Kitee Zoo
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Kitee Zoo, located in Kitee
Kitee
Kitee is a town and a municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the North Karelia region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water...

, Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

 is the fourth biggest zoo
Zoo
A zoological garden, zoological park, menagerie, or zoo is a facility in which animals are confined within enclosures, displayed to the public, and in which they may also be bred....

 in the country. It was opened in the 1996 and has over 50 animal species. There are both Finnish animals, such as bear
Bear
Bears are mammals of the family Ursidae. Bears are classified as caniforms, or doglike carnivorans, with the pinnipeds being their closest living relatives. Although there are only eight living species of bear, they are widespread, appearing in a wide variety of habitats throughout the Northern...

s and lynx
Lynx
A lynx is any of the four Lynx genus species of medium-sized wildcats. The name "lynx" originated in Middle English via Latin from Greek word "λύγξ", derived from the Indo-European root "*leuk-", meaning "light, brightness", in reference to the luminescence of its reflective eyes...

es, as well as more exotic animals. It has also the only yak
Yak
The yak, Bos grunniens or Bos mutus, is a long-haired bovine found throughout the Himalayan region of south Central Asia, the Tibetan Plateau and as far north as Mongolia and Russia. In addition to a large domestic population, there is a small, vulnerable wild yak population...

s in the Finland. Some of the animals include :http://www.kiteezoo.fi/english/animalspdf.html
Adder
Arctic fox

Badger

Bear

Blackgrouse

Chicken

Chinchilla

Chipmunk

Commonquail¨

Eagle owl

Emu

Fox

Geese

Gerbil

Goat

Grey partridge

Guinea pig

Hamster

Lynx

Mallard

Mink

Muteswan

Northern goshawk

Norwegian lemming

Ostrich

Peacock

Pig

Polecat

Pony

Rabbits

Racoon dog

Reindeer

Sheep

Slow worm

Turkey

Whitetailed deer

Wild boar

Wolwerine

Woodgrouse
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