This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
Heba Press
Since its opening in 2012, the Rabat National Zoo has welcomed more than 6 million visitors, with an annual rate of 500,000 visitors, making it one of the most striking and most visited destinations in the capital and the one of the most popular entertainment venues in the capital. Morocco.
A press release from the park indicates that it will celebrate the thirteenth anniversary of its foundation during the month of January, because from the 9th to the 14th of the same month festive activities and educational workshops aimed at promoting environmental education will be organized, thereby creates a space of discovery and learning for the benefit of rising generations.
The same source emphasizes that this celebration represents an opportunity to highlight the role of the park in the preservation of biodiversity and the promotion of environmental education, as well as to assess its role as a major player in the preservation of Moroccan and African fauna.
According to the report, the park includes more than two thousand animals belonging to 190 species, including the largest group of Atlas lions in the world, strengthening its position as a leading platform for wildlife conservation, with special emphasis on endemic species in Morocco. and Africa.
The conservation strategy is based on the establishment of basic cores of extinct or threatened species in the wild and on the reconstitution of breeding populations, either through new births or through new acquisitions from the network of partner zoos and parks. from all over the world.
For example, more than 220 births were recorded in 2024, including Atlas lions, bald ibises, Barbary macaques, Thomson’s gazelles, oryxes and orangutans. More than 50 animals have been acquired from foreign zoos, such as wild dogs, desert antelopes, reptiles and birds such as bustards.
In the field of work to preserve local biodiversity, various studies have been carried out on Moroccan species, their natural habitats and African ecosystems, as part of scientific research projects and plans aimed at deepening knowledge and exchanging experiences. between scientists and researchers on animal species. , especially the most fragile.
As part of modernizing the visitor experience by 2025, the National Zoo has decided to embrace digitalization in its platforms through connected digital solutions that meet the contemporary needs of the public.
At the same time and as part of the continuity of its conservation and scientific research strategy, the park has developed a project to diversify its offer by enriching its animal collection and improving animal welfare, while assuming the role of a center open to different actors in the field of wildlife studies on a regional scale.
