YEREVAN ZOO ELEPHANT FOUND ITS MATE AT LAST
Sahak Abovian, director of the Yerevan Zoo, said on a press conference today that the male elephant, Hrantik, is no longer a bachelor, after the Russian Dourov Circus allowed its female elephant to travel to Armenia to "marry" him.
Armenian diplomats had been negotiating with authorities in India and then in Sri Lank to get a mate for Hrantik, but the deal failed due to vigorous protests of local nature protection groups.
The male elephant was brought to Yerevan in 1998 from Moscow's Zoo and since then had been leading 'a bachelor's life."
Hrantik has a big open-air-cage, a pool to splash in hot summers, and its winter premises are heated by floor-built-in electrical heaters. Mr. Abovian said the elephant even has its personal chef.
Hrant Vardanian, head of the Grand Holding company, paid $150,000 for the elephant and the transportation expenses. Mr. Vardanian said the female elephant stopped performing three years ago and the circus was looking for a comfortable place for her to settle down.
Sahak Abovian said also the Yerevan Zoo will undergo a major reconstruction next year with new specious cages to be built for felines and apes.
A gas heating system will be laid and many new trees will be planted. He said the government has released $2 million for the reconstruction.
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- 1920 The first Armenian issue of the "Communist" daily published in Yerevan. It was the official paper of the Central Committee of the Armenian Communist Party. After 1921, it was called "Soviet Armenia".
- 1920 The first order of the Revolutionary Committee of the Armenian SSR creates the People's Commissariat of Military Affairs of the Armenian SSR.
- 1936 The 7th Extraordinary Congress of the Soviet of the USSR confirms the new constitution. The Armenian SSR becomes a Union Republic.
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