Taiping Zoo & Night Safari needs donations for animal feed

TAIPING: The Taiping Zoo and Night Safari needs contributions from corporations and corporate members to cover the expenses of animal feed which is increasing.
Taiping Municipal Council (MPT) president Datuk Abd Rahim Md Ariff said the cost of food for the animals was more than RM4 million a year.
He said to reduce its burden, the zoo had introduced an adoption programme since 1994 to get sponsors to cover the cost of animal feed.
The zoo is offering five packages to companies – the platinum package with donations of RM50,000 and above; gold package (between RM30,000 and RM49,999); silver package (between RM10,000 and RM29,999); bronze package (between RM1,000 and RM9,999); and 'ikhlas' package (between RM100 and RM999).
"By sponsoring the food, they will help the animal conservation efforts and preserve the habitat for the benefit of future generations," he told a press conference on the Zoo Taiping and Night Safari Adoption Programme here on Tuesday night.
At the event, three companies handed their sponsorships – Spritzer Resources Sdn Bhd with RM10,000; Pharmaniaga (RM5,000) and Sports Toto (RM2,000).
Abd Rahim said the zoo had received between 600,000 and 700,000 visitors last year.
The 14.4ha zoo was established in 1961. It currently houses 1,300 animals from 140 species of mammals, birds, reptiles and fish. — Bernama