Visit Singapore Zoo: Singapore Zoo's Orang Utans get Home Upgrades

Monday, July 30, 2007

Singapore Zoo's Orang Utans get Home Upgrades

ORANG UTANS at the Singapore Zoo now have a newly renovated home. The renovation cost about $1 million and took five months to complete.

The centrepiece - the world's first tree top boardwalk that allows visitors to walk among the free range orang utans.

Ms Fanny Lai, Executive Director of Singapore Zoo and Night Safari, said the newly constructed boardwalk is designed to bring visitors closer to the animals.
For example, the new Sumatran habitat allows visitors to stand eye to eye with the 90kg male adult orang utan, Charlie.

In addition, the zoo has upgraded the Borneo exhibit area by adding more live plants, trees and fallen logs which provide shade for the animals.

By attracting more visitors to see the playful orang utans, the zoo hopes to raise public awareness about the endangered species.

There are currently 25 orang utans housed at the zoo.

Is this the same as vote for PAP and get your HDB upgrades. ?

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