Emergency €1.1m fund to help prevent closure of Dublin Zoo and Fota

Fota Wildlife Park and Dublin Zoo are to get €1.1m in emergency government funding. Picture. Darragh Kane

Dublin Zoo and Fota Wildlife Park are to be granted €1.1m in emergency government funding due to their current financial difficulties caused by Covid-19 restrictions.

The Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage has confirmed it is to allocate €1.6m in grant funding to the sector, with €500,000 to be made available to almost 70 small and medium-size zoos, and aquaria.