PIT Donations Help Endangered Animals at Budapest Zoo

This year, the Budapest Zoo and Botanical Garden would like to renovate the Savannah enclosure using the 1% of the personal income tax (PIT) offered to the institution.

The donations are planned to modernize the enclosure’s rainwater drainage system and renovate the fences that separate the animals from the public. Thanks to the planned developments, the animals will have a more spacious and comfortable place, and the visitor experience will also be improved.

Not only will the animals be better visible, but the public will also be able to use the feeding tower again, from where they can get to know the giraffes at head height.

The enclosure, established in 2008, is inhabited by white rhinos, giraffes, mhorr gazelles, nyala antelopes, as well as a waterbuck, several crowned cranes, marabous, and rescued storks. The majority of these animals are endangered, threatened species, so in addition to the aging of the enclosure, the outstanding conservation significance of the species living there is also a reason for the institution to renew the Savannah enclosure using this year’s social security subsidies.

The Budapest Zoo and Botanical Garden has achieved significant results in the field of breeding the aforementioned species.

The first giraffe in Budapest was born in 1868 and since then a total of 34 giraffe calves have been born and raised in the zoo. The world’s first two rhinos born through artificial insemination were also born in the Budapest Zoo. The Mhorr gazelle, which became extinct in its natural habitat decades ago, has begun to be reintroduced into the wild thanks to the international zoo breeding program in which the Budapest Zoo is also participating.

Via MTI; Featured picture: MTI/Krizsán Csaba