Askania - Nova - Ukrainian National Nature Reserve

It is situated in the steppes north of the Black Sea in ......... Oblast.

The local Zoo ............. the area of 62 hectares.

Askania-Nova is the ........ for many animals.

There are hundreds of ........ of plants to be found there.

The animals seem to know that they are protected and that no harm or ........... should be expected from man.

About one third of the Ascania-Nova Nature Reserve is occuied by ...........

This Biosphere Reserve, where ........ , is also a research centre.

There are hundreds of species of plants to be found in Ascania-Nova, 85 of which are considered ......... and 12 have entered the Red Book.

This reserve is the shelter for many animals which ......... and are under the protection of the state.