The Port Harcourt Zoo was built in 1974 by Alfred Diete-Spiff the then Military Governor & was officially opened to the public on 1st October 1975. The zoo needs an uplift as there are just few animals there. Including a skinny Lion and a gorilla called Chinedu.

Nothing spectacular. No good care of the animal and bird species. Not much species of animals. The zoo needs refurbishment and attention from the appropriate quarters.
Some of the cages are worn out. Animals may break free one day.

The state of those lions is pitiful. I wish the state would allocate more funds for upkeep, it would help to attract more visitors and put the zoo on the path to self sustainability.

There are five birds, two monkeys, one gorilla (nicknamed Chinedu), two skinny lions, two peacocks,
a big snake, two ducks, a horse,
a deer, a tortoise and a crocodile. These are the total animals that make up the Port Harcourt zoo.

See Chinedu the gorilla sef don taya for Nigeria

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When zoo workers never chop

Shebi most of these children & adult rapists, killer herdsmen, captured Boko Haram members, ritualists, bandits, kidnappers etc., would have been placed inside here to share accomodation with these lions

Humans never chop, come be animals.
If that lion mistakenly escape from that zoo, na for pot dem go find em body.

see the way that monkey sit down like person wey never chop for decades,

It is suicidal to visit such zoo..

When the food meant for the animals are being diverted by the zoo workers..

Is this real..... Jeeeezzzzz... Why opening a zoo if you can't take care of the animals in it. Best thing is to release those animals to freedom.... Oh my....

hmmmn

how many port hacourt citizens don chop. u dey talk lion ...
the lion should be grateful self dey dem neva kill am chop !

Feed them rats if you can't find better meat for them or send them back into the wild. Don't be surprised that the zoo keepers are the ones eating the money budgeted for the feeding of the animals.

It's just a shame, really!

What kind of people do we have as leaders sef? How did we get here? I was there last December with my family. This was also what we found out. Aside the malnutrition, the environment is DIRTY. Zero maintenance. Where then is the money allocated for this purpose going to?

Where!

It's on this nairaland I read that lion was eating yam in a zoo in Benue state, nigeria so it wont die of hunger.

https://www.nairaland.com/5405082/malnourished-lion-benue-university-zoo

Na to chop the lion remain

When man never see food chop belleful, na animal go come chop belleful?

badaru911:
Is this real..... Jeeeezzzzz... Why opening a zoo if you can't take care of the animals in it. Best thing is to release those animals to freedom.... Oh my....

decades ago, this zoo was a reputable tourist site. The lack of maintenance culture have led to it's decline. I remember when a lion tore a white man into pieces and we were led to a room to see the gory pictures. You say they should release the lion! Nothing chinedu no go see for zoo.

TONYE001:
It's just a shame, really!

What kind of people do we have as leaders sef? How did we get here? I was there last December with my family. This was also what we found out. Aside the malnutrition, the environment is DIRTY. Zero maintenance. Where then is the money allocated for this purpose going to?

Where!

badaru911:
Is this real..... Jeeeezzzzz... Why opening a zoo if you can't take care of the animals in it. Best thing is to release those animals to freedom.... Oh my....

decades ago, this zoo was a reputable tourist site. The lack of maintenance culture have led to it's decline. I remember when a lion tore a white man into pieces and we were led to a room to see the gory pictures. You say they should release the lion! Nothing chinedu no go see for zoo.

alphaRego01:
When zoo workers never chop

I taya

They should privatise it na .

Perfect representation of the country, naija sef don dry pass this lion

Lubumbashi:
Feed them rats if you can't find better meat for them or send them back into the wild. Don't be surprised that the zoo keepers are the ones eating the money budgeted for the feeding of the animals.

I'm sure the money has been eaten like 90% in Abuja before it cross border sef

I don't like the idea of confining animals.... They are better in reserves