Mykolaiv Zoo to spend another ₴4.3 million to fix defects in «Animal Island»

The complex of enclosures «Animal Island» in the Mykolaiv Zoo, screenshot from a video by Mayor Oleksandr Sienkevych/Facebook

An additional 4.3 million hryvnias is to be spent on repairing defects in the summer enclosures of the «Animal Island» complex at the Mykolaiv Zoo.

The relevant tender was published on the Prozorro portal, according to NikVesti.

The information about the open tender with specifics was published on 4 December by the Capital Construction Department of the Mykolaiv City Council. The cost of the works with adjustments will amount to 4 million 305 thousand 627 hryvnias.

Screenshot of the tender from the Prozorro portal

The funds are provided for the dismantling and construction of summer enclosures and the installation of sidewalks. The terms of reference include, among other things, the dismantling of old structures, repair work in the feeding blocks, restoration of stained glass windows and laying of a new sewerage network for the enclosures.

Contractors can submit their proposals until 19 December. The deadline for completion of the works is 15 April 2026.

Earlier, Oleksii Savchuk, Head of the Capital Construction Department of Mykolaiv City Council, said that during the elimination of construction defects in the summer enclosures of the «Animal Island» complex in Mykolaiv Zoo, it turned out that a significant soil subsidence was caused by a long-term layer of rotten leaves, which lay at a depth of up to six metres and led to the destruction of structures.

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As a reminder, on 18 June 2025, the Capital Construction Department of the Mykolaiv City Council signed a contract with «Reconstruction and Construction» for the repair of enclosures at «Animal Island» for 1 million 624 thousand 144 hryvnias. The contract was to correct defects made by the contractor before the full-scale war during construction.

According to the terms of reference, the main goal is to dismantle the defective structures and perform some of the work again. In particular, this includes removing the crushed stone pavement, dismantling cement concrete structures and double-glazed windows, and removing construction waste. In addition, it is planned to restore the ponds separately: digging new pits, waterproofing, and pouring reinforced concrete.

«Animal Island» in the zoo: what is known

The construction of the «Animal Island» complex began in 2020. The first tender was won by Odesa-based LLC «Inzh-Stroy», which had only one successful case at the time — the repair of an angiograph in a hospital in Mykolaiv. The work on the enclosures was estimated at 19.4 million hryvnias.

The complex of summer enclosures at the Mykolaiv Zoo was planned to open in September 2021. In the winter of the same year, the then Director of the Capital Construction Department of the City Council, Oleksandr Pozdniakov, announced the completion of the construction.

At the same time, it became known that the zoo does not have enough staff to maintain the completed complex «Island of Animals». In this regard, the director of the zoo, Volodymyr Topchii, sent an appeal to the city council to be allowed to hire 4 more people.

Subsequently, in December 2021, it became known that another 4.9 million hryvnias were going to be spent on the construction of the complex of enclosures «Island of Animals». The city authorities, through the DREAM system , were looking for a donor to provide funds for major repairs. The cost of the project already developed for this work was 179.9 thousand hryvnias.