The Kumasi Zoological Garden in the Ashanti Region is losing its revenue value due to its appalling situation.
The zoo, which is about a 1.5 km square area, is located between the Kumasi Kejetia Bus Terminal and the old Kumasi Race course Market. For the past years, the area has been counted as the most beautiful tourist centre in the region due to its attractive state at that time. That was the time that the zoo could see thousands of tourists visiting the garden per week. During that period, the cages in which the animals were kept were of colorful state, a lot of active animals as well as the lawns and roads within the zoo were also on display. Nevertheless, the system has changed now, due to a lack of maintenance in some parts of the zoo. This has really turned the areas once attractive to tourists into places very boring to visit. The internal roads leading to the cages are in a bad state, it makes the tourists who tour the facilities very difficult to walk on when it rains, compared to the old situation where these roads were tarred with kerbs functioning. This road has been destroyed by the erosion due to the poor drainage system that directs the rainwater to the main stream passing through the zoo. Apart from the roads, the cages in which the animals are living in are not also well to speak of. This is because some of the metal cages have not been coated for some years making them rusty. Wooden structures are not different from the metals as they are at a point that they could be use as fire woods. Some of these cages, including the cage of the python and the cobra, look very dangerous to visitors, especially kids. Again, bushes have taken the cages making it difficult for a visitor to locate the animals within the cages. These include the cage of the cobra again, crocodile, alligator and many more. This looks very dangerous to tourist as they try to look at these animals in the bushes, which by the time they realize, they will be standing close to these wild animals. In addition to the problems, some of the aquatic animals are living in mud instead of water. This is due to the lack of repairs of the pipe lines which are linked to these cages consequently the animals are living in to bad of a situation for their bodies to look fresh to attract visitors. Inadequate feeding of the animals cannot be left out as animals take just a meal out of three per day. This has made some of the animals grow very lean and they are not attractive. Part of the zoo leading to race turns the area into a very bushy paving way for harmful insect that disturbs the animals in the cages that are near to that area. Tourists are therefore calling the authorities to pay more attention to these problems for the zoo to come back to its first position as the finest tourist centre in Ashanti.
The zoo, which is about a 1.5 km square area, is located between the Kumasi Kejetia Bus Terminal and the old Kumasi Race course Market. For the past years, the area has been counted as the most beautiful tourist centre in the region due to its attractive state at that time. That was the time that the zoo could see thousands of tourists visiting the garden per week. During that period, the cages in which the animals were kept were of colorful state, a lot of active animals as well as the lawns and roads within the zoo were also on display. Nevertheless, the system has changed now, due to a lack of maintenance in some parts of the zoo. This has really turned the areas once attractive to tourists into places very boring to visit. The internal roads leading to the cages are in a bad state, it makes the tourists who tour the facilities very difficult to walk on when it rains, compared to the old situation where these roads were tarred with kerbs functioning. This road has been destroyed by the erosion due to the poor drainage system that directs the rainwater to the main stream passing through the zoo. Apart from the roads, the cages in which the animals are living in are not also well to speak of. This is because some of the metal cages have not been coated for some years making them rusty. Wooden structures are not different from the metals as they are at a point that they could be use as fire woods. Some of these cages, including the cage of the python and the cobra, look very dangerous to visitors, especially kids. Again, bushes have taken the cages making it difficult for a visitor to locate the animals within the cages. These include the cage of the cobra again, crocodile, alligator and many more. This looks very dangerous to tourist as they try to look at these animals in the bushes, which by the time they realize, they will be standing close to these wild animals. In addition to the problems, some of the aquatic animals are living in mud instead of water. This is due to the lack of repairs of the pipe lines which are linked to these cages consequently the animals are living in to bad of a situation for their bodies to look fresh to attract visitors. Inadequate feeding of the animals cannot be left out as animals take just a meal out of three per day. This has made some of the animals grow very lean and they are not attractive. Part of the zoo leading to race turns the area into a very bushy paving way for harmful insect that disturbs the animals in the cages that are near to that area. Tourists are therefore calling the authorities to pay more attention to these problems for the zoo to come back to its first position as the finest tourist centre in Ashanti.
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