Johor Zoo beats the heat with blood ice cubes and fruit popsicles


JOHOR BARU: With the scor­­­ching heatwave, Johor Zoo has inten­si­fied health checks and imp­le­men­ted measures to protect the animals, which includes creative feeding, says a state executive councillor.

Johor housing and local government committee chairman Datuk Mohd Jafni Md Shukor said the zoo focused on ensuring water sources are clean and sufficient, including for animals that rely on water to cool off, such as the Mala­yan tapir, tiger, hippopotamus and crocodile.

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