Витебский зоопарк, Animal park in Vitebsk, Belarus

Vitebsk Zoo is an animal facility in northern Belarus housing both native and exotic species across multiple enclosures. The zoo displays creatures from different climate zones and habitats arranged throughout the grounds.

The zoo was founded on 30 March 1992 on the basis of the city's animal theatre. Its first animals were kept in the backyard of a building at 7 Komissara Krylova Street, now the Vitebsk Theological Seminary. A few years later it moved to a garden in the city centre at 17 Y. Kupaly Street. Construction of a new zoo in the Bilevo district began in 2010, and the first animals were transferred there in 2012.

The zoo grew out of a city animal theatre, and its collection mixes Belarusian fauna with exotic species. Six of the species kept are listed in the Red Book of the Republic of Belarus. Among the reptiles, only the European pond turtle is native; the rest, such as the anaconda and the Nile crocodile monitor, are exotic.

The zoo occupies a 1.3-hectare garden in the city centre at 17 Y. Kupaly Street. Some animals, mainly heat-loving species and reptiles, are kept indoors, while others are in pavilions and open enclosures. A larger zoo is under construction in the Bilevo district, where the first animals were moved in 2012.

The facility focuses strongly on species from Belarusian forests and regional ecosystems found across the country. Visitors encounter animals native to the northern woodlands and wetland areas of the nation.