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Lions return to renovated enclosure at Riga Zoo
BC, Riga, 19.10.2016.Print version
Riga Zoo is due to inaugurate a renovated open-air enclosure
of its lion house this Friday, October 21, the zoo's information and education
department informed.
Tori, a female Asian lion, which was brought to Riga from
Tallinn Zoo on October 7, will become the first inhabitant of the renovated
lion house.
The open-air enclosure of the lion house complex has been
renovated with support from the Riga City Council, Baltic Zinc Technics and the
zoo’s visitors.
The zoo's historical "lion's den", which is 104
years old, has just undergone its fourth makeover and has been transformed into
a modern facility adjusted to the needs of its inhabitants.