Zoopark
364 reviews
June 10
Small but fun😊
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October 4
A small zoo, in the center of the historical city, there is a lioness, monkeys, etc., prices are reasonable, there is Parking, only you need to add a little more description of some animals, for example, there is a cage with guinea pigs, it is written that there is a feature that they sing beautifully like birds, (they sing) but this phenomenon happens only when they are happy, and also that they immediately have full-fledged children, hairy, open eyes and have teeth, it's a pity there are no photos now, in short, hairy, toothy and with eyes immediately come into life, treat them as if they have been for several months, amazing
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September 22
The zoo in Vitebsk is a typical zoo for Belarus, but I liked it more than Minsk: there are well-fed animals here, and the situation itself does not make a dull impression. The horses are very sociable, as is the huge bison; the monkey family is funny; but the most important here are roosters and swans, who can move freely throughout the territory.
I was surprised that there are no pigs and wild boars in the zoo. I liked that the territory is located in a forested area and is shaded by trees. The staff is friendly and always ready to help. It is a great place for children and adults to visit. The ticket price will pleasantly surprise you)
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May 12
A small but very interesting zoo. There are lioness, macaques, raccoons, bear, bison, camel, foxes and wolves. Free-walking swans and chickens, funny geese who want to pinch at every opportunity, it's good that they are sitting in a pen).
It is interesting that different animals are released at different times in the street stalls. We were in early May, it was quite cold. Probably, the walking time is related to the temperature of the air outside. The children were wondering if they could not be taken out of the zoo for more than two hours, although it can be bypassed with a calm step in half an hour.
The animals look healthy and well-groomed, despite the fact that the enclosures are small, old and feel like they are made from available materials at hand.
The entrance is about 4 Belarusian rubles
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August 28
A small, cramped city zoo. What we were able to collect in such a territory, it turned out. St. Petersburg reminded me, of course, it is richer there, but there is also little space for spacious aviaries. And all this only causes a feeling of pity for animals in such conditions. There is something to compare, the Berlin zoo, the Prague zoo, and even the Moscow zoo, they have much more humane conditions. Not to mention, for example, the zoo in Tunisia, where the animals are in huge enclosures as in a natural environment. And it's more likely that people pass through the caged corridors there than animals. It is interesting for children to watch animals, but not driven into such a tight frame. But I really liked the drawings of the children)
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July 15
There are not very many animals and the territory is small, but, in general, it is a pleasant place just to walk, look at the animals, especially when it is hot and stuffy in the city, there is a green corner and shade, besides for a small fee.
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October 20
I put 4 only out of respect for our smaller brothers and understanding of the whole sad situation - the authorities have always had no business with our zoo. I have probably visited almost all the zoos in Belarus and Vitebsk is definitely one of the worst, which is very sad. Animals are cramped and their conditions leave much to be desired, besides there are very few animals. The zoo definitely needs renovation. Of course, it's primarily about financing, which is not available. Alternatively, make a fundraiser on a voluntary basis, but do it on a large scale, with good advertising, and not on a printed A4 sheet on the fence. A lot of people live in Vitebsk, and if you spread the information outside the city, then, I'm sure, you can raise a round sum, after all, there are many people who care about the fate of animals and the entire zoo. Only the reconstruction should have a clear plan so that people know that they are not giving their money to someone in their pocket or for repairs in the style of painting fences. Think about it and at the same time look at what kind of zoo in Minsk, okay, we don't take the capital, at least in the same Grodno - and it's not super there, but you don't look at most animals with pity, like we do. If you do not care about animals and the status of the main regional zoo, then you urgently need to do something!
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July 28
Lovely animals, friendly staff. Cute children's drawings at the entrance. But it seems to be the most underfunded zoo. The cells are small. We have also seen the Soviet Union. All the buildings look very tired.
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October 26
A wonderful zoo! We enjoyed visiting it immensely. The cleanliness of the animals in the aviaries and, in principle, in the zoo. The zoo itself is not big, but the animals are so cute that you return to the same animal several times and time drags on. I recommend it!
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November 2
The zoo is nice and spacious!
I feel very sorry for the animals , they have little place in cages , it was quite cold outside and the animals were in the cold
It was a pity, especially for the lioness, she was alone in the cage, it was cold there and she screamed so loudly out of boredom or from the cold
Animals need help
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September 4, 2023
Очень понравился зоопарк в Витебске !!! На небольшой площади расположилось довольно таки много животных. Верблюды, лось, ягуар, олень, лошади ( очень красивые и статные), зубр Боря(вне конкуренции.... Этакая мощь и сила), волки (застали пару с волчатами. Очень интересно было наблюдать), енот (тоже мамочка с двумя детками - просто умиляла , пытаясь оградить своих непосед от наших назойливых взглядов...но парочку видео снять все таки удалось)))лисы , пара дикобразов, енотовидная собака (так и не смогли её лицезреть- ночной житель, объяснили нам)), забавные обезьянки, ну и весь птичий двор(от чаек , петухов и индеек до лебедей , аистов и цапель))). Животные все ухоженные, территория чистая . И все это создано и поддерживается силами работников без каких либо вложений меценатов!!!
В общем очень рекомендую!!! Не пожалеете!!!)
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September 22
Very small, but the animals are well-groomed, especially the lioness, the Bison, the swans are walking, the horses are there. It's a pity you can't feed it. It is a very small area, but it is clear that the animals are being taken care of. It is a pity that there is so little room for them. The food is good. We saw it for ourselves. The animals are right close. It's worth going.
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November 10
Disgusting attitude towards visitors on the part of the staff . Or to be more precise, one employee.
Madame at the checkout did not let a disabled child and a child under three years old into the zoo. We arrived at 4:35 p.m., we were told that the ticket office was closed and you would not go inside, but sorry, the children are free. What we were told , I don 't need to put pressure on pity . She was rude to us , everything was recorded on camera . When asked to give a complaint book , they were refused . I urge the zoo administration to take measures against this employee. The print remained disgusting . We drove through the whole city with the children . The website says one schedule, in fact another. Word of mouth is spreading fast, and I will already try to make it as widespread as possible!!!
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September 14
Vitebsk Zoo is very famous for its parking lot. I don't like to look at animals kept in pens. But parking is free here. And this is the center of the city. So use it until there are changes.
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April 25
Interesting animals for such a compact space. A very nice cozy zoo, but you definitely need to find more sponsors and improve the territory or even move out of town to large areas.
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August 20
I would like to draw attention to the fact that the aviary with rabbits stands on an asphalt surface and the animals do not have grass and branches at all . And this is their main diet in addition to hay, since these animals have a need for grinding Teeth that grow throughout their lives. I ask the zoo staff to pay attention to this and move the aviary to the green zone, as well as adjust the nutrition of these animals.
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May 3
It's pretty cool, of course, it's not really a zoo, it's a small, rather lively area. The coolest thing is that animals are accessible and do not hide, for example, you can look at a fox at arm's length or stroke a bison's forehead. The animals don't look tortured. One of the disadvantages is that tickets are only for cash, cards are not accepted.
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August 18
It's just a nightmare. Animal welfare conditions are beyond good and evil. Two swans in a 2*2 dug hole with a tarpaulin splashing in dirty water.. Nutrias bathe in an iron bath, where the water has also never been changed.. The fox is skinny, dirty, rushing around in a small cage, just running in circles, and it looks creepy. It was a pity to look at the stork - dirty and sad, he did not raise his head. The wolf looked out for a couple of seconds, and looked like a mangy dog that had not been fed for a long time.
There is dirt everywhere, and the animals do not have water or food. It is not cleaned in the pens.
After visiting the zoo, there was a depressing impression, it is unclear where the positive feedback came from. I am very sorry for the animals.
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September 26
We tried to get in for 2 days, on the first day it turned out to be a day off (Tuesday), we looked at the schedule near the entrance and it was written Wed-Sun until 19:00, for the sake of the children we arrived the next day at 17:40, the schedule was completely different and it turns out the zoo was already closed and open until 18:00. We came from another city and it's a shame that they change the schedule as they want and when they want. The animals were never shown to the children, thank you! We could have left some information that a schedule change is possible after the weekend!
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August 24
When we looked at the zoo area, we thought that there would be fewer animals, so we were pleasantly surprised. Of course, the main king is the bison. I admit: they didn't care about the prohibition to touch him, because, according to my feelings, the bison itself was just reaching out to people, wanted attention.
Admission costs less than 5 Belarusian rubles (150 Russian). Convenient location in the city center.
The only wish is to update the asphalt on the tracks.
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October 8
We were at the zoo with teenage children. Everyone had only pleasant impressions.. There was a slight perplexity for some specimens of birds why they were kept there, but in general I really liked it.I was especially impressed by the jaguar, it's just beautiful.
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August 7
A small zoo, but it is very convenient to see all the animals that are represented there!!!
The main one of course is Borka the Bison!!!
I recommend
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August 24
Terrible impressions from the visit. Poor, emaciated animals in disgusting conditions. Animals swim in such dirty water that it's a pity to look at it. Drinking bowls in cages of small rodents with mold and green water. All possible conditions of keeping absolutely all animals of this zoo have been violated. It would be better to distribute the unfortunate animals to other zoos, where they would be cared for and this shame would be closed. Torment for animals who end their little lives in this terrible place. Shame.
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June 26
A terrible place ((( my soul was poured out with blood while I was in this zoo (the animals are in terrible condition (thin, mangy, like sick (barely moving(the camel that lay and could not get up(it was very sorry for these animals (very bad attitude towards them there. These animals need care and good nutrition and a veterinarian is desirable to examine(
The only animal that looked good was a lioness.
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August 13, 2023
Были в августе 2023 года, после урагана 7 августа. Это прекрасное место! Я влюбилась в зоопарк города Витебска. Там можно находиться вечно! Небольшой, но очень интересный!!! Есть и рысь, и волки, верблюды, кенгуру, обезъян, рыбки, птицы, змеи, зубр, лисички и много других экзотических животных! Животные ухожанные, упитанные, чистенькие!!! Аисты, индюшки, петушки ходят без ограждения. Обезьянки близко-близко. Кормить нельзя!!! Плата символическая-3,5 бел. рубля. Думаю, что можно повысить и до 5 рублей!!! Спасибо, Вам, работникам зоопарка за такое прекрасное место!!!
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November 21, 2023
A small but very cozy zoo in the city center. The animals are well-groomed enough, they look even better than in Minsk. Of course, there is a lack of funding, but I think everything is fixable. The employees are the nicest people, especially the woman at the checkout.
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June 28
I liked everything. It may not be well maintained. The territory is very small, there is no special smell of animals, only in the llama pen (this has already been written about). I didn't notice that the animals were not well-groomed. Cool nutria, monkeys, bison.
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July 30
It is better to come to the opening. Because they feed the animals and they are more active. The entrance is not expensive. You can walk with a small child often. I would like a carousel for children.
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July 21
Poor animals. There are various animals on a very small territory!!! Although they are being cared for, THERE is very little room for them! And the bison had to stand on one patch after the rain, and there was no grass at all! Where should he graze? We urgently need to move the zoo to a wider area!!!
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July 19
Active animals, small territory, but everything is fine, a terrarium.
Minus it is impossible to buy pet food and the lack of a pet hat for children
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August 17
We arrived at the zoo at 18:35, we were not allowed to enter, the employee said "The zoo is open until 19:00, the ticket office closes at 18:30." It's not pleasant. In summer, it would be possible to make working hours longer, especially Saturday is a day off😟
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November 10
November.Rains.The bison enclosure is covered in mud, several wolves are in a small enclosure completely in a dirty puddle, where there is no place even to sit.Terrarium building
It's also miserable.The fox is rushing around in a small cage, although there are empty enclosures.It is not clear why the city authorities will not deal with the issue of arranging the zoo.
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June 8
A very small zoo, not to say that the animals are kept in acceptable conditions. Well, at least I saw a bison for the first time - an incredibly beautiful animal.
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January 12
We went to this zoo with our family during the New Year holidays. Reading other reviews, the expectations were contradictory. But in fact, everything turned out to be fine. The employee of the ticket office immediately told what and where to watch, at the exit she wished to come in the summer to see the bears. Yes, the zoo is not rich in equipment, but the main thing is its inhabitants. There is a very good range of fauna for such a small zoo. We, the adults, admired the bison, and the child could not part with the Evil Trionix, which looked at each guest))) Perhaps this zoo is not the object of a purposeful visit, but if you are walking around Vitebsk with children, then you should definitely come in.
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March 22
Some of the animals were not in the enclosures . When they brought the cubs and gave the hockey club a cuddle, people had a desire to touch these guys too. Groups were organized where you could watch the baby bear. Yes, most of the groups were already formed far ahead. Yes, well done for the organization. But I want to mention the girl who answers the phone. Very incorrect and rude. All the desire to go to the zoo is being discouraged. It requires a lot of tact and communication skills.
The question is also not clear with the help. On Instagram, they post on the page that help is needed, but when they call, they rudely answer that nothing is needed! Impressions of the zoo are 9/10, the attitude of the staff towards people is 2/10.
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November 1
It's a terrible sight, the city doesn't help, they live on self-sufficiency. The only one who liked it was the bison! We were at the zoo in Yaroslavl, there were bison there too, but compared to this, they were just kittens
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July 17
A very sad zoo. The children are probably interested. And adults only have a disorder. It's a pity for the animals, it's very cramped, a real prison. But I would like to note that the staff in these conditions try to keep the zoo clean and tidy.
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October 17, 2023
We visited the zoo during a vacation in the Republic of Belarus. Every time we visit Belarus, we are surprised at how carefully forestry management is organized and a visit to the zoo in Vitebsk upset us very much.
During a visit to the zoo, after entering the zoo, we were met by a stork.
Since we were previously at the Munich Zoo, where flocks of flamingos walk in the pavilion and meet visitors.
We decided that this is normal for the Vitebsk zoo, but it's hard to understand that the bird's wings are clipped, or it's such a training.
Then we saw that the bird was trying to scare smaller creatures, children - zoo visitors.
Then a couple more storks appeared, dirty and emaciated.
And first one appeared, then several zoo guards, who first began to chase the birds with their hands,
and then appeared with a net and began to catch the bird.
There was only one stork left, probably dirty and exhausted managed to be driven by fright.
The bird was caught as best they could and carried inside the premises, the storks were not presented to visitors.
During a visit to the zoo, the howl or roar of an animal that is apparently sick or punished was periodically heard, we did not see who it was, either a bear or a tiger, the roar of a terribly unhappy creature.
Cages with animals, not to mention dirt and an obvious lack of love and care, are arranged so that somewhere the animals are clearly freezing, pressed into each other, dirt and flies.
The cage with the beaver is made so that it is open to the eyes from all sides, which creates obvious stress and discomfort to the animal, which is cramped and lying in an earthen pit.
Sick wolf, rotten meat in cages, which animals are clearly not interested in.
The big Eagle bird is under stress, no one is obviously putting things in order in the cage there is weed and dirt, the cage itself is clearly insufficient for the size of a large bird.
Probably all they saw was this temporary phenomenon, the zoo director got sick or there was a restructuring, the zoo was deprived of the budget, and this is clearly just a disaster for the zoo's inhabitants.
We will try to contact the city administration and environmental organizations of the republic in the near future to change the situation.
Animals cannot change their position in any way, if someone can help, please help and go see what is happening next to you.
We will be glad if the situation changes and the storks will again be available, healthy and beautiful for general viewing and the joy of zoo visitors.
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September 19
A great place to walk with children! Decent and clean, although the zoo itself is small
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June 5
There are few animals, many cages are empty. The raccoon dog is sick . I couldn't even get up. Many enclosures cannot be approached because of the fences. It's not very interesting to watch at a distance of 5-10 meters. Compared to last year, of course, everything is very sad 😩
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June 13
The animals have disgusting conditions. There is very little space, as the woman below said. Of the good content, only snakes - they don't need anything special, just light, heat and food. The rest need more space and some need shelter from the eyes of people
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June 13
It is very good that there is this place. The child likes to spend weekends here. It is a pity that it is forbidden to feed animals.
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July 16, 2023
Нормальный зоопарк. Внутри не сказать, что супер чисто. Но территортя ухоженная, животные ходят прям по дорожкам (лебеди, петухи) . Дети конечно в восторге, от козочек не отходили. Сделали много интересных фотографий. Очень упитанный ягуар, аж блестел. Так как лето у животных линька, по моему мнению за животными следят.
June 23
Small, but clean, there is practically no smell. The animals are well-groomed, calm, some are attracted to people. There are only a few in the photo, so that there is someone to look at for yourself. I recommend.
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September 1
They did not get to the zoo because of the cashier, did not help to sort out the purchase of tickets, answered questions in the style of "why are you asking, do I really need this?", very rude and impolite, unfortunately, there is nothing to say about the zoo (((
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August 23, 2023
Хороший зоопарк. Приятная цена на вход, достаточно чисто. Животные ухоженные, есть интересные представители. Один минус- не большой. И попали на время реставрации- не было ни медведей, ни львов.
В любом случае зоопарк лучше, чем в СПБ
June 18
Everything is sad , there is such poverty in the city center ...there are such good zoos in all regional cities, it is not clear why not allocate a budget and make it in another place and a larger territory
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September 18
The price tag is nice, there are a lot of animals, only the woman who sells tickets from the staff smells very strongly, it feels like they don't clean up after the animals at all... And so solid 4
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September 8
I liked the zoo for the presence of many species of animals, low cost
It is worth paying attention to the maintenance of animals 😢
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May 16
There is not enough space, there is not enough territory, but there is a lion, a jaguar, a camel, a bison, very funny and funny raccoons, you definitely need to go with children
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