This evening, two Amur tiger cubs arrived at Mykolaiv Zoo; they were born at "Limpopo" Zoo in the Drohobych region. The little ones are only four and a half months old!
Our new residents don’t have names yet, so we invite you to help us choose! Please share your name…
22/10/2026
A great loss for Mykolaiv Zoo: our colleague Ruslan Mashonin has been killed in the war.
Today, Mykolaiv Zoo mourns a great loss. While defending Ukraine against russian aggression, our colleague Ruslan Volodymyrovych Mashonin, born on 28 June 1984, was killed.
Ruslan was killed on 4 October 2026 while carrying…
13/10/2026
For a year and a half, Volodymyr Topchy, Director of Mykolaiv Zoo, Honoured Worker of Culture of Ukraine, together with the zoo’s staff, worked on the development of the “Standard Occupational Safety Rules for Zoos in Ukraine”.
In preparing the document, the “Occupational Safety and Industrial Sanitation Rules” published in…
09/10/2026
To mark World Animal Day, celebrated on 4 October, the educational police of Mykolaiv, together with schools across our city, organized a real celebration and visited the zoo with treats for our animal residents.
The children, accompanied by police officers, brought tasty gifts for the animals and took part in…
06/10/2026
Our most attentive and patient visitors can now catch glimpses of our fennec fox pups (Vulpes zerda). Although they have already grown almost to the size of adults, they are still very cautious and timid. But sometimes, you may spot a curious little face with huge ears peeking out of…
22/09/2026
Only our common efforts we can preserve this beautiful and wonderful world of animals ...