Wildlife park to reopen next month, four months after devastating fire

The Mtaħleb Wildlife Park, destroyed in a fire last October, is set to reopen its doors next month.
Owner Chris Borg said that after the fire, he was determined to rebuild the park “better than ever”, and this was one of his resolutions for the new year.
In October, a major fire broke out at the Mtaħleb park and destroyed Mr Borg’s family home, as well as the spaces that housed the animals.
Two leopards, a lemur, an emu and a number of monkeys and birds were killed when the blaze spread quickly.
It took firefighters some three hours to bring the fire under control.
Mr Borg, his wife and two children were asleep when the fire broke out. They managed to make it out of the house safely, only receiving treatment for shock.
Among the casualties was Mr Borg’s favourite animal, a leopard he named Buddy, as he considered him one of the family.“From the very first day following the fire, I was determined to build the park better than ever. Three months after the ordeal, the wildlife zoo park is taking shape,” he said.

The cages are now built from stone instead of wood.
Mr Borg said he was overwhelmed by the support he and his family received in the aftermath of the fire, at a very...