Lunch of KyivZoo wisent family

🦬🦬 Our little wisent calves UKazka and UKliyka are now six months old! From tiny calves they have grown into real beauties!

✅ 🌿 🍼 Now their day is filled not only with fun games, but also with “adult” things. The girls have already mastered the diet of adult wisent, although they still do not give up their mother’s milk. Their favorite pastimes have become more energetic – you can see them running around the enclosure or trying their hand at mini-gouging tournaments.

🥰 Although mothers Mira and Mujha give their daughters more independence they are still stay close and closely watch their adventures.

🏞️📍 You can see how our wisent calves have grown up at the beginning of KyivZoo ungulate row.

📅 And this weekend, January 18-19, at 12:00, we invite you to a special event – a wisent family lunch! You will be able to watch how these majestic animals savor their lunch and learn more about their food preferences 🌿🍽️

😍 Come for a good mood and positive emotions! 💚

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☝️❗ The European bison (wisent) is one of the sad stories about the destruction of the animal world by human. The completely extinct species was saved thanks to the painstaking work of many zoos and nature reserves.

Population recovery took place from two dozen animals preserved in zoos. But, taking into account the biology of these animals, their natural timidity, special diet, the ability of females to give birth to only one calf per year – breeding did not occur so quickly. Each born wisent calf (especially females) is a treasure of breeding work and immediately becomes a participant of the international program for the preservation of endangered species. All calves are registered in the pedigree (a single stud book) and have a unique stud number and a nickname that immediately determines the year and place of birth of the animal. So, in 2024, all wisent born in Ukraine received nicknames beginning with the letters UK

Today, the population of these animals in Ukraine is about 400 individuals, and therefore some calves born have sometimes funny nicknames, but they are correct for registration. That’s how funny the names of our “treasures” sound: Ukazka and Ukliyka  😉💙💛