YUZHNO-SAKHALINSK. November 18. VOSTOK-MEDIA – A young Eurasian lynx named Bonya came to the Sakhalin Zoobotanic garden.
The six-month she-cat arrived in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk from the Royev Ruchey Zoo, said Larisa Baranchuk, an employee at the Sakhalin regional zoobotanical park.
The newcomer has been kept in quarantine for about a month and now all wishing can take a look at the animal. The male lynx Fonya also resides in the zoo.
Alpacas (an animal belonging to the camelid family) from Holland and the five-month camel from Vladivostok, which were also brought to the zoo about month ago, are still kept in quarantine.
The Sakhalin zoo management plans to purchase a lion, snowy owls, flamingo and puma, Sakhalin-Kurily news agency reported.