Jurong Hen Park is closed to guests for good, marking its ultimate farewell precisely on its 52nd opening anniversary.
Celebrating Jurong Hen Park’s iconic heritage and paying their final tributes, over 30,000 friends visited the park over its ultimate 5 days from 30 December 2022. 2,600 friends visited on the final day.
Jurong Hen Park leaves behind a storied legacy of connecting Singaporeans and worldwide guests with the wonderful world of birds and nature whereas making nice strides in avian care analysis and conservation.
The doorway to Jurong Hen Park has its shutters introduced down for the ultimate time at this time, marking the closure of one among Singapore’s first wildlife parks. The park has welcomed 41 million guests since its opening on 3 January 1971. Photograph credit score: Mandai Wildlife GroupOne spotlight of Jurong Hen Park is its feeding periods, which allowed friends intimate and interactive avian encounters. Right here, a younger boy enjoys the expertise of getting a pleasant chicken perch on the feeder for a deal with. Photograph credit score: Mandai Wildlife GroupClarence Noticed, Senior Supervisor, Animal Behaviour and Programmes at Mandai Wildlife Group presents Kings of the Skies with a White-bellied Sea Eagle for the final time. Photograph credit score: Mandai Wildlife GroupHeavy rain didn’t dampen spirits at Jurong Hen Park’s ultimate Kings of the Skies presentation on the Hawk Area. The presentation featured the pure behaviours of raptors just like the Bald Eagle, Brahminy Kites and Himalayan Griffon Vulture. Photograph credit score: Mandai Wildlife GroupTram captain, Raymond Loh, boards the tram for a ultimate drive round Jurong Hen Park. The tram trip supplied a scenic technique to benefit from the flora and avian fauna of the park through the years. Photograph credit score: Mandai Wildlife GroupThe re-creation of Jurong Hen Park’s outdated Cuckoo Clock tower on the park entrance that saved depend proper to the ultimate second of operations on the park’s final day. Photograph credit score: Mandai Wildlife GroupDaisy Ling, Vice President, Jurong Hen Park made the ultimate announcement to workers to mark the closure of the park to public. Photograph credit score: Mandai Wildlife GroupWorkers gathered on the entrance to bid farewell to the ultimate friends of Jurong Hen Park. The park leaves behind a heritage that has turn out to be an emblem for a lot of Singaporeans who grew up with this well-loved nationwide icon. Photograph credit score: Mandai Wildlife Group
After its closure to public, life goes on behind the gates of Jurong Hen Park with the animals persevering with to be cared for amidst preparations for the transfer to Hen Paradise. The brand new Hen Paradise is about to open within the second quarter of 2023 at Mandai Wildlife Reserve.
