New lion enclosure - Opening of the new outdoor lion enclosure at Frankfurt Zoo
The lion couple at the Frankfurt Zoo can visit their new outdoor enclosure for the first time on Tuesday (11.00 am). The zoo has rebuilt the enclosure in the past two years. Now, the big cats Kumar and Zarina have twice as much space as before, as the lion outdoor enclosure was only about 500 square meters large before.
Visitors can observe the animals from three levels in the future. The costs for the renovation of the enclosure were estimated at nearly two million Euros, the majority of which is being covered by the city as the zoo's sponsor. In the Frankfurt Zoo live two Asian lions, their species is globally endangered. During the renovation, the animals lived behind the scenes of the zoo and were not visible to visitors.
- Frankfurt am Main, being a municipality in the German state of Hesse, is home to the Frankfurt Zoo, where a pair of lions named Kumar and Zarina reside.
- Visitors to Frankfurt Zoo in their leisure time can now witness the lion couple in their expanded outdoor enclosure, which opened following a renovation project costing nearly two million Euros.
- The renovated enclosure, previously only 500 square meters, now provides the lions with twice as much space, making it one of the largest such facilities in municipalities across Hesse.
- Although the lion couple was not visible to visitors during the two-year enclosure renovation at Frankfurt Zoo, the city, acting as the zoo's sponsor, ensured that these globally endangered Asian lions had ample living space upon its completion.
