Penguins at Boryspil airport

20 October 2021

Tonight, three female Humboldt penguins – Margaret, Agatha and Charlotte, arrived at Boryspil International Airport onboard the KLM flight.
Surely, the airport assisted in the registration of special guests, provided fast transportation from the plane to cargo terminal.
After customs clearance, the penguins were taken by car to their new home – Kharkiv Zoo.
Representatives of the zoo said that under the program of the European Association of Zoos and Aquariums (EASA) fluffy animals were provided by the Bochum zoo, for the preservation and reproduction of the species. It is planned that in some time the friendly family of penguins of the Kharkiv Zoo will be replenished with ten more individuals – males and females.

As soon as the three beauties found themselves in the aviary, they began to behave very confidently: they immediately went to the pool, dived and began to explore the water space. Though they do not go ashore yet. But, given the adaptation period, it is perfectly normal for penguins to stay in the water for a few days. They doze on it, and there they eat their favorite fish – herring. This is a long-awaited and truly sensational event – today in Ukraine Humboldt penguins can be seen only in Kharkiv.