The outstanding feature of Yaroslavl Zoo, one of the youngest in Russia, is the animals’ living conditions. The Zoo is more like a landscape park where 250 species live and propagate their kind under simulated natural conditions.
The inhabitants of Yaroslavl Zoo include lions, cheetahs, bears, wolves, deer, kangaroos, camels, zebras, bison, storks, ostriches and other faunal forms. The exotarrium with mustangs, macaques, meerkats and turtles is styled on a tropical forest. Domesticated animals: goats, pigs and rabbits live in a petting zoo. There is also "The Ark" demo training center in the territory of the Zoo, where you can see insects, birds, fish and reptiles and even touch snakes, not poisonous of course.