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Malacca Zoo

Malacca Zoo, officially the Malacca Zoo and Night Safari, is a 54-acre (22 ha) zoological park located beside Lebuh Ayer Keroh (Federal Route 143) in Ayer Keroh, Malacca, Malaysia, which hosts more than 1200 animals including 215 species of birds, amphibians, reptiles, mammals.[3] It is the second-largest zoo in Malaysia behind the National Zoo of Malaysia, both were established in 1963. The zoo acts as both a rescue base and an animal sanctuary and was initially owned by the Malacca State Government, but its management was taken over by the Department of Wildlife and National Parks of Malaysia in 1979 and later opened to the public by the then Prime Minister, Tun Dr. Mahathir bin Mohammad on 13 August 1987.[4]

Malacca Zoo
2°16′40″N 102°18′6″E / 2.27778°N 102.30167°E / 2.27778; 102.30167
Date opened1963
13 August 1987 (to public)
LocationAyer Keroh, Malacca, Malaysia
Land area54 acres (22 ha)
No. of animals554[1]
No. of species215
MembershipsISO 9001:2000, SEAZA[2]
Websitewww.zoomelaka.gov.my

Malacca Zoo was the first zoo in Malaysia to exhibit the critically endangered Hedgehog, Meerkats, Other species exhibited in the zoo, both local and foreign, included the white rhinoceros, wildebeest, Asian elephants, red panda, Malaysian gaur, the serow, the squirrel monkey, the molurus python, the grey wolf, the Mongolian wild horse, the green tree python, capybara, tapirs, an the cage flying fox, peacocks, dove the giraffe, Sambar deer, Lechwe, Waterbuck, Ankole cattle, Banteng, and the ostriches, cassowaries, leopards, panthers, lions, otters, crocodile, cage hornbills, turtles, orangutans, sun bears, mandrills chimpanzees, an ape at the Ponies, owls, wallabies, the blue-and-yellow macaw Scarlet Macaw, and also the Indochinese tiger as well as the Malayan tiger[5][6][7]

Attractions edit

 
A blue and yellow macaw at the zoo

Some other attractions at the zoo includes:

  • A mini safari[8]
  • A multi-animal show[9]
  • An elephant show
  • Elephant & horse rides
  • A souvenir shop at the exit
  • Night Zoo[10]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Decision soon on Melaka Zoo and Night Safari".
  2. ^ "SEAZA Membership List". seaza.org. SEAZA. Retrieved 5 August 2011.
  3. ^ Zoo Melaka info at Cuti.com. – Malacca Zoo Retrieved on 10 August 2008.
  4. ^ Melaka Zoo's history. 10 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ List of mammals --Mammals. 5 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ List of birds --Birds. 5 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ List of Reptiles --Reptiles. 5 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ Zoo Melaka --Mini Safari 4 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ Malacca Zoo's Attraction --Attractions/Activities 10 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ Malacca Zoo --Night Zoo notification 10 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine

External links edit

  • Official website
  • Melaka Zoo at Melaka.net
  • Melaka Zoo on the map.

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