No, sadly in the near future there won't be any new enclosures. New exhibits could be built from 2021-2022.
The park has seen a rise of the capital of 7 million €, the aims for 2020 were to keep the park open for 12 months (and not for 9 as usual), but this plan has been postponed to 2021, then they are trying to organize a cinema, theatral and musical festival, to open the hospitaly part to stay overnight and a restaurant with different kind of cuisines The society that owns Zoom Torino want to start acquiring other zoos, mainly Italians, but not only
Is the latter a good thing or not, would you think? Do they have any existing Italian zoos in their sights?
Considering the quality of this zoo compared to many other Italian ones and how this park was before becoming Zoom (really small cages), it's a really good thing, and I no I don't, I would write here other news They already wanted to open a 2nd park (Zoom City) close to Turin centre, where there was the old zoo, but the election of a new mayor that was against it made Zoom Torino take back the project
Politics are not in favor of zoos in Italy because the pelt trade (mafia run) decided to make a stand against zoos and in favor of animal welfare to legitimate (or more so to make accusations drop) their trade. This may explain the state of zoos in Italy.
They way animal welfare groups work is generally against any constructive method of wildlife or wilderness conservation nor the good operation of a conservation message minded zoo (which is the greatest contradiction of all). They are really a sorry lot, and even while a small group of activists ... seem to have preposterously high political clout! Now, when we look at the European legislation on wildlife one would have to observe the same disconnect. Finally, I would like to emphasise that what is damaging most to wildlife, plantlike habitats and entire ecosystems is the past and the current intensive agricultural policy within the European Union and Europe at large ....!
A new reptilarium has been opened, it hosts Iguanas (previously owned by privates), Indian rock phyton, african spurred tortoise, rock monitors and argentine tegus From the project I can't understand in which part of the park it's been realized, Zoom already had a smaller reptilarium (with 2 species of snakes) close to the otters, it could be they are not in the same place as that one looked like a fallen tree and this looks more rocky
A new White Rhino is arrived from Zurich, its name is Rami, 3 yo, born in Tel Aviv, it will join the other male John arrived from the UK in 2018
They say on the site that the Tree of Life has been reworked so my guess is that it's in the same place as it was before, it's just bigger, also they have the Sulcata Tortoises; I mean, nothing too big for the re-opening but at least something new
New small habitat for bees Now it's possible to stay for the night in Zoom Torino too with the opening of the glamour-camping lodges
