Prev
Colchester Zoo 2003 - Red River Hog exhibit
Next
Prev
New Leopard Enclosure 30/12/09
Colchester Zoo 2003 - The famous Zeedonk hybrids
Colchester Zoo 2003 - White Rhinoceros
Colchester Zoo 2003 - Red River Hog exhibit
Colchester Zoo 2003 - Gelada Baboon exhibit
Sign for new exhibit
Woo at the zoo
Next
B

Colchester Zoo 2003 - Red River Hog exhibit

  • Media owner Baldur
  • Date added
May 2003

I visited three UK zoos with some British zoo friends following my USA visit: Chester, Twycross and Colchester. Regrettably it was my first time with a digital camera; both cards were full of photos from the USA and I was only able to take few photos in the UK. I still need to do a proper UK zoo tour.

Red River Hog exhibit.
Click to expand...
P
PAT said:
Is the front part of the exhibit concreted?
Click to expand...

Yes it is. This is obviously because they don't want the area nearest the visitor walkway to turn into a trampled morass of mud by the hogs rooting it over. However, I think being a churned up muddy area would be far more natural than this concrete hardstanding area. The nearby Warthog enclosure is much larger without concreted areas, and is consequently(IMO) more effective.
 
P
Goretex said:
It may actually be larger than this photograph sugests it is.
Click to expand...

No, I've seen it and I'd say this is an accurate representation. Photos often make enclosures look bigger rather than smaller.

I think the group has grown more successfully than they had planned for, that's all.
 

Media information

Category
Colchester Zoo
Added by
Baldur
Date added
View count
3,585
Comment count
23
Rating
0.00 star(s) 0 ratings

Share this media

Back
Top