£750,000 Investment to Revamp Pets Corner

The motion

That the Parliament welcomes the collaboration between Friends of Hazlehead and Aberdeen City Council to revamp the popular Pets Corner in Hazlehead Park, which is to undergo a £750,000 renovation and expansion, including a new aquarium and reptile area, a new education room, new external access ramp and paths and an upgrade to the staff welfare facilities; notes that this major upgrade and refurbishment is expected to start in the 2016-17 financial year; congratulates Friends of Hazlehead and Aberdeen City Council on working together in partnership to improve the facilities at the park, promote its unique attractions and bring about much needed regeneration; considers that a refurbished and extended Pets Corner will be a major boost to the park, helping to attract more local people and visitors to Aberdeen, and notes that current animal attractions at Pets Corner include alpacas, kunekune pigs, geese, turkeys, chickens, sheep, goats, Shetland ponies, miniature donkeys, fish, reptiles, budgies, ducks, finches, chipmunks, guinea fowl, ferrets, rabbits, chinchillas, guinea pigs and Burmese pythons, and that Gethin the pygmy goat, as a new arrival in July 2016, has proved a popular attraction for both young and old alike.

No recorded vote on this motion. Most motions are never debated, and many that are debated are agreed without a division. Vote records are published from 2011.

Con 19 SNP 1

Party shown is each supporter’s party when the motion was published.

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