The Yerevan Zoo, also known as the Zoological Garden of Yerevan ( ( Yerevani kendabanakan aygi)), is a zoo established in 1940 in Yerevan, Armenia.
Animals
At present the zoo is home to about 3000 individuals representing 300 species. Species representing the South Caucasus and Armenia include
Other species at the zoo from around the world include
Carnivora
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Interior Alaskan wolves,
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Artiodactyls
Odd-toed ungulates
Hippopotamuses
Two-incisor marsupials
Proboscis
Primates
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Saimiri boliviensiss
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Ring-tailed lemurs
Reptiles
Conservation
Since Armenia is a biodiversity hot spot, the Foundation for the Preservation of Wildlife and Cultural Assets (FPWC) has leased and taken over management of about near the Khosrov reserve, which until recently had been unprotected and at risk of
poaching,
illegal logging, and
overgrazing. The Yerevan Zoo is cooperating with the FPWC to use this land for wildlife rehabilitation and the reintroducing critically endangered species of the area into the wild.
Education
In 2012 the zoo, in cooperation with the Foundation for the Preservation of Wildlife and Cultural Assets (FPWC), the municipality of Yerevan, and the Artis Zoo in Amsterdam, will open a zoo school. The main purpose of this school will be to teach schoolchildren the importance of biodiversity in Armenia and around the world, and it will use the zoo as an interactive classroom.
The future
In April 2011 the Director of the FPWC took over control of the zoo to help change what the zoo itself describes as "unbearable conditions". The zoo will be partnering with the Artis Zoo (among others) to upgrade and renovate the zoo to modern standards.
Current plans call for the zoo to be expanded to about , with construction of the first phase completed in May 2015.
The second phase is due to be completed in 2017.
Gallery
Yerevan Zoo 21.jpg|
Camels 223.jpg
File:Lama 2.jpg|Lama
Yerevan Zoo 3.jpg|Dears
Deer 11.jpg|European fallow deer
Grantbab.jpg|Asian elephant named Grant
Lemur in Yerevan zoo.png|Lemur
Lion 22.jpg| in old zagon
African lion's pride in Yerevan zoo, Armenia.png| in new zagon
Yerevan zoo 13.JPG|Tiger
Siberian Tiger, Yerevan Zoo (2).jpg|Siberian tiger
Yerevan Zoo - bear.jpg|Brown bear
Այծ բաշով.jpg|Siberian ibex
Peacock 111.jpg|Indian peafowl
Silver Pheasant 2.jpg|Silver pheasant
Zoo en Erevano 26.jpg|Emu
Կարապներ.jpg|Mute swan
Yerevan Zoo 11.jpg|White stork
Կոկորդիլոս 11 (1).jpg|Nile crocodile
File:Snakes 11 (2).jpg|Eryx jaculus
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