Johor Zoo to relocate to Iskandar Puteri

JOHOR BARU: The state government has approved the relocation of the Johor Zoo from its present site in Jalan Gertak Merah here to a 20.23ha site in Iskandar Puteri, formerly known as Nusajaya, some 20km away.

State Local Government and Housing Committee chairman Datuk Abdul Latiff Bandi said the new site was located along the Second Link Highway just a few kilometres away from the Perling toll plaza and added that the development of the new zoo would start later this year.