Karagandy Zoo Explained

Zoo Name:	Қарағанды хайуанаттар бағы Karagandy Zoo
Date Opened:	1936/1938
Location:	Karaganda, Kazakhstan
Area:	107.5acres
Num Animals:	1000+ (1990)
Num Species:	250 (1990)

The Karagandy Zoo (Kazakh: Қарағанды хайуантар бағы; Russian: Карагандинский зоопарк) is the state zoo of the city Karaganda in Kazakhstan. The Karagandy Zoo covers 107.5acres, and is one of the largest and oldest zoological parks in the Republic of Kazakhstan.

The zoo is best known as the home of the "talking" elephant Batyr until his death in 1993.^{[1] [2]}

See also

• List of zoos
• Batyr, the zoo's talking elephant
• Almaty Zoo

External links

• Karaganda Zoo

Notes and References

1. Web site: Batyr at Karaganda Zoo. elephant.se. Elephant Encyclopedia. 2 December 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20151208045931/http://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=306. 8 December 2015. dead.
2. Web site: Kazakhstan zoo monkeys given wine 'to ward off flu'. bbc.co.uk. BBC. 2 December 2012.