Published
on: Thursday, May 09, 2019
By:
Bernama
LABUAN: The
zoo-like Labuan Bird Park is set for a makeover by year-end, with visitors able
to enter several walk-in aviaries to observe free-flying birds.
The
development of the park, with a RM1-million allocation from the Federal
Territories Ministry, will be guided by the emphasis on recreation,
education, conservation and research, park director Dr Marysia James Abie said
Wednesday.
It will
be a recreational facility and also serve to educate the public, she said,
adding that visitors will be educated on endangered species and captive
breeding.
Marysia
said that by next year, at the latest, the park will be home to the Borneo
Birds Conservation Centre which undertakes research on the breeding,
feeding and rehabilitation of critically-endangered bird species from
around Borneo.
She told Bernama the park will house an additional 1,000 birds across 100 species, on top of the more than 600 birds of 70 species, 38 from Borneo and 32 exotic species.
She told Bernama the park will house an additional 1,000 birds across 100 species, on top of the more than 600 birds of 70 species, 38 from Borneo and 32 exotic species.
Marysia
said the park had become a small rehabilitation centre and sanctuary where
free-flying birds have come to feed, live and breed over the years.
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