Grodno Zoo

Local nameГродненский зоопарк
LocationGrodno, Belarus

Grodno Zoo, is a zoo, located in Grodno in Belarus.Grodno Zoo was founded in 1927 as the first zoo in future Belarus on the initiative of the high school teacher Jan Kochanowski. In 1926 Kochanowski, together with his pupils, established a botanical garden in the city park, which in 1927 received the first animals. The new zoological department had 17 species of local fauna. Nine years later in 1936, Grodno zoo had about 400 exhibits,The second world war more or less destroyed the zoo, and not much was left in 1944. On 12 December 1944 the Executive Committee of Grodno decided to restore the zoo. The zoo opened its gate again on 28 September 1946.The first Asian elephant arrived on 30 August 1955 from Vietnam.Grodno Zoo became a member of EARAZA in 2009.

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More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grodno_Zoo

Official Website http://www.grodnozoo.by/

Email zoogrodno@tut.by

Coordinates 53°41'20.783" N 23°50'54.237" E

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