Is Chernobyl a Wild Kingdom or a Radioactive Den of Decay?. About the legend that Chernobyl is today a paradise for animals - the studies rather indicate that it is a death trap and the animals are there only because they migrate from surrounding areas - after all, they can't see radioactivity and the consequences of the radiation there are rather insidious because they massively hinder reproduction. Oh, and the whole region is supposed to be opened for tourism according to this year's decision ...