The Corona-crisis brings out the animal Park Hellabrunn in arge Existenznöte. Especially the construction of the new lion system threatens to fail now. The city of jumps, as the main shareholder of the Zoo to help?

The animal Park Hellabrunn suffers from the loss of Revenue for the Corona-pandemic (News-Ticker). The Zoo is not complete in the municipal and go so bust . Rasem Baban sounds the Alarm, the chief reports on the problems . Must now soft, the lion ? Many more exciting stories from Munich in our App.

Update from 18. June: The animal Park Hellabrunn want to do anything to be able to continue to lion’s hold. As reported (see below), is afraid of the animal Park Director Rasem Baban, the Zoo, log on to because of the restrictions in the course of the Corona-pandemic bankruptcy needs. It was also unclear whether Hellabrunn had to give up his lions. To Baban explains: “The current lion’s attitude in Hellabrunn is in need of improvement, and only tolerated. Because of the financial constraints since about two years, the planned project of the new lion system can not be implemented in the worst case.“

As a non-profit Corporation the Zoo do not get any financial Corona-aid* of the Federal government and the free state. “Currently we are, however, of the city of Munich, which is our main shareholder, about a possible financial support to urban more part in good discussions,” said Baban.

the animal Park Hellabrunn in Munich, Due to Corona, a Minus of € 35,000 per day

of origin, article 17. June: The animal Park Hellabrunn Rasem Baban threatened, according to his boss, the Bankruptcy and debt is the Corona-crisis : “If now we must not let more visitors in, do I have to register at the end of September of insolvency is,” said the native of Mannheim, compared to the image announced. With the new requirements of the Zoo in Munich was allowed to leave every day only 4400 visitors to the site in the South of Munich. “The remains of a creeping death and very disappointing,” takes Baban.

It would also counted visitors, no entry pay – as small children or the owner of an annual ticket for the Munich animal Park . “Without help, we have to return in September as the First of our lions. Ironically, the heraldic animal of the free state. This can’t be true!“

+ The lion in Hellabrunn do not know anything about the impending Bankruptcy of the animal Park.©dpa/Peter Kneffel

It is alone, the estimated renovation and enlargement of the lion-plant in Hellabrann with a proud sum of 3.6 million . The animal Park Hellabrunn have> daily costs in the amount of 50,000 Euro </strong , said the head. "How are we supposed to earn?" Instead, a power currently in the Fund, Minus 35,000 Euro apparent per day. to survive

Online ticket system prepares the animal Park Hellabrunn difficulties

To the need of the animal Park 8.600 daily visitors . “We ask for five square meters per visitor. The enough fresh air, but absolutely, most of the eh family, the need to keep any distance.“ CSU-MdB Wolfgang Stefinger contacted with the request to check the number of square metres, to the state government. Baban calls on the city in addition, the revenue loss due to Corona balance. Unlike other Zoos, the Tierpark hellabrunn is not fully in municipal ownership, and could therefore, theoretically, bust .

hellabrunn has to contend with his ticket system. It will be sold only Online-Tickets – in Straubing for example, there is a rolling procedure at the ticket office. So could there be virtually always take advantage of the maximum limit of allowed visitors.

in mid-may, the head of the animal Park turned in to the social networks with a call-up to the population:

MK/PF with dpa

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section list image:©dpa/Peter Kneffel

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