Welcome to this moose site and the Kostroma moose farm! I made the site over (except gallery) in 2009-2010, and continue improvements, additions and bug fixing. About 20% of text present only in Russian version. Some parts are too «Russia-specific», some are polemic. Some are too hard for me to translate, but I hope, I'll continue.
Please notice that from mid-January
to mid-April animals live in the Gridino forest; and the farm
accepts visitors there. See details in the section «How to find the moose farm».
If you came here only to find the way to the moose farm, go directly to «Guided tours» section and «How to find the moose farm». If you love animals or got interested in «moose farming», read all through the site. If you like only to view images, you may proceed to the «Gallery», but take into account that the text part is illustrated with new pictures. All my photographs are distributed freely. Any picture can be copied to your disk and used in any way except for hunting propaganda. Please add a link to this site if you use any part of it.
Caution! This site has an imitation
at http://moosefarm.ru. The fake site has no English version. There are
only some fragments of my old text from my old site, some strange photographs
and telephone numbers; one of which belongs to the local tax office.
I thank the anonymous author sincerely for placing at least my e-mail address
on one of its pages and a link here as if this is an «old version». A new
version is here, enjoy!
I use a simple html-code. Please excuse me for «primitivism». The site design is ultimately simplified to improve load speed through Russian telephone wires and GPRS. Russian Internet beyond the borders of Moscow and some big cities is not very fast. The site structure is «linear», and you can look through it all and won't miss anything if press the right arrow in the bottom of every page.
Please excuse me for poor English, English is not my native language.
I use a word «moose» to avoid ambiguity, because English «elk» means Alces alces in Europe, but Cervus canadensis, wapiti in America. An Indian word «moose» means Alces alces everywhere.
«The Conquest of the Nature» and so-called «moose
farming». Why moose is a domestic animal? The history of moose farming
in Russia
How to raise a tame moose. Breeding a remount
How to keep tame moose. Radio position finding electronic
devices used to keep free-ranging animals
Moose milk and the Ivan Susanin Sanatorium. Milk-moose
life. Milking. How to use moose milk for therapy
Guided tours on the moose farm. What can visitors
see and what they cannot see. Some words about safety precautions for visitors
How to find the moose farm. Maps. Contact information
Other moose farms, parks, research centers, etc.
Links.
Don't torture animals!
Library. Sorry, almost all here is in Russian
Spring
Summer
Autumn
Winter
Some animal photographs (no moose)
Left to right: The author of this site; Alpha moose Luchik.
On May 2, 2011 Luchik reached the age of 14. On September, 2011, he was killed by a poacher or another male moose.
This photo was taken during the autumn rut period of 2003
©1999-2012 Alexander Minaev
