As the Transitional National Legislative Assembly (TNLA) moved the Wildlife, Conservation and Protected Areas Bill 2024 to the third reading stage, parliamentarians called for the establishment of zoological parks, commonly known as zoos, in Juba City and other main towns across the country to generate revenue.
The Bill aims to protect and develop the wildlife resource potential of South Sudan which has the largest animal migration in Africa. The country also has an extensive system of game reserves and national parks, totaling about 87,030Km which is about 13 percent of the land.
Lino Uto, a member of the parliament, urged Minister of Wildlife and Conservation Rizik Zachariah to consider establishing town zoos to…
