{"id":88238,"date":"2020-04-30T10:31:15","date_gmt":"2020-04-30T07:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visitdaugavpils.lv\/spring-events-at-latgale-zoo-in-daugavpils\/"},"modified":"2020-05-06T14:57:20","modified_gmt":"2020-05-06T11:57:20","slug":"spring-events-at-latgale-zoo-in-daugavpils","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visitdaugavpils.lv\/lt\/spring-events-at-latgale-zoo-in-daugavpils\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring events at Latgale Zoo in Daugavpils"},"content":{"rendered":"

Spring has come to Latgale Zoo in Daugavpils<\/a>.<\/span> <\/strong>Grass is starting to grow and flowers bloom in the courtyard. Tree frogs are singing in the Zoo exposition. Meerkats and dwarf rabbits are sunbathing in the spring sun; also, other inhabitants feel the arrival of the warm weather.<\/p>\n

This year the spring is different because due to the emergency situation restrictions, Latgale Zoo is closed for visitors until May 12.<\/strong><\/span> The employees of the Zoo use this time usefully \u2013 they repair terrariums, improve and renew artificial plants, and carry out research works. One of the main tasks of Latgale Zoo is ecological education, monitoring of natural amphibians, research and conservation of rare Latvian species.<\/p>\n

Amphibians have woken up from hibernation much earlier this year. Within the framework of the Natura 2000 programme<\/strong><\/span>, amphibians are monitored in the wild. The 62 turtles bred in the Zoo currently live in Silene Nature Park.<\/span> It was found this spring during inspections that turtles are well settled in the territory of the park. Latgale Zoo has become the leader in the conservation of European pond turtles in Latvia and has supplemented the water bodies around Daugavpils with fire-bellied toads and European pond turtles.<\/p>\n