| Almaty Zoo | |
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| 48°57′0″N 66°14′0″E / 48.95000°N 66.23333°E | |
| Date opened | 1936 |
| Location | Almaty, Kazakhstan |
| Land area | 51.89 acres (21.00 ha) |
| No. of animals | 4068 |
| No. of species | 509 |
| Memberships | EARAZA[1] |
| Website | www.almatyzoo.kz |
Almaty Zoo (Kazakh: Алматы зообақ, romanized: Almatı zoobaq; Russian: Алматинский зоопарк, romanized: Almatinskiy zoopark) is the state zoo of Almaty, the most populous city in Kazakhstan. The Almaty Zoo is one of the largest and oldest zoological parks in the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Almaty zoo is a member of the Eurasian Regional Association of Zoos and Aquariums (EARAZA).
On December 8, 2020, a famous resident of the zoo, the polar bear Alkor, died. He had turned 31 years old just a day earlier. Over the previous 2 months, the health condition of the predator had been constantly deteriorating. Alkor was one of the old residents of the Almaty Zoo, he was brought here from Kaliningrad in 1990. Alcor has become the unofficial symbol of the zoo.[2]
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earaza_listwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "В Алматинском зоопарке умер знаменитый белый медведь Алькор". informburo.kz (in Russian). Retrieved 2021-12-15.