Safari park to replace Dubai Zoo

Dubai's new zoo that was announced by Dubai Municipality three months ago will have a safari model, a long pending demand of animal lovers campaigning against animals' living conditions at the 45-year-old Dubai Zoo.

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Published: Sun 13 May 2012, 5:21 PM

Last updated: Tue 7 Apr 2015, 1:22 PM

Hundreds of animals, birds and other creatures living in enclosures in the existing facility in Jumeirah will be relocated to the new safari park that will come up in a sprawling area of 400 hectares in Al Warqa, Director-General of Dubai Municipality Hussain Nasser Lootah announced at a press conference this afternoon.

The Dh150million project will be named “Dubai Safari” and will house many more animals from different parts of the world, said Lootah. “We will have animal exchange programmes with some international zoos and we will choose animals that are suitable to live in our weather conditions,” he said.

“It’s a safari concept with a different flavour. Visitors will have to use the zoo’s vehicles to go around andsee the animals,” he said.

sajila@khaleejtimes.com

Published: Sun 13 May 2012, 5:21 PM

Last updated: Tue 7 Apr 2015, 1:22 PM

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