It is a new carnivore house which is still under construction, the completed portions of which are being used as offshow housing for the tayra, which are officially offshow. However, if you stand in the right place near the tiger enclosure, you can get a photo looking through the tiger enclosure, a fenced area, and finally the offshow block. So this photo was taken from something like 200 metres away
Once the whole thing is finished and planted and so forth, the intention is to extend the public paths to the enclosure itself.
Everything TeaLovingDave has said is correct, it was pure luck that they both came into shot at the same time...they are like wind up toys!
Hamerton mentioned that the reason the new carnivore exhibits were still off show were because of the Tayra birth. The Tayra, Rusty Spotted Cat Aardwolf, Asian Short Clawed Otters and Oncilla will all eventualy be in this area.
The Oncilla still evaded me on my most recent trip!
Everything TeaLovingDave has said is correct, it was pure luck that they both came into shot at the same time...they are like wind up toys!
Hamerton mentioned that the reason the new carnivore exhibits were still off show were because of the Tayra birth. The Tayra, Rusty Spotted Cat Aardwolf, Asian Short Clawed Otters and Oncilla will all eventualy be in this area.
The Oncilla still evaded me on my most recent trip!
Don't worry you're not the only one to miss the oncilla, i was there the same day as TLD, but didn't see them despite about 4 returns to their enclosure! Didn't get a glimpse of the tayra either!
