The Save Dublin Zoo campaign has raised over €2.7 million to date after the Irish public responded to an urgent plea.
The loss of vital funds from ticket sales, coupled with a monthly animal care cost of €500,000, led to an uncertain future for Dublin Zoo.
Zoo director Christoph Schwitzer said that while they are not home and dry just yet, the response to date has given Dublin zoo a vital lifeline and hope for 2021.
“The money raised has allowed us to look to 2021 with renewed optimism, hopeful that restrictions will lift next year and allow us to welcome stronger visitor numbers once again”, he said.
Despite the challenges presented by Covid 19 life has gone on at the zoo who have announced new arrivals among some of the most vulnerable species in the wild, including an energetic male southern white rhinoceros calf, two adorable Humboldt penguin chicks, a beautiful Siamang gibbon, and most recently, a tiny Goeldi’s monkey.
Dublin Zoo will be open over the Christmas period except for Christmas Day and St. Stephen’s Day.
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