Moscow Zoo offers free tours with a focus on the most close-knit animal families

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As of 8 July, a summer lecture hall will open at the Moscow Zoo offering visitors free excursions.

On 8 July, the Day of Family, Love and Fidelity, the Moscow Zoo will disclose its most close-knit animal pairs. The excursion will be free of charge. Zoo goers will learn about love stories of animals that have been living as couples for several years already. In some cases they will also be able to see their offspring. The gathering will take place at the main entrance of the zoo at 11 am. The tour will take 90 minutes. There will be three excursion groups that will be shown around the premises with a focus on the friendliest families.

To enroll for a free tour, please call 8 499 252 2951 in advance.

“Our tour will include acquaintance with an elephant family with a baby. These are male Pamir, female Pipita and their newly born son Filimon. Pamir and Pipita met 30 years ago when they were still calves. Since then on, they haven’t parted for a single day. Over the years, they have become parents to three calves. One more family on the excursion list is that of the male lion Kuvam and female Noi. They’ve been together since 2013 having given birth to two cubs in 2015. The cubs have been living with their parents,” according to the Moscow Zoo press service.

The tour will include a visit to the enclosure with a couple of European lynxes with three babies. The latter have been full of energy constantly fleeing from their parents who seek to hide them at the farther end of the enclosure. This has been the first posterity of the European lynx couple who have been together for eight years already.

July 8 will also mark the opening of a free summer lecture hall for the whole family. In the daytime performances for children will be given there by the Tik-Tak Theatre. During the evenings, scientists who have been cooperating with the Moscow Zoo will deliver lectures for adults on ecology and biology. A 1,000 square metres’ hall will open at the end of the Monkeys pavilion with soft and comfortable pouffes, benches, loungers and tables.  A special tent will provide cover from the rain or the sun. The lecture space will be able to accommodate up to 300 people. The working days will be Friday and Sunday.

On the opening day, an Alice in Wonderland-themed programme will be held. Animators disguised as the Hatter, the Cheshire Cat, the Queen of Hearts and the White Rabbit will be amusing little guests. The entertainment will include a bubbles show and workshops on juggling skittles. The performance will begin at 1 pm.

From the start of the year, the Moscow Zoo has been seized by a baby boom. Apart from the newly born lynx cubs and an elephant calf, visitors will see a capybara baby in the South America enclosure. The African Animals pavilion is now home to a sable antelope calf. The hoofed section now includes an alpaca calf.

Source: mos.ru