{"id":31892,"date":"2022-02-21T09:30:49","date_gmt":"2022-02-21T08:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=31892"},"modified":"2022-02-21T10:37:32","modified_gmt":"2022-02-21T09:37:32","slug":"unclear-when-will-construction-work-for-tirana-zoo-finish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/unclear-when-will-construction-work-for-tirana-zoo-finish\/","title":{"rendered":"Unclear when will construction work for Tirana Zoo finish"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The restoration of the Tirana Zoo began in the summer of 2020. Construction work was supposed to finish last summer, at least according to a billboard at the construction site.<\/p>\n<p>Erion Veliaj pledged to renovate Tirana Zoo from his first mandate however, it actually took some time for the project to see the light of day.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_31895\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31895\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-31895 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/vlcsnap-2022-02-21-10h01m31s782-e1645435045713.png\" alt=\"Tirana Zoo\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-31895\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tirana Zoo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Initially, it was announced that the project would start in 2018, but then it got postponed for another 2 years.<\/p>\n<p>Veliaj failed to keep his promise in opening Tirana Zoo on June 1, which falls on Children\u2019s Day.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"et\" dir=\"ltr\">\u00c7do 1 Qershor \ud83d\udc67\ud83c\udffc kemi nj\u00eb surpriz\u00eb p\u00ebr f\u00ebmij\u00ebt e mrekulluesh\u00ebm t\u00eb qytetit. K\u00ebsaj here, surpriza p\u00ebr ta \u00ebsht\u00eb \u201cKopshti i ri Zoologjik\u201d \ud83e\udd8d\ud83c\udf34\ud83d\udc3b\ud83d\udc12 &#8211; nj\u00eb hap\u00ebsir\u00eb q\u00eb po transformohet, p\u00ebr t\u2019u kthyer n\u00eb xhevahirin e radh\u00ebs n\u00eb Tiran\u00eb. \ud83d\udc4f\ud83c\udffb <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qNVXf5ZLGk\">pic.twitter.com\/qNVXf5ZLGk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Erion Veliaj #EYC2022 \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddf1 (@erionveliaj) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/erionveliaj\/status\/1383766533210398723?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 18, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Euronews Albania reached out to <a href=\"https:\/\/tirana.al\/\"><strong>Tirana City Hall<\/strong><\/a> to ask when will the city have its zoopark back, but received no response.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis delay seems like an excuse\u201d, says a citizen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are optimistic and hope that all goes well so that the investment there, paid for by us as taxpayers, is fruitful\u201d, said another citizen.<\/p>\n<p>Tirana Zoopark is the only public zoo in Albania and it was built in the 60s.<\/p>\n<p>The zoo was the home of several animals, including, lions, bears, llamas, wolves, foxes, and various birds.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_31894\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31894\" style=\"width: 1080px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-31894\" src=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/20190507_134906_070519014-4_yb6fMAY-1-e1645434858655.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-31894\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bobby the lion at Tirana Zoo \/ LSA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>However, animal rights groups have constantly <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oipa.org\/international\/appeals-zooalbania\/\">appealed<\/a> <\/strong>to authorities to shut down the zoo due to the squalid conditions in which the animals lived.<\/p>\n<p>The new project aimed to transform the small confined cages where the animals were being kept into a larger park.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/07\/29\/brown-bear-rescued-in-kukes-after-being-stuck-in-a-trap-for-3-days\/\">Brown bear rescued in Kukes after being stuck in a trap for 3-days<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/news\/2020\/05\/12\/the-incredible-change-of-lenci-the-lion-after-being-rescued-from-hellish-conditions\/\">The incredible change of Lenci the Lion after being rescued from hellish conditions<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The restoration of the Tirana Zoo began in the summer of 2020. Construction work was supposed to finish last summer, at least according to a billboard at the construction site. 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