Yerevan Zoo opened its doors to visitors on May 1 according to tradition. Yerevan deputy mayor Arman Sahakian was present at the opening ceremony saying that animals are taken care of with the help of 70 million drams allocations from the state budget municipality funds and sponsors. Only Grand Candy provides 200 000 drams monthly for feeding the elephant. The felines are sponsored by Multi Group. The head of the zoo Sahak Abovian said they will have some new animals this year which will be brought from Kiev Nikolaev and Kaliningrad zoos. He also said that talks are held with Indian government and it is expected that a new elephant will come in the running year. Talking on problems of the zoo S. Abovian said that it is necessary to enlarge the open-air-cages of the felines which are in a miserable state. "If other zoos are trying to create green zones this zoo is naturally in a green area. Funds are needed only to renovate the area. There are 2300 animal of 190-200 species in the zoo now. The zoo head said all of them are in proper hygienic conditions. The entrance is free for children up to 3 for children 3-12 it is 100 drams and for adults - 150 drams. There are no such low fees in the zoos of other countries and the zoo is not going to rise them soon S. Abovian said. He also noted that about 120 000 people visited the zoo last year bringing 10 million drams. Most of the visitors about 70 percent visit it in May - June according to zoo head.