Szeged Zoo opens display of Carpathian Basin fauna

The Szeged Zoo in southern Hungary opened on Saturday a new section to present the fauna of the Carpathian Basin, the zoo's director said.

The special displays for gray wolves, golden jackals and otters have been built using European Union funding received in a joint bid with the zoo of Romania's Timisoara, said Robert Veprik. The new section in the Szeged zoo has been built at a total cost of 27 million forints (95,000 euros), he added.

Szeged Mayor Laszlo Botka said that developments of nearly one billion forints have been carried out in the local zoo over the past few years, as a result of which the number of visitors doubled and reached 160,000 last year.

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