Zoo Johor Bahru 9 Aug 2013

After Hutan Bandar, we went to the Zoo Johor. The Zoo Johor is located at Jalan Gertak Merah. It is at the heart of Johor Bahru.

It is situated near to the Royal Museum and the Johor Bahru Palace Grounds. Still, the nearest landmark to the zoo is a mosque named Masjid Abu Bakar.

Zoo Johor is considered as one of the oldest zoos in Malaysia as it was built in the year of 1928.

There are more than 100 species of animals living in Zoo Johor including some endangered species of them animals. They are gorillas, elephants, flamingos, horses, lions and much more.

Once we walked in the zoo, immediately there were few pelican birds welcomed us. The zoo is not really clean and not well organized with clean food selling around the stalls during our visit there.

Probably it is weekend, there were so many visitors. Most of them were the foreign workers, such as Bangladeshis, Indonesian, Burmese, Cambodians, Indian, Vietnamese and Pakistanis. The crowds is really big.

This is probably one of the favourite spot for them to take a break and relax after the hard working life, and considered cheap too the entrance fees is just RM3. Besides that, can see local families bringing their children here too. There are animal shows for the entertainment too.

Overall, we felt that the zoo was poorly maintained, as most of the animals looked tired and bored. They need more attentions and cares from the zoo keepers, and a proper environments for them to live in! Hope that they can improve to a better and comfort living environment.

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