HO CHI MINH (REUTERS) - As visitor numbers slump during the pandemic, Vietnam's oldest zoo has scrambled to survive, such as holding fundraising drives, cutting pay and growing fruit and vegetables to feed the animals.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
HO CHI MINH - As visitor numbers slump during the pandemic, Vietnam's oldest zoo has scrambled to survive, such as holding fundraising drives, cutting pay and growing fruit and vegetables to feed the animals.
Still, the zoo, built in the French colonial era, has to meet running costs of 180 million dong a day and ensure more than 1,400 animals are fed. To help pay the bills, the zoo is now doing things such as growing flowers to sell to the public, designing gardens for homeowners and selling fertiliser to farmers, said Pham."We still ensure food supplies for the animals, but we try to provide them with seasonal food which is cost-effective,"said Pham, noting the zoo was growing nearly half of its food supplies on the city's outskirts.
Zoo veterinarian Nguyen Baa Ph said some of the animals have been emboldened by having fewer people peering at them.
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