Photo: Miloš Milivojević/TanjugThe mayor of Belgrade announced the relocation of the zoo from Kalemegdan to the part of Ada Ciganlija known as Ada Safari. Before that, the status of 270 families living in that part of Ada should be resolved. The Democratic Party believes that this idea is "completely senseless".
Aleksandar Šapić said at the press conference that the Belgrade Zoo has been in its current location for almost a hundred years and that changing the location for many reasons has been a frequent topic in the past decades.
"We could never get into a serious conversation with UNESCO regarding the protection of Kalemegdan, because the Zoo is located there." There were proposals and attempts, even by the former director Vuk Bojović, who had the idea to move the Zoo to the Great War Island," explained Šapić, a reported by Beoinfo.
On this occasion, the mayor did not mention how he would do it gondola construction influenced UNESCO's attitude towards the Kalemegdn Fortress.
"Here (Ada Safari)," says Šapić, "there are a lot of trees, there is a small lake, and the animals would certainly feel better." The space is twice as large as the one currently occupied by the Zoo, fourteen compared to seven hectares. If we manage to realize this project, I think that Belgrade would get a zoo that we would all be proud of."
Many Belgraders would be less proud that for this purpose one of the rare, semi-wild oases of greenery in the city should be destroyed, in order to build a zoo there with accompanying facilities.
And when it comes to the status of the 270 families living in that part of Ada Ciganlija, the mayor said that they will definitely not be left without a roof over their heads.
At the upcoming town assembly, Šapić says, another topic related to Ada Ciganlija will be discussed: a pedestrian-bicycle bridge, which would provide better access from the New Belgrade side.
"We will also revitalize the plan for the Sava cable car from Agostina Neta Street, which should additionally connect the New Belgrade side with Ada," said Šapić and specified that the pedestrian-bicycle bridge could come to life at the end of 2024 or the beginning of 2025.
He cited as a good example the Zoo on Palić Lake, said that the Belgrade Zoo deserves better conditions, and the Kalemegdan Fortress deserves UNESCO protection and conservation, because it represents one of the greatest cultural assets we have.
DS: A completely pointless idea.
Member of the Democratic Party in the City Assembly, Milan Aleksić, told the "Vremena" portal that the DS is also advocating for the relocation of the zoo from its current location, a long time ago, but not on Ada Ciganli, and that it was Šapić's idea to move it to Ada Safari "completely meaningless".
As a new location for the Belgrade Zoo, DS proposed the area near Lake Veliko Blato near Krnjača or near Surčin.
Aleksić warns that Ada Ciganlija is a water source area, that there are wells and a swimming pool there, and it would be interesting to hear how they think it isolates these animals, so that feces do not go into the ground and get into the water? "Perhaps they intend to concrete," says the DS councilor.
And the answer to the question of why the mayor wants to move the zoo right now, without waiting for the adoption of the new GUP, he says, we will find out when we see what will be built on the site where the zoo is now and who "cast an eye" on her.
In any case, says Aleksić, such decisions cannot be made on the fly, without a strategy and an analysis of the effects. And in what Šapić proposes, no plan is recognized, and even less care for the welfare of Belgraders and animals, but only arbitrariness.
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