The state government announced a series of improvements being made to the habitat of the Benito giraffe in Central Park, and also confirmed that the 4.30m animal remains in good condition, attended daily by experts.
Through the Secretariat of Human Development and General Well-Being (SDHYBC), efforts are maintained to improve the habitat within the Central Park of Ciudad Juárez, to ensure good living conditions for the pets, he said in a statement. Is.
Carla Rivas, head of the unit, assures: “We want to give Benito the best living conditions”, which is why the state government has initiated various actions to ensure that the giraffe’s habitat is equipped to meet its needs. Everything is needed.
“It should be noted that Benito is monitored daily to ensure his well-being, so a vet checks him every day for two hours to keep track of his diet, his behavior and his movements.”
He said that, every morning, the sample gets 20 kg of food and in the afternoon it is given ‘snacks’ consisting of carrots, pumpkin and lettuce; It also consumes drinking water, not stagnant, and its shadow is 6 meters high and 3 meters in diameter.
Improvements made to their habitat include leveling and loosening the land with an area of ​​2,995 meters (m), along with the removal of debris and underground pipes.
the construction of the shoe, and the base for two more chhatris consisting of a cylindrical pillar six meters high and three meters in diameter at the top; facilities of 90 m electrical network; as well as a three-inch irrigation network with treated water; and implementation of 150 meters of underground piping for drinking water network.
Similarly, a 1,300-pound ‘chainblock’ would be installed for the food cart; Existing feeders will be repaired; replacement of damaged bars; stone desilting from glass; and interior and exterior paint jobs at the Giraffe House.
16 cubic meters of garbage is being removed and a complete house cleaning is also being done; also the purchase and installation of the drinker; painting for 150 perimeter bars of 2.5 m each in blue colour; A pergola-type canopy for a gazebo will be installed in the gazebo area in two modules 5.40 m high and 4.80 m wide; and repair of perimeter drainage and pruning of branches and removal of brush.
In the same way, painting work is underway in the containment tubes in the color of imitation wood; installation of shuttle-type traps for veterinary inspection; extension of the circuit to the route of the giraffe; The installation of underground heating in the house and feeders for grain, the installation of internal buttresses for lighting and a submersible pump for irrigation and an artificial fountain for aerating water, as well as afforestation of the territory.
“With these actions, the state government will provide the necessary conditions to make Benito the giraffe’s habitat a comfortable place, so that it has a better quality of life,” the administration stressed.
