Batumi City Zoo — Attraction in Batumi

The history of this small zoo dates back to 1898, when Batumi animal defence society founded enclosures for animals. In 1971 the wooden pens were replaced with more modern enclosures and the number of captive species was increased. The focus was to represent the Georgian endemic species: Caucasian brown bear, wolf, jackal, badger, fox and deer. Additionally different exotic animals and birds, such as monkeys, eagles, parrots and peacocks were added. Today the site spreads over two hectares. Another small zoo corner is located on Ninoshvili Street, not far from Sheraton...

I have moved to Batumi and unfortunately found myself near this zoo. The animals look depressed, sad and scratching themselves in distress. I don't know how the city of Batumi can tolerate this activity for useless tourism. I felt disgusted and saddened walking through, especially as children are poking these animals with sticks and adults are feeding them food they should not be eating. This "zoo" is also near a residential neighbourhood. It is all strange and depressing. Please send these animals to...

Horrible place to visit!!! Don’t come here. All of the animals are locked in small cages and some of them are looking very sad. Even the bunny’s don’t get any space they are locked with 10 in one small cage making it horrible to look at. It says that it’s well maintained but when looking closely it was just disgusting. These animals don’t look happy and don’t have the proper space to move around. Even though it’s...