côte d'azur

This thread is dedicated to the news of the Réserve des Monts d'Azur, a large park dedicated to European wildlife that live in semi-free conditions. Recently an Eurasian Elk (Moose) is born there. Rᴇ́sᴇʀᴠᴇ ᴅᴇs Mᴏɴᴛs ᴅ·Aᴢᴜʀ on Instagram: "La naissance d'un Elan en direct. Une première, filmée...

One hundred years ago the Jardin Zoologique de la Riviera opened in Cagnes-sur-Mer, Southern France (Quartier des Vespins, remember this name). He was founded by Georges Basilewsky, a Russian nobleman who escaped the Bolshevik revolution (and emigrated to the Côte d'Azur like many other...