The Mykolaiv Zoo was allocated ₴2.5 million from the city budget for animal feed

The Mykolaiv Zoo was additionally allocated 2.5 million hryvnias from the city budget for the purchase of animal feed.

This is stated in the decision of the City Council on the redistribution of expenses of the budget of Mykolaiv for 2024, which the deputies adopted during the online session on October 30, they write NikVesti. 30 out of 31 deputies voted in favor, only one abstained.

These funds were withdrawn from the purchase of a separate building for the utility company Mykolaivpastrans, stated the head of the budget commission, city council member from the «Proposition» party Fedir Panchenko.

Animal feeding at the Mykolaiv Zoo

Back in September 2022, the Mykolaiv Zoo collected funds for animal feed with the help of those who cared. Then we managed to collect about 200 thousand hryvnias.

Simultaneously with the beginning of the full-scale war, Ukrainians began to buy tickets to the zoo online in order to financially support the institution. At that time, the city was under constant shelling and people could not visit the zoo.

A year later, in April 2023, the director of the zoo, Volodymyr Topchyi, reported that the institution has significant underfunding and the need for money for food for animals is covered by less than 50%.

Already in October 2024, the municipal institution Mykolaiv Zoo announced four tenders for the supply of feed for animals during 2025 for 8 million hryvnias.

At the same time, the zoo plans to build three enclosures and repair the glass roof of the «Island of Animals». Currently, relevant projects have already been developed and the search for donors to finance these works is ongoing.