This is a view of the old patas monkey enclosure to show what it was like before they moved them, It was always full of monkeys, and situated along from were the sea lions are now. on the slope. Oct 2000
This is a view of the old patas monkey enclosure to show what it was like before they moved them, It was always full of monkeys, and situated along from were the sea lions are now. on the slope. Oct 2000
According to a report from MOCBZ (Ministry of Crappy British Zoos) there was a plague of mock-rockitis at Colchester, and the patas monkeys succumbed to ingesting the gunite-infested fleas that proliferate around man-made-mini-mountain-marvels.
(All in good fun folks, as in reality Colchester might have a lot of exhibits that look like they were designed by Barney Rubble but at the end of the day it is a well-respected zoological park.)
This is basically the same volume as their current outdoor by the looks of it - just much mroe usable as it's in one big space rather than than two unconnected long thin runs. Why they designed the new exhibit like that I'll never know - if there's a good reason it doesn't leap to mind.
It was a roughly square enclosure with a sandy floor, though I don't remember any fake rock in it. The indoors was a little tiled area with viewing windows, similar to in the old Mandrill enclosure. This was the best group of these in the UK, but sadly not any more.
