OREANDA-NEWS. November 27, 2009. "Zoosphere" exhibition opened at "Lenexpo" complex for the 18 th time. The official opening ceremony was attended by Yuri Andreev, the head of St. Petersburg Veterinary Department, Irina Skiba, the director of St. Petersburg Zoo, Tatyana Kolchanova, the director general of the Zoo Entrepreneurs Union, and Sergey Spirin, the Union's chairman, Rudolf Rue, the commercial director of GBL company from Germany, and Sergey Alexeev, the director general of JSC "Lenexpo".

All speakers were talking about the holiday atmosphere brought by the exhibition, as Yury Andreev said "our pets are an important emotional part of our lives".

Tatyana Kolchanova, the director general of the Zoo Entrepreneurs Union, and Sergey Spirin, the Union’s chairman

Tatyana Kolchanova and Sergey Spirin told about the measures, taken to support zoo business. They asked all exhibition participants to support their Union which works to protect entrepreneurs' rights.

Rudolf Rue announced that 2 winners of the  aquarium design competition, conducted at "Lenexpo", would go to Germany to participate in the global aquariumist contest. He also thanked Russian sponsors for the quality of aquariums provided for the competition.

Sergey Alexeev, the director general of JSC "Lenexpo"

Sergey Alexeev, the director general of JSC "Lenexpo" prepared a pleasant surprise for the permanent exhibition participants. Due to the exhibition's "majority age" (18 th season) anniversary they all got special gift certificates for the 10 sq meters of exhibition space at the next exhibition "Zoosphere 2010". The certificates were given to "Sorso" ltd (Moscow),  "Western" ltd (Chelyabinsk), "Ivanka" ltd (St. Petersburg), "Agidis" ltd (St. Petersburg), "Agrovetzaschita" ltd ( Moscow), "Biosphere"ltd, "Hills"(Moscow), "Valta Pet Products" lts (Moscow).

"Valta pet products" from Moscow also got a special prize from "Lenexpo" and "Alfatrave" - a tour to Tenerife Island.

The ceremony ended up with a fashion show by "Shealen" (Sean+ Lena) fashion house. The defile of exclusive dogs' garments was opened by a handsome and beautifully dressed "musketeer" and "Madame Butterfly". The collection contained winter models for the season of 2009-2010. The main fashion idea is to make the dog and its owner dressed in one style. The core material is fur, but the collection also includes some nice evening garments.