SINGAPORE – About three-quarters of Jurong Bird Park’s 3,500 birds have been moved from the old park to Bird Paradise in Mandai. The remaining birds will be relocated in the coming weeks ahead of the new park’s May 8 opening, said Mandai Wildlife Group on Tuesday (April 4). Speaking to The Straits Times on March 22, Dr Luis Neves, vice-president...
SINGAPORE – About three-quarters of Jurong Bird Park’s 3,500 birds have been moved from the old park to Bird Paradise in Mandai.
He said the order of relocation was largely decided based on two factors – the readiness of new aviaries in Mandai to take birds, as well as the areas that should be freed first in Jurong so that some birds in larger walk-through aviaries there could be placed in these freed-up spaces for keepers to secure these birds more easily on their day of move.
To keep the move as stress-free as possible for birds and keepers, he said, some birds were trained to voluntarily enter pet crates or holding areas for their move. Dr Neves also said the number of birds that required medical attention during the move has not differed from usual operations at the old bird park.