7 Millionen Euro for a Penguin-Exhibit ? For that money, the Opel-Zoo Kronberg has build an elephant house...and they also have a brand new penguin ehxibit( for african penguins), what has cost only 1,2 milkion Euro....It seems Frankfurt zoo is a very rich one-and I guess, the floor of the upcoming penguin exhibit is made from gold.
From my point of view, the zoo could save this money, because they already have an exhibit for penguins-the current harbour seal exhibit, what was once used for Humbold-Penguins together with elephant selas and later with harbor seals-and the penguins bred very well.
So why not stop keeping seals, and keep there Humbodt-Penguins ? Is it really necessary in that small zoo to show two pinniped species ? I say no-the 7 Million euros could be used for much more useful things.