Musée Yekaterinburg Zoo

The mobile guide is a gift from MTS to celebrate the 85th anniversary of Yekaterinburg Zoo. The project is designed to use modern telecoms technologies to make it even easier and more fun for visitors to get to know the animals at the zoo. With the mobile app and an Internet connection, you will be able to find out more information about the animals, learn interesting facts about their lives, look at photos, and most importantly – listen to an audio version in various languages and even hear the sounds the animals make, bears growling, tigers roaring, owls hooting and much more. The app is free and available on Android, iOS and Windows Phone devices. To use the mobile guide, you will need to download the QR code, or install the izi.travel app on your smartphone or tablet, and have a Wi-Fi or mobile Internet connection. We hope you enjoy your visit to Yekaterinburg Zoo with MTS.

About Yekaterinburg Zoo

Yekaterinburg Zoo was founded in 1930. In the first collection there were only 60 animals.
Reconstruction work, which began in 1994, completely transformed the zoo and provided space for a much wider range of animals. The first new pavilion was opened in January 1995, all of the old buildings and enclosures had gone, the zoo had changed beyond recognition.

Birds of prey were housed in new enclosures. A complex was built for predatory animals from the North, as well as a pavilion for birds and exotic predators, and enclosures for bears and Siberian tigers. The Exoterrarium pavilion was used to house reptiles, amphibians and fish; and the second floor was used for warm-climate exotic mammals including tayras, mongooses, fruit bats, and marmosets.

The pavilion for warm-climate predators became the new home for big cats: lions, jaguars, and white tigers. As in other modern zoos, safety glass is now used as a barrier between the predators and the visitors, rather than iron bars.

In 2007, a separate pavilion was built for elephants with a large summer paddock and pool, and in August that year its new resident arrived – an Indian elephant.

The zoo currently houses animals from five continents. The zoo has animals that are listed in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, the Red Book of Russia, and the Red Book of the Middle Urals.

The zoo’s collection is continually growing. Every year the zoo’s inhabitants give birth to a wonderful new generation of animals.

Yekaterinburg Zoo works actively with zoos in Russia and Europe to pair animals together and conserve rare species.

В Екатеринбургском зоопарке поселился Арктический волк Туман. Новый питомец прибыл в Екатеринбург из Ижевского зоопарка.

После прохождения обязательного месячного карантина, волка перевели на экспозицию, где он и поселился. Поселившись в новый дом, Туман с любопытством изучил окружающий его интерьер и обнюхал новые предметы и элементы обогащения среды. Новое соседство оценили и другие представители хищников северных и умеренных широт, необычное поведение стали проявлять пумы и серая волчица, к которой через пару месяцев, когда арктический волк освоится, поселят для создания пары.

Туману 4 года, это уже половозрелый самец, он отличается своенравным характером и старается держаться подальше от людей, несмотря на то, что ведет себя игриво.
Встречаются арктические волки на группе арктических островов в Северной Америке и в северной части Гренландии. Они держатся стаями для более эффективной охоты и питаются северными оленями и овцебыками, а также арктическими зайцами и леммингами. В зоопарке, как и в природе, у волка в рационе присутствует мясо - это говядина и курица.