
On World Environment Day, the Minsk Zoo ran a special program for visitors that included an interactive show, a presentation of the ecological platform “Resource Center for Green Classes in the City of Minsk”, presentation of a certificate for a newborn bison who was named Basalt. By tradition, Belarusian bison are given a name starting with the letter B. Basalt was the first cub of Barhat and Mulatka, so the second letter of the name is A.