Casablanca Zoo Opening Delayed: Budget Shortfall Halts Launch Plans

"The opening of the zoological park remains complex due to the lack of financial resources for this project, although the work has been completed," lamented the mayor of the economic capital on Monday, during the October session of the Municipal Council, specifying that this "project has a financial deficit of around 20 million dirhams, in addition to the cost of purchasing the animals which amounts to 50 million dirhams".

Nabila Rmili added that "the Council is facing major challenges in the context of the negotiations it is conducting with the ’Dream Village’ company, in charge of managing the park, concerning the taking over of equipment worth 18 million dirhams". The Council failed to allocate financial resources for the inauguration of the park in the 2025 budget, approved during this session.

It should be noted that the Casablanca Council had set the entrance fee to the Aïn Sebaâ zoological park at 25 dirhams for children and 50 dirhams for adults.