Overview
- Filed by Congressman Guido Bellido as PL 12909/2025-CR, the proposal would end public zoos nationwide within ten years if approved.
- The text mandates an immediate prohibition on authorizing, constructing or enabling new zoos across the country, including private facilities.
- Animals currently in captivity would be transferred to rescue centers for rehabilitation and potential release, or assigned to conservation centers when release is not viable.
- Implementation would be financed through MINAM and regional and local budgets without additional Treasury funds, with potential international and civil-society support, and the Executive would have 180 days to issue regulations after enactment.
- Lima’s Parque de las Leyendas and the Huachipa zoo are among venues that could be progressively converted, as Congress also advances a separate initiative to toughen penalties for animal cruelty.