Oyen the cat is ‘the star of Zoo Negara’

Enclosure buddies: Oyen with the capybaras in Zoo Negara. The cat has become so popular that the number of visitors to the zoo has doubled during the weekends.

Compiled by FATIMAH ZAINAL, TAN SIN CHOW and R. ARAVINTHAN

THE presence of ‘Oyen’, a ginger cat which lives among capybaras in their enclosure at Zoo Negara, has boosted the arrival of visitors to the zoo to over 3,000 people during the weekends, Harian Metro reported.