I never enjoy seeing these roofless enclosures for big cats with mature trees growing alongside.Nothing will happen today, tomorrow or the day after, but these enclosures have a lifespan measured in decades.When you multiply decades by the tens of thousands of such enclosures in use internationally, and consider the number of storms impacting these locations, then of course the reality of the risk becomes more apparent.I consider this to be verging on the grossly irresponsible.
I never enjoy seeing these roofless enclosures for big cats with mature trees growing alongside.Nothing will happen today, tomorrow or the day after, but these enclosures have a lifespan measured in decades.When you multiply decades by the tens of thousands of such enclosures in use internationally, and consider the number of storms impacting these locations, then of course the reality of the risk becomes more apparent.I consider this to be verging on the grossly irresponsible.
So any zoo with large trees near cat exhibits are 'verging on the grossly irresponsible'?
You mention the number of these type of exhibits and how long they are in use for. Over those tens of thousands of exhibits and all those decades how many actual incidents do you know of? I can't think of a single example.
Anything could happen - it's all about judging the likelihood and it's seriously unlikely that anything would go wrong (and there are certain to procedures in place if it did - you're unlikely to get a storm bad enough to bring down that tree with no warning!). You simply can't get rid of all the trees because there's an infinitessimal chance they might get blown down.
