KEEPING As Singapore Zoo celebrates its 45th anniversary, it continues to reinvent itself to be the best open-concept zoo this side of Asia.
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There remains today continuous debate on whether animals should be kept in zoos or allowed to live in the wild. like healthy debate. More importantly, do believe that the future generation needs to be able to the different species of wildlife for them to understand the importance of conserving their habitat. And one of the zoos that find is working hard towards this is the Singapore Zoo.
When Singapore Zoo first opened in 1973, it was among the pioneers of the open concept
zoos, in which the animals are housed in
open enclosures landscaped to resemble their natural habitats. In doing so, it breaks the barrier between visitors and animals while giving the animals room to roam freely. It was
the first zoo in the world to have free-
range orangutan habitat. Today, Singapore Zoo remains committed in providing these moments of connection, but it has also gone to invest in other ways, seeking to further conservation, education and scientific understanding of animals. Its Wildlife Healthcare and Research Centre,
that arranges special group visits to its viewing gallery for real-time observation of animal surgery, was set up to also provide better healthcare to the animals while promoting research. The facility, opened in 2006, is also one of the ways visitors get to discover firsthand the work of zoo vets.
Endangered animals also get new lease of life at Singapore Zoo. The zoo was the
first to successfully hatch the Komodo dragon in Asia, outside Indonesia where the dragon is native feat that was made possible through meticulous planning and some cutting-edge technology intervention.
Source: MUHIBAH, the Royal Brunei Airlines in-flight magazine, 2018 Sep-Oct, pages 31-33. Text recovered from the scanned page by OCR and lightly corrected; spelling may differ from the printed edition.
