from 8:30 to 18:00. Ticket offices close one hour before closing. From September 1 to September 15, the garden begins its work at 8:30 and ends at 19.00. From October 1, the park is open daily from 8:30 to 17.00.

For adult visitors (from 14 years old) the entrance ticket costs two hundred rubles, for pensioners - sixty rubles, for children over two years old - one hundred rubles.

Visitor reviews

Most often, visitors leave positive feedback about the Kazan Zoobotanical Garden. Guests like the large and clean territory of the park, which provides places for recreation and cozy cafes. There are many rare plants and animals in the reserve that look full and contented in their rather spacious enclosures. Children are delighted after visiting the petting zoo, where enclosures do not interfere with their interaction with animals.

However, there are also comments addressed to the administration of the garden. Most visitors believe that it needs a major overhaul. In addition, many consider the lack of sports and viewing platforms and the possibility to rent sports equipment to be a disadvantage of this park. In fairness, I would like to emphasize that this is not a park of culture and recreation, therefore, no sports facilities were originally planned in it.