Rare species of animals live in the especially protected natural zones in the capital city of Russia.
      
      Ecologists have found ermines and weasels in some of the Moscow parks.
      
      Census of animals and birds carried out by ecologists and townsmen in Moscow all winter long has led to unexpected results.
      
      Besides permanent inhabitants of the Moscow reserved zones – squirrels, hares and foxes, experts have seen ermines and weasels.
      
      Beavers have settled in the northwest of the capital and elks have appeared in the north. However, some animals have been gone from their habitual habitats. Thus, for example, the gray partridges recorded in the Red Book of Moscow, have disappeared from the Kuzminki-Lyublino Park, where a whole family lived last year.
      Rare species of birds recorded in the Red Book can still be found in Moscow. Thus, ecologists have spotted long-eared owls in the Moskvoretsky and Kuzminsky Parks.
      
      Ecologists point out that the quantity of animals in especially protected natural zones this year has increased.
      
      Source: lifenews.ru
      
Author: Vera Ivanova