Zoo Access Statistics was established efforts of the personnel of local enterprise Dokuchaevsky flux- dolomite combine.
Thus, in 2001, the plant appeared zoo corner . It was subsequently cleared, landscaped area of an abandoned children's camp.At the site of the old pool staged Swan Lake , the fountain in place - orlyatnik , on-site dining room - a terrarium . It was restored greenhouse, nursery laid railroad seven wonders of the world , everywhere apart sculptures of heroes of children's fairy tales.
All animals Dokuchaev menagerie - donated . The first inhabitants of the zoo are two peacocks .Then came the Mandarin ducks , geese, mountain , mouflon , crocodile and other animals. At the present time (late 2000s ) are Anonymous zoo animals are kept more than 100 species , of which 7 are listed as endangered .Especially proud of the establishment has a pair of black swans from Turkmenistan on the personal kennel of the former president Saparmurat Niyazov [2]. In the zoo there is also a raccoon dogs , llamas , ponies and African ostriches. On the territory of a menagerie, among other things, created the country's only museum vandalism.Put in the alley twisted lava and broken bins . Exhibits ponahodili on city streets.
In addition to the actual zoo , which occupies 2 hectares, in a park of 8 hectares [3] is an arboretum , a children's railway , a museum of the Dokuchaev flux- dolomite combine.
In 2008, the park was installed fountain -monument of the mineral dolomite: Authors - Victor V. Ponomarev, Sergei Gulchenko , Victor Aleshin [4]. Dolomite is mined in open pits Dokuchaevsk actually output by the main enterprise of Dokuchaevsky flux -dolomite combine.
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