In early June of 2026, the Moscow Zoo hosted an international conference “Modern Methods of Carnivore Husbandry”. The conference was moderated by Ivan Pazhetnov, the head of the Moscow Zoo’s department of carnivores.
On June 5 and 6, the conference was held at the Moscow Zoo, and on June 7, the conference participants met at the Moscow Zoo’s Centre for Reproduction of Rare Animal Species (Volokolamsk Region, Moscow Oblast).
The conference was attended by representatives of more than 20 zoos and conservation organizations from Russia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan. The participants included colleagues from zoos, research institutes, nature reserves, and animal rehabilitation centres: Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution; ANO “Orphan Bear Rescue Center”; Institute of Water and Environmental Problems (IWEP) FEB RAS; FGBI "Joint Directorate of Lazovsky Nature Reserve and Zov Tigra National Park; Land of the Leopard National Park; zoos of Grodno, Minsk, Almaty, Novosibirsk, Ulyanovsk, and Samara, and some other institutions.
During three days, experts delivered presentations covering various aspects of carnivore management, including raising of sun bear cubs, conducting animal training and environmental enrichment, adaptation of wild born Pallas’s cats to captive environment, principles of Amur tiger transportation, the status of the wild population of the Far Eastern leopard, the work of the Orphan Bear Rescue Center, and other matters.
A private screening of the film “My Bears: Moon Bears” took place as part of the conference. We express our sincere gratitude to the ANO “Orphan Bear Rescue Center” and the LesFilm film studio for providing video materials. We also thank the Interregional Association “Center for the Study and Conservation of the Snow Leopard “Irbis”” for their support and screening of the film “The Master of the Altai Mountains.”
