The second phase of the reconstruction of the zoo will begin in the first quarter of 2020. Next week will be signed the permission to put into operation a new part of the Kazan Zoo Zambezi River, after which it is expected to open to visitors by the end of December. This was announced at a press conference in IA "Tatar-inform" by the Deputy Minister of Construction, Architecture, Housing and Communal Services of the Republic of Tatarstan Ilshat Gimaev. “Today, the decision on commissioning is already being finalized, which we expect next week, and I think that with the receipt of the decision, the director of the zoo will announce the date of the official opening of this zoo,” - the speaker said. He added that after the opening, the second phase of reconstruction will begin, which will be implemented in the first quarter of 2020.