Poland, Konin: The Frederic Chopin park and mini-zoo. The story of interesting place changed into the ruin

 

Despite the conditions Przewalski's horses still exist here and even reproduce. Interesting when someome will discover that this fences aren't suitable for animal protection and take care of throwing bread and other moldy debrids. And the cribs indeed, but even durning pandemy for some dirty mean nobility. 

The park named after Frederic Chopin in Konin was established in 1825 as municipal parks in the plan of an English garden with a forest connection. It was a place where until   the middle of the 20th century, residents had to show up on a Sunday walk on Sundays. A beautiful wooden arbour was the decoration of the park, and there was a bridge and places to rest on the lake located in the complex. There was also an old wooden amifitear in secession style and later a  mini-zoo, peacocks were walking slowly around the facility.In 1974, the mimi zoo was established and has now lost its zoo rights,but as it happens in such cases the animals remain. Contrary to what you can read on the website of the park to be honest site of city hall but not a park , the european bisons never reached there, but spend few weeks durning their journey, as well The milu deer in fact sika was the most unfortunate animal that would throw hisself over the fence, remaining alone for the rest of its life, because the reproductive plans were discontinued. 

Beautiful golden pheasants is difficult to find

The greatest pride was the facility's participation in the reintroduction of Przewalski's horses, which are still here today and, surprisingly, reproduce in spite of everything. Old types of creasted hens are also interesting, but unfortunately, because the breeds live together, they cross. These are rare breeds that are no longer bred because they hate so many eggs, although they look amazing. Exist here as well  goose swan, a very rare bird that also breeds here. 

Dirty feeders are coccidia, and a lot of coccidia mean death, but does anyone upstairs even heard that word. 

 

 Perhaps some of the officials mistook the bison with the yak, well they both have horns, considering who is in charge of it. This is where the old, age-old problem of post-comustic countries which  apart from the Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia and Romania which slowly joining to this small  group, are completely unable to break loose and earn money on what they have. The animals suddenly live in ruins and although a new gate to the park has been built, with beautiful cast figures of deer in the rut, the beauty is ending on that, funny thing- there's no longer any deer. What is currently happening in the objects? Not much, but for shure shouldn't  look what it looks like .Unfortunately, the animal crofts haven't been properly renovated since the 1980s. This is realy possible to see and is dangerous as well for animals, not that much for people who just clean their refrigerators by chewing the food over the fence.Despite the signs, the prohibition of feeding is a standard. 

Ostriches still are but...

Unfortunately, animals often get sick after this abundant bread diet, because many Homo sapiens do not understand that the road from grain to bread is very long. Croft and animal houses just need to be changed for the good of animals and  the people.It is also necessary to eliminate too easy access to animals from the other side at least by adding a second fence. Renovations consist of patching holes with boards, and the animal booths, although still painted, are a sign of the times. The bridge over the pond has also disappeared and the area has been fenced. The bridge, like the wooden amphitheater, was burned down,  after the park ranger lost his job in order to save money various bums bagin exist here by the whole days and nights. 

Emu lost his parther in the mysterious way, but when we look at the fence.

 A beautiful wooden amphitheater dissapeared but we have concrete  reprehensible construction was placed, decorated with awful  graffiti. The feeders are dirty and the wooden ones are harmful because of the splinters and of course  not hygienic, because isn't possible to wash it especially in warm days so much loved by every bacterias. Another problem is the lack of directions signs, so people don't know that behind an old collapsing building and a squeezed gate, you can see birds and ponies. Although the objects  is reported to a security company, from time to time you can read that the homeless stole an emu and ate it. 

Owner of fallow deer's harem is as well white buck, thanks that many calf are white. Still no one see that is possible to changed that place in something great thanks animals ''sentenced ''to this place.

Of course is possible that someone do it for fun, but it doesn't change that someone stole and later bones was found. It is not difficult, because the padlocks are from the site where people walks, every human can touch it.  Chain and delicate padlock, begs for a youngster who wants to impress or a drunk idiot to cut it.A pair of roe mysteriously disappeared and it is still unknown how the milu deer died.At last  the fallow deer who were bitten by dogs that same year. A year later, four peacocks, a falcon and a buzzard were stolen from the Mini-Zoo!Over time, people became afraid to go to the park because of theft. The biggest problem is as well that place haven't toiletes but of course is many trees and brushes. 

The mini-zoo has increible collection of breds of crested hens, but because all of them exist in one aviary bird mix each other. All are very old breeds from the baroque age

This is due to the fact that there are no people employed to feed animals on a permanent basis, and this is mainly done by people who work off debts to the city, and in fact only one gentleman found himself in it, but he himself cannot do it for everyone. Boxes just need to be changed for the benefit of animals and people. At the beginning of the 90s, the park was restored by Longin Majdecki. An outstanding nature architect who was involved in the restoration of the royal gardens in Warsaw, gardens and parks near famous palaces and several gardens  in Germany. While the facility looks beautiful on the Town Hall website, the beauty ends at the gate and the animal aviaries aren't huge at all. Despite this, Przewalski's fallow deer and horses persist.It will be good if smeone responsibility for that will  go to any zoo even in Poland - other than that  one in Poznań, where the animals run away from it  and discover  that something is wrong and object needs change. A minimum entrance fee would certainly improve things, although there are subsidies for renovation of this objects. Of course animals won't tell that their have miserable life so problem gone. The best example here is Toruń, where the rulers have really managed to make a beautiful well-kept mini-zoo nad bothanical garden in the old forgoten park. 

Endangered swan goose exist here and like Przewalski's decided to reproduce, but unfortunetly thanks feeding by the fence , often are ill. 

The facility is a perfect example of what happens when irresponsible people start managing something they have no idea how to do it. It's no secret that in post-comunist countries, apart from the Czech Republic, there is still a form of old party system and, what is worse, family connections. Contrary to appearances, the people of the old system didn't leave, but at most they moved, and in smaller towns and some suddenly became right-wing. The greatest damage as well done the system of points from orgin. Thanks which  people from the worst lowlands earning extra points at university for their origins and practically almost thanks it end study and always getting a job without much effort. Well, a person cut off from the plow can be dressed and educated, but he will still proudly boast that the best physiological matters are done behind the barn, and reproduction on hay. These people will never have the perspective of managing anything, and they can be meet as the directors from parks to schools. 

Leucistic ducks are as well something very rare, that genetic sick isn't so popular in the birds world. 

Only the Czechs discovered the prosperity of capitalism, and the Russians with China found a kind of golden mean, but they all assumed at least partially that tourism is good business. What about the park in Konin which could ge good touristic atraction.  First of all, it's hard to even say who is taking care of the object today, because different institutions are displayed when we write  this term into the search engine, of course, it's good for breaking responsibility. 

Lonley yak is the biggest atraction, although he'd be more happy with the partner and with better crib. Guy often dissapears because of gifts throwing by the people. 

There is a parking, but what if cars are kept there mainly by a company that has its own. The locals complain about the lack of tourists and the city's decline, rampant unemployment, but how can they attract others to the city if they don't advertise their monuments. Even the county museum has a bad side. The park has none. Famous parish church as well hasn''t advert, old synagouge which could be great place for gallery closed, 1st road sign in the Europe which was afore statue of slavic god has just short  blackboard with inform.It seems that only the nearby Lichen with the tallest copy of St. Peter's Basilica understood that advertising in another language is as well great advert. And Chopin,man  famous for his pedantic,  probably turns in his grave, knowing that the object named after him looks like this. 

This pony has amazing colours of coat. Really it's very rare to find roan horse like that. 

This is not about liquidating the mini-zoo it'll be stupidy because  the nearest zoo's are 100 km. This is theasiest way, although it means always the death of the animals, This note is scream for restoring it to a state of normality. Maybe it won't be XXI age, but even end of XX will good.Then it could be a meeting and recreation place again, and people and animals felt safe.There is money for it, only jungle buddies would get less for themselves.  

One more kick and fence will fly and then..Toruń thinks in other way. 

International site about place: any site of the place

How to get there: towards the river Warta, along Tadeusz Kościuszko st, opposite to Koninpex.