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THE National
Zoo is not moving anywhere. The Government has decided
that its present location in Hulu Klang is suitable.
Relocating the
animals, said National Resources and Environment Ministry
Parliamentary Secretary Sazmi Miah, would also be risky.
"Some of the
animals may not survive the journey".
"And even if
they do, they still have to get used to their new
surroundings. All these would be too risky".
Sazmi said
some animals, however, might be relocated to other areas
within the present zoo's boundaries".
"We may move
animals presently situated close to residential areas to
holding areas deeper in the zoo".
On the change
of management of the National Zoo, he said the ministry
would consider any offer by its current administrators.
"But we
haven't received anything official from the Zoological
Society of Malaysia".
Under the
Eighth Malaysia Plan, the National Zoo received an annual
grant of RM8 million.
Sazmi said the
RM500,000 collected from ticket sales were insufficient to
cover costs.
In reply to
Mohd Razali Che Mamat (BN-Kuala Kerai) earlier, he said
there were 25 zoos and zoological parks in Malaysia.
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