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Night Safari is the world's first nocturnal zoo, [3] located in Mandai, Singapore.One of the country's most popular tourist attractions, it is one of five Mandai Wildlife Reserve parks, including Singapore Zoo, Bird Paradise, River Wonders, and the upcoming Rainforest Wild Park, slated to open to public on 12 March 2025.
In March 2006, the Singapore Zoo opened its S$3.6-million Wildlife Healthcare and Research Centre. [36] The 1,600 sqm building includes a fully-equipped operating theatre, as well as extensive treatment facilities able to give advanced care to the animals housed in the Singapore Zoo, Night Safari, River Wonders and Bird Paradise.
The term was first used by the Night Safari, Singapore, which opened in 1994. [1] While the term generally applies to zoos or facilities that allow visitors to view animals within enclosures or fenced areas, the term is expanding to include viewing of wildlife in national parks and other natural areas, such as in Laos.
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.
It is built over 12 hectares (30 acres) and nestled between its two counterparts, the Singapore Zoo and the Night Safari, Singapore. [2] It is the first of its kind in Asia and features freshwater exhibits and a river boat ride as its main highlights. The safari was built at a cost of S$160m, with an expected visitor rate of 820,000 people ...
Jurong Bird Park was an aviary and tourist attraction in Jurong, Singapore between 1971 and 2023.The largest such bird park in Asia, [3] it covered an area of 0.2 square kilometres (49 acres) on the western slope of Jurong Hill, the highest point in the Jurong region.
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.
There are currently about 65 species of mammals in Singapore. [1] Since the founding years of modern Singapore in 1819, over 90 species have been recorded, including megafauna such as tigers, leopards and sambar deer .