There is this huge compound off the 6th Ring Road that has always captured my attention as I drove by it. The compound is surrounded by a wooden fence resembling something you’d see in Games of Thrones with watch towers every 50 meters or so. I finally decided to get a closer look but once I approached I noticed signs all over the fence warning people of electrocution and that they were being monitored by security cameras.
I drove around the compound but couldn’t find a way in so I resorted to just snapping photos from the outside and through whatever holes I could find in the fence.
While driving around the compound I ran into some workers in a lot next door and according to them it’s an abandoned zoo project. If anyone has any information on this let me know. Here is the location on [Google Maps]
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This would be a great place to have stray animals live and be fed properly.
I think we should get sponsors and have this place worked a bit on as CSR for businesses and save the helpless animals!!!
Cant you do something in getting this idea out
A few years back you said there was a zoo project going to be built in jahra. We never heard about it again. Could this be the same project but in a different location?
If you’re referring to this https://248am.com/mark/kuwait/a-new-safari-zoo/ then it could very be possible the safari zoo. It’s not in Jahra but it’s fairly close to it and the size of this project does look government worthy. But then why did they stop work on it?
I always thought it was a paintball arena or something. If they aren’t going to make the zoo, they should make it a paintball course.
From what I know there was an individual investing his own money for a safari zoo in Kuwait. However, he needed some funding and the guy was approaching the Government and some private individuals. Then the recession hit and he did not get the money.
Anyone else know more about this and can fill in?
So that’s what it is, I saw that a long time ago and thought it was some military role playing area for target practice.
Basically its the small forest “AlGhaba AlSagheera” which was in AlFintas area few years back. The government took over the whole area and converted it into residential area, and this project was a good destination for families so the government decided to give the owner another larger land to start over his project. However, the guy took the land but didn’t open the small forest yet for some reason
He will sit on the land until he can make a nice profit.
Faisal is absolutely correct, except that the place was called “Little Jungle”
https://www.lonelyplanet.com/kuwait/kuwait-city/sights/other/little-jungle
That’s what I thought of when he described the location. The Little Jungle was such a cute little zoo. The kids could push little dogs in strollers and you could buy feed for the giraffe. I was sad to see it go once the land was taken to build houses. If it’s true he took the land and did nothing with it then shame on him for taking on a project he couldn’t handle or it could be due to the red tape and bribes every person has to deal with when trying to establish a business. I doubt we will ever know the truth.
Faisal is absolutely correct, except that it was called “Little Jungle”
https://www.lonelyplanet.com/kuwait/kuwait-city/sights/other/little-jungle
Alghaba Alsagheera means little jungle.
Does anyone know the owner or how to contact him? Veeery urgent
Hi!! Do you know the guy?
Good riddance. Zoos are animal prisons.