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PublishedDec 27, 2020, 10:55 pm SGT
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In a Reckless Move, Man Jumps Inside Rhino Enclosure at Singapore Zoo, Does Backflips
The person made it back alive and well before the four giant Rhinos in the background barely noticed him. (Image for representation)
By sheer good luck, the person made it back alive and well before the four giant Rhinos in the background barely noticed him. What a narrow squeak!
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In a video clip that has gone viral, a thrill-seeking young man is seen rushing headlong into a Rhino enclosure and enacting a backward somersault inside it before hauling himself back to safety.
SCDF old firefighting hoses to be used to furnish new habitat for Sumatran Orangutans Toggle share menu
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SCDF old firefighting hoses to be used to furnish new habitat for Sumatran Orangutans
Fire hoses can be manipulated into many different shapes and forms to provide multi-dimensional, stimulating, climbing and resting environments for orangutans. (Photo: Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme)
21 Dec 2020 03:38PM (Updated:
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SINGAPORE: The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) has donated 90 firefighting hoses to the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme (SOCP), which will repurpose them for use in a new orangutan habitat in North Sumatra.
This is the third such donation made by SCDF to various wildlife organisations, as part of its efforts to “give new life to old firefighting hoses”, it said in a news release on Monday (Dec 21).
The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) has donated 90 hoses of various lengths and dimensions to the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme (SOCP).
These hoses will be shipped to Medan, Indonesia to contribute to SOCP’s conservation efforts of the critically endangered Sumatran orangutan.
On December 18, 2020, a hand-over ceremony was held to symbolise SCDF’s donation of old firefighting hoses to SOCP. Image courtesy of SCDF
In May 2016, SCDF donated hoses to Wildlife Reserves Singapore (WRS). More recently, in November 2020, SCDF donated a total of 94 hoses to WRS.
How SOCP Utilises the Fire Hoses
A semi-wild home for orangutans is under construction in North Sumatra as part of the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme (SOCP).
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Police investigating case of man trespassing into Singapore Zoo s rhino enclosure
Screengrab of a video posted to social media platform TikTok showing a man trespassing into the Singapore Zoo s white rhino enclosure and performing a backflip.
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SINGAPORE: The police are investigating an incident in which a man trespassed into the Singapore Zoo’s white rhinoceros enclosure.
A video of the incident, posted to the account of TikTok user ralphwee , shows a man in a face mask riding what appears to be one of the zoo’s trams.