Tiger
Well-Known Member
I don't know if there is already a thread for this but I couldn't find any specific thread for this.
I've long been more or less fascinated by mixed wolf and bear enclosures, especially with the interaction between the 2 species and how these enclosures look.
Please post as little as possible about your opinion of these mixed wolf and bear enclosures (this could quickly create long disagreements/arguments) but just about zoos that you know that have or had a wolf and bear mix in the past.
The only zoo I 've visited that still has a wolf and bear mix is Pairi Daiza, where they have a large mixed enclosure with European brown bears and Eurasian wolfs in the The Last Frontier section. The enclosure is very beautiful and very large and is perhaps the largest and especially most beautiful bear enclosure and or wolf enclosure I have ever seen. There are also hotel rooms under a hill (Full Moon Lodge) where you can observe the animals very well and the wolves and bears even come up to the window purely out of curiosity. The enclosure has a stream, a forest and a more open area with grass, tree stumps and rocks.
Also in Pairi Daiza, at The Last Frontier, there is an American black bear and European brown bear enclosure that also housed Mackenzie Valley wolves in the past. However, there were problems between the animals so the Mackenzie Valley wolves moved in 2020 to a new and also beautiful enclosure in The Land Of The Cold, where they have a much smaller enclosure, but still very good.
Pakawi Park also originally housed Hudson Bay wolves in the bear enclosure (opened in 2008) with Hudson Bay wolves. However, there were problems between the animals so over time the wolves moved to an adjacent enclosure. So now the wolves can still see the bears, and vice versa, but they no longer live together. The wolf enclosure is very nice and large though, as the enclosure for the Hudson Bay wolves is about 3185 m2 (34283 ft2) in size.
I've long been more or less fascinated by mixed wolf and bear enclosures, especially with the interaction between the 2 species and how these enclosures look.
Please post as little as possible about your opinion of these mixed wolf and bear enclosures (this could quickly create long disagreements/arguments) but just about zoos that you know that have or had a wolf and bear mix in the past.
The only zoo I 've visited that still has a wolf and bear mix is Pairi Daiza, where they have a large mixed enclosure with European brown bears and Eurasian wolfs in the The Last Frontier section. The enclosure is very beautiful and very large and is perhaps the largest and especially most beautiful bear enclosure and or wolf enclosure I have ever seen. There are also hotel rooms under a hill (Full Moon Lodge) where you can observe the animals very well and the wolves and bears even come up to the window purely out of curiosity. The enclosure has a stream, a forest and a more open area with grass, tree stumps and rocks.
Also in Pairi Daiza, at The Last Frontier, there is an American black bear and European brown bear enclosure that also housed Mackenzie Valley wolves in the past. However, there were problems between the animals so the Mackenzie Valley wolves moved in 2020 to a new and also beautiful enclosure in The Land Of The Cold, where they have a much smaller enclosure, but still very good.
Pakawi Park also originally housed Hudson Bay wolves in the bear enclosure (opened in 2008) with Hudson Bay wolves. However, there were problems between the animals so over time the wolves moved to an adjacent enclosure. So now the wolves can still see the bears, and vice versa, but they no longer live together. The wolf enclosure is very nice and large though, as the enclosure for the Hudson Bay wolves is about 3185 m2 (34283 ft2) in size.
