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Zoo corner is one of the most interesting, educational and spectacular
department in 6 May park. The history of it traces back in 1898, when
Batumi animal defense society funded enclosures for animals instead of
zoo corner, where variety of animals inhabited: monkeys, bears, dogs,
etc.
In 1933 when town park
was remade into the children's park, the subject to build the zoo was
highlighted again. In 1937, 0.6 hectares of land was marked out to put
the cages in it. Gradually the zoo corner underwent some changes. In
1971 wooden enclosures were changed into capital constructions, the
number of the inhabitant species was gained. The indwellers in zoo
corners that time represented Georgian endemics: Caucasian brown bear,
wolf, jackal, badger, fox, dear, rabbit, Additionally different exotic
animals and birds, such as- monkeys, Highland pony, eagle, parrot,
peacock, guinea-fowl, decorative ducks and others.
In the years of 2006-2007 zoo
corner was fundamentally reconstructed, nowadays it covers more than 2
hectares of land. The enclosures for animals both for summer and winter
were thoroughly well organized. Their diet and daily ratio is determined
by the qualified specialists. There are laboratory room and intensive
care in the administrative building of zoo corner.
The departments are
introduced with A sector – primates and birds, B sector - marsupial and
C sector - hoofed animals. By now the marsupial represents animals: red
kangaroo; The primates: Baboon, Hamadryas baboon, japanese macaque,
mandrill, ring-tailed lemur, ruffed lemur, green monkey, wooly monkey,
De brazza’s monkey and three-striped night monkey. Hoofed animals
department is introduced with: Blackbuck, spotted deer, axis deer,
Caucasian roe deer and zebra. The birds are representing with parrots:
grey parrot, yellow-naped Amazon, 2 species of cockatoos and 3 species
of Macaws.
Children contact corner
will be activated here in close future, where children will have a
chance not only to see the animals but to contact with them by feeding,
give them names, entertain with them etc. Certainly for the contact zoo
corner was selected safe animals: horses, rabbits and guinea pig.
Contact zoo corner is an essential part in contemporary zoos, which
makes adults and children to love, care and feel responsibility towards
any kind of living creature.
Source: official site of
6 May Park (2012)
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