Volunteers with a new campaign for the improvement of the “Kailaka” zoo in Pleven

The campaign to ennoble the Pleven Zoo “Kailaka” is gaining new followers. After the beginning, set a week ago personally by the Minister of Ecology Petar Dimitrov, the Mayor of Pleven Dr. Valentin Hristov and dozens of Pleven families who planted trees in the area in the place of removed old and sick ones, this Saturday and Sunday volunteers and employees cleaned and painted facilities, some of the old signposts have also been replaced.

“After the announcement of the campaign, I myself did not expect such a strong response – acquaintances, friends call, people come to the place and ask how they can be useful and how and when to join the initiative. Of course, there are no lack of pessimists, but they are units. Thus, after a series of inquiries, we organized ourselves in a second volunteer initiative”, said Lyubomir Andreev – director of the Municipal Enterprise “Akvarel”. The company manages the zoo and is responsible for its maintenance.

Results of the action in “Kailaka” Zoo during the past weekends:

– the entrance to the zoo was painted and refreshed;

– the railings next to the rooms of the emus and bear bears have been painted;

– the birdhouse in the lake in the park was cleaned and painted;

– part of the nets surrounding the animal premises were cleaned;

– part of the pedestrian alleys have been cleaned;

– grass areas are disinfected;

– some of the signposts in the area have been replaced.

The “Kailaka” zoo can also boast of the first changes in the number and composition of its inhabitants – on the basis of a breeding loan agreement, an exchange was made with the hunting zoo – an emu has arrived in Pleven for a porcupine and the birds are now a couple. A visitor to the zoo made a donation – a swan-like goose, which has already successfully acclimatized in its new home.

The idea of ​​the campaign for the improvement of the “Kailaka” zoo is, with joint efforts, to make the place with which a generation of Pleven residents have fond memories cleaner and more welcoming for both the animals and the visitors. The waterfowl lake is to be cleaned of sediments and attacked leaves and branches, the cages of the animals will be cleaned and the provision of new animal species is being sought. Donors are already helping with food for the animals.

About 160 animals of 27 species live in the “Kaylaka” zoo. It was established in 1956. With a contract dated 22.01.2021, the Kaylaka Protected Area was granted free of charge to the management of the Pleven Municipality. The zoo falls within the scope of the Kaylaka Protected Area and is public state property according to Act No. 4910 of 14/04/2010. According to the decision of March 2005 of the Municipal Council – Pleven, the zoo was granted to the municipal enterprise “Akvarel” for management.