OREANDA-NEWS. May 11, 2007. The grand opening ceremony of a zoo was held in the Almetyevsk recreation and entertainment park  named after the sixtieth anniversary of Tatarstan Oil on April 30, 2007.

The idea of establishing the animal park in Almetyevsk was initiated by the General Director of OAO TATNEFT Shafagat Takhautdinov and this idea was put into effect by NGDU Almetyevneft, this company had been in charge of the park's territory for almost half a century.

Tatneft Company invested the amount of more than 43 million rubles into the reconstruction of this most impressive community facility. Today it is not only an entertainment complex for arranging creative activities and incorporating cafes and park amusements   but rather a favorite recreation and rendezvous spot of the citizens and guests of the oil capital.

The Management of the Company pursued the following targets establishing the zoo: revival of spirituality, kind attitude to the animals and responsibility for the living beings as well as development of such qualities in children as kindness, openness and positive attitude to the world.

Such birds and animals as peacocks, dwarf horses, ponies and squirrels, Siberian roes and domestic goats, bantams and turkeys have found quite a comfortable lodgment there. Side by side with domestic animals there are wild ones. The population of the zoo will replenish with new inhabitants in the course of time and meanwhile the young citizens are delighted to familiarize with the inhabitants of the fabulous wooden teremoks (fabulous name for small towers).