Walk in the Moscow Zoo. Life in Russia Under Sanctions.

Founded in 1864, the Moscow Zoo is one of the oldest in Europe and the largest in Russia, as well as the first in the world among those equipped in a city with sometimes very cold winters. Winter enclosures, warm and weatherproof, were originally designed by the architects to protect the animals. The number of inhabitants of the Moscow Zoo varies within small limits, and at the moment there are about 10,500 of them. They belong to 1267 species of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and other creatures. There are also herbivores, and predators, and in general all sorts of exotic guests from distant islands and continents. The purpose of the Moscow Zoo is not only the entertainment of visitors. He is actively involved in rehabilitation programs for wild animals that need help before they are released back into the wild. He also takes part in the reintroduction of rare species - some rare animals are bred here in captivity, which are then carefully released into the wild, mainly in national parks and rese