Lok Kawi Wildlife Park New zoo proposal may see Lok Kawi relocated

There has been a proposal (last year) to create a new wildlife park at Sugud and relocate the animals from Lok Kawi to the new site. In one of the articles I found from this year, it is said that of the Lok Kawi site only 70 acres is used for the zoo (the rest is left as forest and a botanical garden) whereas the new site is 2000 acres.

A couple of news articles from July 2016 for background:
Wildlife park proposed in Penampang
New Zoo is planned for Sabah. Should we be Happy? (response article to the above)

A couple of articles from July this year (2017):
Proposed Relocation Of Lok Kawi Wildlife Park To Sugud, Penampang

Wildlife park may move to Sugud (the most relevent text below - go to the link for the full article)

The Lok Kawi Wildlife Park will probably be shifted to Sugud in Penampang, but the proposed move is subject to the approval of the district office and feedback from the surrounding communities as well as allocation from the government, said Sabah Wildlife Department (SWD) director Augustine Tuuga yesterday.

He cited the limited space at the park’s present site as the main reason for shifting, saying that although the Lok Kawi site covers an area of 280 acres, only 70 acres were utilised as the remaining were hilly terrains which also served as water catchment areas for the surrounding communities. The area in Sugud is about 2,000 acres.

A meeting had been held and that the proposal to shift the wildlife park came about two years ago, Augustine told reporters during a tour of the wildlife park yesterday following negative feedback concerning the condition of the animals and birds at the wildlife park.


Also of note from that last article is this line, which is the first news I've heard that their Bornean Clouded Leopard has died:

With regard to the death of a clouded leopard, Dr Rosa explained that “Ruby” had a heart and late stage kidney problem.


She said that during a post-mortem, her kidney was already liquified.