Leningrad Zoo

Row of Predator Cages housing Lynx, Snow Leopards, Jaguar, Lion and Coguar

Sept 2008

Wait,wait, wait. Are you playing an odd joke or do these large, beautiful predators really have to live in these abominations?

This looks a bit like a row of carnivore dens that were at London in the 19th century. Has the increased prosperity (for some at least!) in Russia fed through to Leningrad Zoo to either modernise the site or relocate it, as I believe it's pretty small?

Tallinn Zoo has a section of cages similar to this, fortunately they are mostly no longer in use. http://www.zoochat.com/1445/tallinn-zoo-314104/

Does anyone know if there have been any significant changes here since these pictures were taken?

I really don't know what you guys are complaining about.

Yes, these exhibits might appear to be abominable hellholes, but don't the potted plants hanging outside of them make everything better?

If you zoom in you can see a lynx resting on a wooden platform in the first cage, but sadly the cat lacks the mini-basketball that is found on the floor of the next enclosure. Are there no animal rights activisits (or any sympathetic citizens) to complain about the atrocious exhibits?