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Crisis looms in the Russian Far East Plans for the world's longest oil pipeline threaten the Amur leopard The Russian Government has given permission to build what will be the world's longest pipeline, running 4,130 km (2,565 miles) from central Siberia to the Sea of Japan. The pipeline terminal will be built in Southwest Primorye, a "biodiversity hotspot", that includes the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve 'Kedrovaya Pad'. SW Primorye, a narrow sliver of land bordering on North Korea and China, is home to over a quarter of Russia's endangered species, including the Amur (Siberian) tiger and the world's rarest cat, the Amur leopard, of which only 30 remain in the wild. The terminal will be built on the Amur Bay near Russia's only marine reserve. Ecologists state that it would be impossible to select a site that would do more damage to the environment. There are many alternative terminal locations that are much more suitable from the economic, social and ecological points of view. However, the local governor and his administration heavily promoted the selected site on the Amur Bay, presently a pristine coastline, probably because they do not have control over existing oil transfer infrastructure in nearby ports. Surely this must be one of the most outrageous examples of how money can manipulate political decision making and destroy further areas of this fragile planet!? We must help the fight against the siting of this pipeline and terminal - there is very little time because construction may start in May! Success IS possible, because:
Please help us TODAY to stop this scandal! The Moscow Zoo and the Studio "Ugol Zreniya" ("Viewing Angle") (Samara)
Present an Exhibition of Giant Insect Models "GIANT INSECTS". An unusual exhibition "Giant Insects" will open on June 29 in the Indonesian Fauna Building. Next to the real insects the visitors will see their giant copies, which will be 20 times bigger than their actual size. 12 unique exhibits were made by artists and biologists from the studio "Ugol Zreniya" ("Viewing Angle") in the city of Samara. They represent models of insects that are found in the temperate zone of Russia, including the Samara Region, enlarged on a scale of 1:20. For the first time the visitors will feel like Gulliver in Brobdingnag, or like the characters of the famous children's book "The Remarkable Adventures of Karik and Valya" by the Polish writer Jan Larry. The exhibition provides information on the evolution of this class of animals, on the high level of their adaptation to environment, and on new and unusual technical solutions that can be arrived at while studying the morphology and functioning of insects. And, most importantly, it inspires amazement at the perfection of the world, and teaches respect for it, including its smallest inhabitants. The exhibition will be open from June 29 till mid-September in the Indonesian Fauna Building in the New Territory of the Moscow Zoo. Admission price for adults is 50 rubles. For the first time in Russia, the Moscow Zoo is opening a unique exhibition called "Parents and Children of the Reptile World". The visitors to the exhibition will be given a rare opportunity to compare young and adult snakes, lizards, turtles, tortoises and amphibians of various species from almost all the continents. They will be able to see real reptile eggs, to follow their development in a special incubator and on certain days even watch the babies being hatched. Most of the species presented at the exhibition can rarely be seen in Zoos. Among the most interesting reptiles and amphibians are Gila Monsters, South African Sungeysers, Chameleons, Rattlesnakes, East African Gabon Vipers, New Guinea Death Adders, Cobras, Madagascar Leaf-nose Tree Snakes, Kingsnakes, Cape Coral Snakes, rare Pythons, Boas, Turtles and Tortoises, and many others. The exhibition also demonstrates the important role that zoos play in the study and conservation of endangered species. The exhibition was organized by two Zoos whose reptile collections are among the largest in the world - the Moscow Zoo and the Tula Exotarium, and the International Biodiversity Conservation Fund.
The exhibition will be open at the Monkey House in the New Territory of the Moscow Zoo from May 1 through September 30. may 2004 The world of childhood is full of new, unexpected and interesting things, and every day is rich in impressions. But not every child can enjoy the variety of life to the full. Children who are deprived of parental attention, warmth, and care, have very limited opportunities. They miss many sides of life that are enjoyed by their peers. The Moscow Zoo together with the American glass artist Mark Eckstrand is organizing an international charity event where a decorative panel "The Diversity of the Animal World" is going to be created for the children from orphanages.  The initiator of the event, American artist Mark Eckstrand, has an extensive experience in organizing charity events for children starting in 1987. The children are provided with an opportunity for creative expression, and they get a chance to participate in a historical project, where they can also get acquainted with the wonderful material that is glass. The panel, which will be created by and based on the drawings of little artists, is not going to leave anybody indifferent, and the long life of the creation will allow the young participants to show it to their children with pride. The previous event had a great success at the Riga Zoo in Latvia, and before that seven events had taken place in different cities in the USA.  The event at the Moscow Zoo will be attended by well – known glass artists from the USA, England, Lithuania, and Russia. They will help the children to work with glass and they will also provide their artwork for the charity auction that will take place at the gallery "Life of Glass", the proceedings from which will be used to support the orphanages that participate in the event. The materials and equipment for the event are being sponsored by "Mark's Art Inc.", "The Studio of Alexander Feryaev", "Tumov and Co.", by glass factory "Bullseye", by the gallery "Life of Glass", by the advertising and printing agency "Yelena and Co", by "Aeroflot" Airlines, by "Coca-Cola" company, and by periodicals "Novaya Gazeta". The event will take place from February 16 to March 6, 2004, to coincide with the 140th anniversary of the Moscow Zoo. 100 children from the orphanages of Moscow and the Moscow region will take part in the creation of a decorative panel of glass, which will be dedicated to the diversity of the animal world, and which will later be installed and inaugurated at the Bird House of the Moscow Zoo. The panel, which is 16 meters long and 30 centimeters high, will be based on children's drawings, and will be created by children out of colored glass using the fusing technique, with the help of an international group of glass artists. The children will get acquainted with the zoo's exhibits, they will find out more about the world of animals, and will then express their impressions in glass. The event will not only become an unforgettable adventure for the children, but it will also provide them with an opportunity to participate in creating a vitally important informational environment for their peers, to leave their imprint in the history of the zoo and the city, to express their vision of the world and to make it known to others. The attention provided to the children by the adult participants will not only give them the warmth that they lack, but it will also become a lesson where they will learn a few more good and magical things about the huge world that they will have to live in. february 2004
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september 2003 A special day in celebration of Russia's Amur tigers and leopards is to be held across Europe and Russia on September 27th 2003 Amur tigers and leopards are only to be found living wild, in the snow bound states of Primorski and Khaborovski in the Russian Far East. These magnificent cats are highly endangered and sadly bordering on extinction. There are close to 350 adult Amur tigers living in the wild today, unfortunately the threat against the leopards is even more daunting, there are but 33 leopards remaining in the wild. The 27th of September 2003 has been designated as "Russian (Amur) Tiger and Leopard Day". There will be events held in the Russian cities of Vladivostock, Khabarovsk and Luchegorsk, and in more than 30 zoos all over Russia and Europe. The aim is to create awareness of the desperate situation facing the Russian wild big cats and to recognise how zoos in Europe are now contributing to conservation programmes. DETAILS
For the past few years, annual Tiger and Leopard festivals have been held in the Russian Far East in Vladivostok. Last year, the first ever Russian Tiger and Leopard Day was held at Moscow Zoo, in attendance was HRH Prince Michael of Kent KCVO. This year the events are expanding right across Russia and Europe, making Russian Tiger and Leopard Day one of the world's largest special conservation events. From 2002 to 2004 there is a campaign running amongst 200 zoos, all of which are members of the European Association of Zoos and Aquariums (EAZA), to increase awareness of all the world's tigers. This special "Russian Tiger and Leopard Day" is part of this 2 year long campaign. "Russian Tiger and Leopard Day" is being coordinated by the Anglo-Russian conservation charity AMUR, Moscow Zoo and Phoenix, a Russian NGO dedicated to Amur tiger and leopard conservation endeavours. AMUR, whose patron is Sir Roderic Lyne, the British Ambassador to the Russian Federation, has been created to raise money to help fund urgent conservation work in the Russian Far East. AMUR is sponsored by four major international companies; KPMG, LandRover, BP and Castrol. AMUR works together with a number of partners including Moscow Zoo, the Zoological Society of London and Phoenix. It is no coincidence that Land Rover is one of the main sponsors of AMUR. An integral part of Land Rover's philosophy is caring about the wild environment as embodied by the 'Fragile Earth' policy adopted by the company. As part of their commitment to the Fragile Earth policy Land Rover requests its clients to drive responsibly off-road whilst at the same time the company itself supports conservation work around the globe. In Russia, Land Rover has donated a specially adapted 4x4 Defender used by the scientists in the Russian Far East in their ongoing conservation work to save the Amur tiger and leopard from extinction. At the various zoos on "Russian Tiger and Leopard Day" there will be a variety of fun events including dancers, musicians, costumed performers and special events for children including theatre, competitions, face painting, dancing and lectures about conservation. The most crucial aspect of the day is to convey the message to the people of Russia and Europe that the precious wildlife of Russia, particularly the famous tigers and leopards of the Russian Far East, is in grave danger. Of these unique Russian animals, there are ONLY 33 Amur leopards left living in the wild and about 350 Amur tigers. The aim of the day is to educate young people about the extreme problems facing these big cats and encourage everyone to lend their support to help save them. Notes for Editors
Where can you see falling snow during the hot summer in Moscow? Recently it has become possible at the Moscow Zoo. Our Polar Bears have received this wonderful present from the Moscow Government. A snow generator has started working in the large enclosure of the "Polar World". The generator produces snow around the clock, creating nice snow hills despite the heat. The female with the cubs were the first to be introduced to the snow. They liked it a lot – the female was diligently digging a den, and the cubs rolled around in it and turned somersaults, and even tried eating the snow. Sometimes the female craned her neck, trying to see where it was coming from. Zoo visitors always like watching Polar Bears play in the water. And now, in summer, rolling and somersaults in real snow has been added to their amusing repertoir.
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 International Herpetological Exhibition is open 1 May – 1 October 2003. Such an event has never been arranged in Moscow Zoo before. The visitors are offered a chance to get acquainted with a variety of snakes of more than 100 unique, amazing and poisonous specimens of 70 species. It is for the first time that such species as Tokara Habu (Protobothrops tokarensis), Jerdon's pitviper (Protobothrops jerdonii bourreti), Sri Lankan green pitviper (Trimeresurus trigonocephalus) and Chinese Habu (Protobothrops mucrosquamatus) are on display in Russia. Rare and endangered species included in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals, such as Radde's viper (Vipera raddei), Central Asian Cobra (Naja oxiana), as well as Blunt-nosed viper (Macrovipera lebetina) and Russel's viper (Daboia russelii) – main poison "suppliers"- are also being exhibited. The majority of specimens on display are from Tula regional exotarium and Terrarium of Moscow Zoo; some specimens have arrived from St.-Luis Zoo (USA), Helsinki (Finland), Institute for Biodiversity (Hanoi, Vietnam) and Snake Institute (Japan). The exhibition also pursues an educational purpose providing the visitors with interesting and reliable information on the variety of aspects, such as true poisonous and rear poisonous species, the role of snakes in human lives, snakes' diets, the raring of the young, habitats of snakes, an incredible variety of colours, the danger that herpetologists undertake working with snakes. The exhibition is open daily 10.00 a.m. – 8.00 p.m. (except Monday) on the new territory of the Moscow Zoo in the Primate House. Entrance ticket cost 50 roubles. Free of charge entrance is offered to the following categories: children under 18, disabled, pensioners, students attending schools and other educational institutions, servicemen, and parents having three children and more. May 2003
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Some more good news! At last! The lower gallery of “Polar World” is open to public after a long period of reconstruction. Huge glass windows, offers you a brilliant opportunity of under-water view of Polar bears both swimming under the water surface and relaxing near it or inside the enclosure. It is amazing how those clumsy and slow bears change into rather active animals in water! Quite a fascinating view, especially when the cubs start playing together! march, 2002  The new exposition of more then 40 insect species "INSECTTOPIA" was created in Moscow Zoo in November. November 2000 . . . . . . . . . . "The Ant-hill" and "The Cave of Bats" were opened in the "Exotarium".
The spacious terrarium with fresh and synthetic plants, connected by lengthy transparent tubs with visible underground nest chambers is inhabited by a colony of feaf-cutter ants (Atta laevigata) from Venezuela (Southern America). The colony of these social insects may consist of one million workers and only one Queen. Workers of various castes differ in their size and functions. Soldiers are the largest; they guard the nest entrances. Foraging workers (foragers) of mean size cut slices of green leaves and bring them to the nest. The smallest ants – nurses – look for eggs, which are laid by the Queen, larvae and pupae; fungus-gardening workers – cultivate some species of fungus on specially prepared slices of leaves; refuse collectors – carry away waste products into waste chambers. The ants eat themselves and feed their larvae with secret of fungus hyphas. The young Queens leaving the nest carry away small parts of the fungus hyphas.
Leaving the "Exotarium" visitors may see a vast cave with artificial stalactites and stalagmites. It is inhabited by tropical leaf-nosed bats – Сarollia perspicillata. These animals were named because of intricate outgrowths on their noses which are necessary for perfect echo-location. It helps them to flit deftly through the stony icicles and never touch them in the dark enclosure. May 2000 . . . . . . . . . .  In the "Exotarium" new exposition "The nest of bumblebees" was opened. It imitates skillfully a site of a meadow, above which the bumblebees are flying. The monitor on the dark wall nearby shows events in underground (subterranean) nest of these social insects. The experts-entomologists, created this exposition, assure us, that it will be more showy (attractive) after the bumblebees begin to breed and their amount will increase greatly. |
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Компания в Санкт-Петербурге готова предложить вам канцтовары оптом, а так же канцтовары для школы. - купить стулья из дерева - Лохи они, эти покер старс Омаха покер - Подготовка документации и продажа квартир в санкт-петербурге в кредит.
In 2003 "Samokat" Publishers published the children's book "The Wolf's Eye" by the French writer Daniel Pennak. The story starts in a zoo, and even though it is a fairy tale, there is a vivid feeling of reality. This is why we are introducing the book on the web site of the Moscow Zoo.
