Nobody cares about Ah Meng anymore

Finally, Ah Meng's grand-daughter, Chomel, gives birth to Ah Meng's great grandson. This is the first orang utan birth in our zoo in 14 years. Ah Meng managed to give birth to 5 kids, who in turn made 6 kids, i.e. an average TFR of 1.2. *gasp* The TFR is similar that of Singaporean human beings! Must be something in the water.

When I mentioned the birth of Ah Meng's great grandson to a friend, he didn't even realise that Ah Meng had left us in 2008. Nobody cares about Ah Meng anymore. Not in vogue oredi.

Meanwhile, Wildlife Reserves (owner of Singapore Zoo) is building a S$180million 'River Safari' next to the existing Zoo. This will house the foreign talent pandas, newly named as Kai Kai and Jia Jia.

Makes me wonder if Ah Meng's yet-to-be-named grandson will get any upgrade for his family's enclosure. An additional room, maybe? Lift-upgrading programme, maybe?

In a sense, this situation is analogous to the human situation in Singapore.
The locals take a freaking long time to reproduce, and are not even considered cute to look at anymore.

The management shakes its head at the lousy outcome and high costs of maintenance. The sums simply do not work out.

Meanwhile, the management is rich and powerful enough to bring in attractive foreign talent to generate more income and buzz for the establishment. *KA-CHING*