Friends, we invite you to dive into Finnish manul history and learn more about the manuls that once lived at Korkeasaari Zoo in Helsinki.
The history of keeping and breeding manuls at Korkeasaari began around the same time as at Novosibirsk Zoo—in the 1990s. One of the first breeding pairs were the manuls you already know, Pushkin and Pavlova. This pair had many kittens, and together they made an enormous contribution to the modern manul population in captivity. Today, the descendants of these Tuvan floofs live in many zoos around the world!
After that, the manul story of Korkeasaari Zoo on our website was interrupted... Time to fix that! Let’s find out who lived in Helsinki after Pushkin and Pavlova.
Petrus. One of Pushkin and Pavlova’s eldest sons, born in May 1998 with his brother Pjotr and two little sisters—Petrushka and Pallas. Note that all the names in this manul family not only begin with the letter “P,” but are also related to the name Peter, which comes from the Greek petros—“stone” or “rock”!
Petrus was the only one who remained in his childhood home at Korkeasaari—the others moved to other zoos.
