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A baby boom in the zoo of Mezhyhirya: touching footage

Беби-бум в зоопарке Межигорья: трогательные кадры Consultants of the zoo talked about the mass replenishment.

In the autumn Mezhyhiria – deserted and beautiful. Tourists in the off-season a little: through the Park passing a rare pleasure electric buses, passengers admiring the scenery of the former residence of Yanukovych, wrapped in blankets. But the zoo’s animals don’t mind the cold November: ostrich greets guests in the dance, and on the lawns you can meet the Japanese deer! The picture is fascinating, and it feels like you were somewhere in Europe.

“It’s a spotted deer, which are considered the most Park and calmest of all. This year they are walking on the territory of 40 hectares, come to people. For the rest, now slowly making the new enclosures, in the old of them little place”, – explains Sergey Grigoriev, the adviser of the zoo in Mezhyhirya.

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Беби-бум в зоопарке Межигорья: трогательные кадры

This year at the zoo – a baby boom: the deer had two kids – a boy and a girl, in cows living here since the time of Yanukovych – again calves. Kids came from antelope, mouflon sheep and St. James (the sheep with four horns). But the main record – a wild duck! Their number this year has reached several hundred. “It’s unreal the number – just everywhere, where possible, were ducks with ducklings. Some of them flies away to the sea, part of the remains,” – says about birds Sergey Grigoriev.

Беби-бум в зоопарке Межигорья: трогательные кадры

Wild ducks in Mezhyhiria – expanse: birds eat grain along with swans from a shelter. “Ducks lived here before, under Yanukovych. Then throughout there were feeders and no one believed the grain, it is just the bags spilled. Of course, we can’t afford it. And this year, the swans were fed with enough for them and the ducks,” says Sergei Grigoryev.

In addition to grain, ducks gather earthworms, eating the duckweed on the pond and beg for food from visitors. “I saw a duck with ducklings came to the people. If people come for one or two players, then they will not fit. Behave and our swans,” explains the biologist.

Duck flock lives a few birds, which brought with Duck (Casinogo) lake in Kiev. It is noteworthy that of the ducklings had grown ducks of various breeds. Three wild duck from childhood floating around, and one chick turned out to be a musk duck. Now the black Drake Gregory – chief handsome pond and actively shows interest in the feathered ladies.

The youngest residents, the kids have a pair of rare black swans. The zoo staff had to temporarily relocate a family in the cage of Chicks was hunting a large predator living in the pond.

Беби-бум в зоопарке Межигорья: трогательные кадры

“Yanukovych liked to fish, it was bred in the reservoirs of Ukraine. The Chicks tried to eat either a big pike, or big catfish”, – says Sergey Grigoriev. When he saw us, Papa Swan knocking on the grid beak and opens the wings, warning that the family will not give offense.

Kids this summer have also emerged from pheasants and turkeys. A special pride of the zoo is a young ostrich, who grew up after fleeing ex-President.

“Ostriches we already have, is an achievement: on this exposure it is rather difficult to breed because there is contact with people, the male is distracted, “dancing” mating games with them. And it turns out that he sometimes “turns on” and loses power” – explains the consultant to the zoo.

Animals that live in Mezhyhirya freely – quite a lot. “Hares inhabited even under Yanukovych, they live and breed here. Preserved population of wild rabbits, in Ukraine they were acclimatized in the Crimea, their homeland – Spain. They live here and have managed to adapt. Proteins too. This year found a Surkov. They also preserved since the time of Yanukovych, a couple of them once released, they multiply, live on site. And go to the territory of the foxes, badgers, marten lives here. Comes American mink, weasels, hedgehogs. Nature is rich,” says Sergei Grigoryev.

Беби-бум в зоопарке Межигорья: трогательные кадры

Guests from the wild, sometimes frightening creatures. So, last fall, one of three ROE deer living in Mezhyhirya, panicked, seeing the four huge birds flying over the Park.

“Deer nearly crashed on the fence because of the zoo flew in four eagles. Here in the fall they migrate. It was two adult white-tailed eagles and two young ones. Eagles – one of the largest birds of prey in Ukraine, they are listed in the Red book. Basically, the fish pick and eat, but when they just flew over the zoo ROE deer was in shock,” – says Sergey.

To stay in Mezhyhirya flying wild pigeons. “I noticed four species of these birds. The pigeon breeds, pigeon is the largest wild pigeon. Stock dove, the rare wild dove flew towards us and at one time held. Ordinary, urban, too fly,” says the biologist.

Enter the Park and purebred poultry, together with the newlyweds. Pigeons try to immediately “evacuate” because they can become victims of birds of prey. “There’s a lot of weddings, sometimes release white doves sports. They are here, poor, immediately disoriented, I try to catch them, because we have many hawks here,” – told us Sergei Grigoriev.

Not a lot of fun curiosities: a few years ago, the former residence of Yanukovych flew by exotic guests from warm countries. “I stood with a former head of the house of the Kiev zoo, and then over the Park flying bird kind not the stork, the Heron… not a pink Flamingo! He flew and went over the sea on. Then it turned out that a Flamingo somewhere in Zhytomyr region landed, picked him up and Kiev zoo took to him. The bird is young. It turns out that someone has bought smuggled, or he got lost and went the wrong direction,” says consultant surgeon.

Meanwhile, in Ukraine began to build cages for large creatures, which need a lot of space.

Беби-бум в зоопарке Межигорья: трогательные кадры

Among the newcomers is a family of Saren: Hugo and his two friends. Seeing Sergey Kuzma makes a “difficult person” and smashes the ground hoof – protects the territory, jealous of “wives”.

“I was brought up with little and now he thinks I’m a deer and a competitor,” laughs the consultant Mezhyhirya. In the Bush on the branches is female – like in the wild.

Also, a new house for the antelope – under Yanukovych they were taken away to winter on the farm. Most of the animals Mezhyhirya not afraid of cold weather. “We have almost all animals are able to hibernate. We are not looking for the exotic, they are able to live year-round on the street,” says Sergei Grigoryev.

The winter zoo insulated houses in which the night hiding animals and birds, and update the automatic waterers, the water in them will freeze. “The cages clean out before winter, we’ll check to slots was not – animals are not afraid of the cold, as drafts. Carefully check the integrity of booms, because here is the reserve, a lot of predators roaming about. We must look, not to climb, for example, pheasants are not killed, because in the winter the predators are cold and hungry, and they become impudent”, – has told about preparation for the cold Sergey Grigoriev.

Беби-бум в зоопарке Межигорья: трогательные кадры

The process of procurement of food for wards of the zoo have already been established – the food stock up for the year ahead. “Most importantly, the purchase of hay, feed and grain at wholesale, the cheapest price. We animals are all herbivores, the only predator that had to take is a black stork, which Suholuchya brought. Its on our territory, found the bird with a broken wing, the gangrene was so severe that I had to completely remove the wing. He only eats fish, I told him at the Kiev sea fishing”, – said the Advisor of the zoo.
The following year, settlers may become the most unusual beasts of the Mezhyhirya – Patagonian Mara. Now they live in the same way as under Yanukovych – in a large outdoor aviary, in which was dug a maze of holes.

“We at first nothing moved, but because for the fourth year – there is no escape, many animals live in unsuitable enclosures. We want to move them to another cage, more fit, where they can be monitored. And to do holes they had, and the buildings with a normal temperature,” says Sergei Grigoryev.

Meanwhile, the South American relatives of birds almost all the time hiding. However, winters in hibernation do not fall, and out of burrows to eat.

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