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{{Infobox zoo
|zoo_name='''Қарағанды хайуанаттар бағы'''<br/>Karagandy Zoo
|logo=
|logo_width=150px
|logo_caption=Karaganda Zoo Logo
|image=Argali.jpg
|image_width=150px
|image_caption=1st logo of the Karaganda zoo.
|date_opened=1936/1938
|date_closed=
|location=[[Karaganda]], [[Kazakhstan]]
|area={{Convert|107.5|acre|ha}}
|coordinates={{Coord|49|47|12.21|N|73|3|36.86|E|region:KZ_type:landmark_scale:800|display=inline,title}}
|num_animals=1000+ (1990)
|num_species=250 (1990)
|members=
|exhibits=
|website=
}}

The '''Karagandy Zoo''' ({{lang-kk|Қарағанды хайуантар бағы}}; {{lang-ru|Карагандинский зоопарк}}) is the state [[zoo]] of the city [[Karaganda]] in [[Kazakhstan]]. The Karagandy Zoo covers {{convert|107.5|acre|ha}}, and is one of the largest and oldest zoological parks in the Republic of Kazakhstan.

The zoo is best known as the home of the "talking" elephant [[Batyr]] until his death in 1993.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=306
|title=Batyr at Karaganda Zoo
|work=elephant.se
|publisher=Elephant Encyclopedia
|accessdate=2 December 2012
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16871325
|title=Kazakhstan zoo monkeys given wine 'to ward off flu'
|work=bbc.co.uk
|publisher=[[BBC]]
|accessdate=2 December 2012
}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of zoos]]
* [[Batyr]], the zoo's talking elephant
* [[Almaty Zoo]]

==Notes==
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==External links==
*{{commonscat-inline|Karaganda zoo}}
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120311155747/http://karaganda-zoo.livejournal.com/ Karaganda Zoo]

{{Zoos of Kazakhstan}}

[[Category:Zoos in Kazakhstan]]
[[Category:Karaganda|Zoo]]


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