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Prior to the establishment of Singapore Zoo, there were other short-lived zoos in Singapore's history, including the first recorded zoo founded in the early 1870s at the present-day Singapore Botanic Gardens, [7] a zoo opened in the 1920s in Ponggol (present-day Punggol) by animal trader William Lawrence Soma Basapa and two zoos run by two brothers by the surname of Chan during the 1960s.
Bird Paradise is an aviary located in Mandai, Singapore.Opened on 8 May 2023, it replaced the Jurong Bird Park and forms a part of the Mandai Wildlife Reserve, consisting of the Singapore Zoo, Night Safari, River Wonders and the upcoming Rainforest Wild Park.
Mandai Wildlife Group is a self-funded organisation based in Singapore which manages the Mandai Wildlife Reserve at Mandai in Singapore, which includes the Singapore Zoo, Night Safari, River Wonders, Bird Paradise and Rainforest Wild. [3] Logo of Wildlife Reserves Singapore before its rebranding.
The Punggol Zoo, formally Singapore Zoological Gardens and Bird Park, [1] was a former animal collection in Singapore from 1928 to 1942. [2] Founded by Singaporean-Indian land owner William Lawrence Soma Basapa , the name comes from the location on a 10-hectare site on Punggol Road , possibly near Sungei Dekar (now called Coney Channel ). [ 3 ]
2.26 Singapore. 2.27 Sri Lanka. 2.28 Taiwan. ... East London Zoo; ... National Zoological Gardens of Sri Lanka; Pinnawala Open Zoo; Ridiyagama Safari Park; Taiwan
The Gardens' Bulletin Singapore. 56 (1 & 2): 1– 28. National Heritage Board (2002), Singapore's 100 Historic Places, Archipelago Press, ISBN 981-4068-23-3. Singapore Botanic Gardens (1989), Visions of Delight: The Singapore Botanic Gardens through the ages, by Bonnie Tinsley, Tien Wah Press, Singapore, ISBN 9971882035.
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The concept of a nocturnal park in Singapore was suggested in the 1980s by the former executive chairman of the Singapore Zoo, Dr Ong Swee Law. Constructed at a cost of S$ 63 million, the Night Safari was officially opened on 26 May 1994 and occupies 35 hectares (86 acres) of secondary rainforest adjacent to the Singapore Zoo and Upper Seletar ...