Exploring Pretoria Zoo Mzansi Woman Claims to Have Only Seen 5 Animals: Day of Serene Emptiness
- This woman went to Pretoria Zoo and was not happy to have only seen a handful of animals
- TikTok user @mrs_neyo shared a video of her experience, showing many bare enclosures
- Nontsikelelo Mpulo from Pretoria Zoo explained that there are renovations happening
- Mzansi people were stressed for the animals, left wondering what had happened to all of them
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A recent TikTok video capturing the vast emptiness of Pretoria Zoo has left Mzansi stressed. Pretoria Zoo is not small, but where are the animals?
Source: TikTok
There is always negative media surrounding things like zoos, so this one went viral quickly. And people want answers.
Mzansi woman shows worryingly empty Pretoria Zoo
The video posted by user @mrs_neyo shows Pretoria Zoo, which is usually bustling with a diverse array of creatures, oddly quiet.
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She claims to have only seen a handful of animals and did not explain as to why this was so. The woman showed some bare enclosures and a few animals that did not look so jolly. Pretoria Zoo doesn't look all that lively in this clip.
Take a look:
Pretoria Zoo is getting some upgrades done
Briefly News spoke to Nontsikelelo Mpulo, Director of Marketing, Communication and Commercialisation at Pretoria Zoo, to find out what was happening. She explained that "the National Zoological Garden (NZG) is home to over 3500 animals including amphibians, fish, reptiles, birds and mammals," not just five.
Nontsikelelo also shared that some maintenance is taking place, which explains some of the empty enclosures, and the zoo is giving visitors a 20% discount for the inconvenience.
"The NZG has been on a facilities improvement drive for the last two years. As you can imagine, a property the size of the NZG must be tackled in stages. We completed the refurbishment of the parking area in July 2022 and have improved the access to the reptile park and aquarium this year. Several enclosures have also been constructed, including our Southern ground hornbill camps duck, chicken and crane aviaries. Further work is near completion, including our raptor aviaries, parrot enclosures, reptile enclosures and, in the aquarium, our marine tank exhibits. Major renovations, which will still take a couple of months, include our Stormy Bay, where the seals are kept, white rhino night rooms and our owl exhibits. Where possible, animals are moved from their enclosures to alternative enclosures within the zoo during construction. Unfortunately, some animals have had to be moved to off-display areas. In addition, we have refurbished several other public areas since the beginning of this year, including several of our toilet blocks and the walkway over our Heart of Africa section.
"Visitors to the Zoo can still see lions; we recently received lion cubs, which we introduced in December 2022, so we have two prides of lion on display, one in the northern part of the zoo and the other in the southern section. In addition, we have iconic species such as Komodo dragons, lions, tigers, rhinos, buffalo, and, of course, the elephant. There are literally over 300 flamingos at the entrance to the zoo.
"We have recently acquired a male buff-cheeked gibbon from France with whom we hope to mate with our resident female to add to the global gene pool.
"Progress on construction and refurbishment is shared on the NZG social media pages and with posters inside the Zoo."
Mzansi people are stressed about the animals
Seeing the zoo so bare left many people wondering what was going on. A few people claimed that this is why they never go to the zoo.
Read some of the mixed comments below:
Balotheli said:
“I’d rather go to Kruger National Park ayyy.”
Boipelo Mogale was sad:
“Seeing this after I just paid for my did's school trip to Pretoria Zoo”
AusiKay shared:
“That’s why I make a special drive to Johannesburg Zoo. ”
Liyaaa said:
“That elephant has been there since I was in primary school ok she is tireddddd.”
Terrifying video of man sitting in snake pit of pythons at reptile zoo goes TikTok viral with 11 million views
In other news, Briefly News reported that one man, @jayprehistoricpets posted a video showing what his job entails at the reptile zoo. The man shot the TikTok video while he was in a snake pit with a bunch of huge pythons all over his body.
The guy acknowledged that he was different because he loved snakes, and said he was living his dream life.
"So we are all different and that’s what makes us all special. I know that some people don’t understand me and I’m sure the same is true for some of you but I am curious do you have some passions and dreams maybe you don’t talk about well you can see mine…”
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