Zoo
Yerevan Zoo
Sprawling zoological park of roaming enclosures and a dark, long-suppressed escape legend behind its gates.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Yerevan Zoo tells the story of Vova, an elephant who arrived here in 1941 with a traveling menagerie fleeing war in Ukraine, and who spent nearly three decades hauling loads and performing for crowds. On the 28th of June, 1970, something in him changed: he broke free of his enclosure and walked out onto Myasnikyan Avenue, the very street the zoo still sits on. It follows the chaotic afternoon that unfolded as thousands of Yerevan residents lined the road to watch, and a city scrambling to decide what to do.
This audio guide was created using AI.