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While I was listening to the radio on My-FM this morning, I heard the DJs were discussing about the Zoo after they have read a post regarding the zoo on the local news paper. The news was reporting about the old/broken facilities, empty cages and very few animals being kept in the zoo. These are resulting in very low visitor's rate and forcing the zoo's management to run on a very limited fund. With the situation getting worsen, the management was asking for government funding to renew some of the facilities as well as bringing in more animals.

As I remember just recently Elaine and I visited the Zoo, so let me talk a little bit bout the zoo, sharing some of the photos we had taken during our visit and hope to draw some attentions from friends around about the zoo. It can really be a great weekend getaway place for family outing or even couple's dating. But please don't be surprise to find that the entrance fee alone is causing RM15/pax. I remember during our last visit which was about 4/5 years backed, the entrance fee was only RM10/pax. So much of a hike, 50%! Anyway, let's check out the photos.

The entrance - Zoo Negara:





The Safari walk... So you will see some animals from africa over here like giraffes, rhino and lions (those you have seen in Lion King cartoon).











The mother and baby hippos. The baby was born just 2 months ago with body weighting around 45kg! What a huge baby =.=! The zoo keepers keep the two out from the herd as mother hippo is very protective of it's child and will get very aggresive whenever someone is approaching. So, it is better to keep both out in another smaller cage/pond.



Our most precious and closest animal relative - Orang Utan. These animals are so endangered in the wild that a lot of sanctuaries were setup just to help them breeding so to keep them away from extinction. So next time if you do hunting in Malaysian jungle, please do not shoot one if you are so lucky to have seen one.



The zoo runs 2 animal's shows a day, one before and the other after noon. So you will see trainers giving commands to the animals and making them performing some tricks/stunts. Remember to go early before the show starts to get a place to sit as the seats are very limited.



Guess who was this "handsome"?







Try to spot the croc if you have a pair of sharp eyes.



Overall, the condition in the zoo was acceptable. Although some of the facilities were really old/broken. But I did see some of the new facilities were being built. So if we as KL residents would like to have a zoo for our children in the future to learn about the wild life, please contribute some of your time to visit the zoo and help generating incomes for the management. So with the revenue, I believe they are able to give us a better environment and more animals for our children to enjoy studying about wildlife.

Just in case if you do not know how to get there - please visit Zoo.