ZOO Kiev

The Kiev Zoo was first founded in 1909 by the Nature Lovers Society and was financed by various private donations. During its first years in business, the zoo experienced some hardships and therefore, did not contain many animals, just 17 different types. Zoo occupies a territory of 40 hectares. The different landscape allows the relative comfort for animals in their artificial habitat. According to CBC “the zoo has 2,600 animals from 328 species”,[5] including a pair of elephants. 130 different kinds of trees and bushes decorate the zoo’s islands.