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Carmella de Lucia & Sophie McCoid

Calls for Kanye West to 'save' Chester Zoo after bizarre tweet

Kanye West has posted a series of bizarre tweets this week, following his campaign event to become President of the United States.

The rapper has tweeted about a variety of subjects, including his family life, especially focusing on his wife Kim Kardashian.

But now in a strange twist of events Kanye has turned his attention to Chester Zoo, by sharing support for a project the zoo was planning ten years ago.

He tweeted a link to a 2010 TrendHunter article about plans to build a gigantic biodome at the zoo, captioning it: "YZY team loves Proctor Matthews Architects ‘Africa Heart’ bio dome." - reports Cheshire Live.

The Heart of Africa bio-dome, dubbed the Eden Project of the north, was due to be the first phase of the £225m Natural Vision scheme but plans were later shelved.

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The structure, which was planned to mimic the natural African rain forest habitats of the Congo, would have housed a band of gorillas, a large troop of chimpanzees, okapi, birds, amphibians, reptiles, fish, invertebrates and a wide variety of plant life.

Chester Zoo later replied to West's tweet, thanking him for his interest in the plans, writing: "Hey ye - Glad you love it! Thanks for highlighting our work to help save endangered species from extinction.

"Unfortunately these are old plans now, but once we’ve saved our zoo following the coronavirus pandemic, things like this might be possible again."

In response to the zoo's tweet, some suggested West could help save the zoo from their current financial problems by donating money towards its future.

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