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| Animals at our zoo |
The
Sri Lankan government has allocated Rs. 600 million for the second stage of the
building of a new zoo in Pinnawala, CeyNews reported. The second phase of the
project will be constructed to house foreign species. The first stage of the
Pinnawala zoo is now being constructed at a cost of Rs. 577 million in a
48-acre land adjacent to the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage in Kegalle district.
The internal roads, food stores and the animal sections are now being built
under the first stage. The
official said over 95% of the first stage of the construction is now over. The
government says a second zoo adjacent to the world famous tourist hot spot
Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage will boost tourism and provide direct and indirect
employment to a large number of the people in the area. The complete zoo built
with modern facilities will cover 100 acres of land. Meanwhile, the first stage of the Pinnawala zoo will
comprise only animals, birds and other fauna endemic to Sri Lanka. The zoo will have a special open section
displaying the free-roaming Sri Lankan leopard.
