Sabah park to go wild over endangered animals
July 11th 2007 06:07
By Jaswinder Kaur
Article extracted from News Straits Times, Malaysia
Images extracted from Department of Vateinary Services (Malaysia) ,Low Places Guide Service
KOTA KINABALU: A new wildlife park in Sabah will become a site for the captive breeding of endangered animals such as the Sumatran rhinoceros.
Sabah Wildlife Department said the Sumatran Rhinoceros Conservation Workshop, which ended on Friday, 6 July 2007, had pointed out the need to have captive breeding of the animal.
“Captive breeding could be done here at the Lok Kawi Wildlife Park.”
There are between 35 and 50 rhinoceros in the state.
The park will also become a focal point for environmental education and research activities.
“This park will be used to create public awareness,” Ambu said at a briefing for Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister Datuk Masidi Manjun at the park’s open day yesterday.
“A second component of the park is the planning of indigenous tree species so that visitors can learn more about plants here. This effort is being undertaken by the Sabah Forestry Department.”
He said other zoos and parks in the region had also started small and later became a big hit, such as the Singapore Zoological Garden.
He said the park had collected nearly MYR 400,000 in entry fees since its soft opening five months ago. About 95% of visitors are Malaysians.
The 112ha park is located 25 km from the city and has more than 1000 animal species.
Masidi urged the private sector, especially oil palm companies, to help the Sabah Wildlife Department, which requires more than MYR 2 million to run the park annually.
“Oil Palm companies can adopt animals as part f their corporate responsibility. Hotels can also sponsor animals.
“I will talk to tour agents to include the park as part of the city tour.”
Shangri-La’s Rasa Ria Resort is the only organization giving financial aid to the park by helping to maintain the orang utan area.
Meanwhile, the Sabah Wildlife Department has signed a memorandum of understanding, with the Tokyo Zoological Park Society to work on the exchange of animals, staff and knowledge.
The department was represented by its director, Patrick Andau; while Tokyo Zoological Oark Society chief director Yoshinobu Asakura signed on behalf of the society.
Masidi said for a start, the Japanese would send flamingos to the wildlife park.
“Who hope these flamingos can breed and create juveniles which we will then send back to Japan.”
Article extracted from News Straits Times, Malaysia
Images extracted from Department of Vateinary Services (Malaysia) ,Low Places Guide Service
KOTA KINABALU: A new wildlife park in Sabah will become a site for the captive breeding of endangered animals such as the Sumatran rhinoceros.
“Captive breeding could be done here at the Lok Kawi Wildlife Park.”
There are between 35 and 50 rhinoceros in the state.
The park will also become a focal point for environmental education and research activities.
“This park will be used to create public awareness,” Ambu said at a briefing for Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister Datuk Masidi Manjun at the park’s open day yesterday.
“A second component of the park is the planning of indigenous tree species so that visitors can learn more about plants here. This effort is being undertaken by the Sabah Forestry Department.”
He said other zoos and parks in the region had also started small and later became a big hit, such as the Singapore Zoological Garden.
He said the park had collected nearly MYR 400,000 in entry fees since its soft opening five months ago. About 95% of visitors are Malaysians.
The 112ha park is located 25 km from the city and has more than 1000 animal species.
Masidi urged the private sector, especially oil palm companies, to help the Sabah Wildlife Department, which requires more than MYR 2 million to run the park annually.
“Oil Palm companies can adopt animals as part f their corporate responsibility. Hotels can also sponsor animals.
“I will talk to tour agents to include the park as part of the city tour.”
Shangri-La’s Rasa Ria Resort is the only organization giving financial aid to the park by helping to maintain the orang utan area.
Meanwhile, the Sabah Wildlife Department has signed a memorandum of understanding, with the Tokyo Zoological Park Society to work on the exchange of animals, staff and knowledge.
The department was represented by its director, Patrick Andau; while Tokyo Zoological Oark Society chief director Yoshinobu Asakura signed on behalf of the society.
Masidi said for a start, the Japanese would send flamingos to the wildlife park.
“Who hope these flamingos can breed and create juveniles which we will then send back to Japan.”
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And the whole concept is good, it seems Malaysia is interested in conservation which I gleaned only recently, and I must say I was surprised so it was good to see this post.
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