The Moscow Zoo has begun preparations for the arrival of two giraffes from Tatarstan, CEO Svetlana Akolova announced.
She promised to report later on the timing of sending the two young animals to the capital. On behalf of the zoo, Akulova thanked the government of Tatarstan, the head of the republic Rustam Minikhanov and colleagues from the Kazan Zoo and Botanical Garden. According to her, Lipa, a female South African giraffe, currently lives in the Moscow Zoo. The institution's specialists have the necessary experience and skills to provide favorable conditions for keeping new animals, Akolova noted. The general director of the zoo clarified that another female giraffe is being kept at the breeding center for rare species of animals near Volokolamsk.