The Ocean Park today (Dec. 16) publishes the 2019/20 Annual Report. In the fiscal year of 2019/20, the Park recorded 525 animal deaths, 18% down from 641 in 2018/19.
The report points out that as of June 30 this year, the Park processed 7,478 animals, with a slight decline of 1.6% compared to 7,600 in 2019. The Park had more than 400 species of animals, including 88 endangered species. The figures for animal mortalities, acquisitions and births have generally dropped.
Among the 525 animal deaths, 474 were marine and freshwater fish. There were 16 mammal mortalities while a total of 26 bird deaths were recorded.
There were also many new births in the Park, including three spotted seals, 27 meerkats, six gentoo penguins, three king penguins, two blue-crowned laughingthrushes, two yellow-bibbed lories, etc. The Park’s other acquisitions included 113 fish donated to the Park, and another 192 acquired through purchases and collection.
According to the report, the Park donated one two-toed sloth to a zoo in Portugal, 20 Papuan penguins to an aquarium in the Mainland, and one green-winged to Macao. In addition, the Park sent one green tree python and six poison dart frogs to Singapore under an animal exchange agreement.
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