I think it is a very good idea indeed, the only problem is that adaptation need to be made for disabled access and health & Safety issues, which is often what makes old buildling refurbishments unworkable for admitting the general public. Ironically, it may still be less paperwork to install an animal species in here.
Does anyone know if this pit connects with the two adjacent ones? I'm sure the black bears had access to it at one point. If it did, this would solve many problems. If the tigers were moved, you could potentially create a fantastic complex for Sun bears, with the former polar bear pool being used as a feeding area where talks could be given, or used as a separation enclosure when the bears were breeding.
I don't think it does connect, but I'm sure it could easily be made to do so.
Thing is because it's all boarded up we can't see down into the bottom corners of the pit to see if anything does connect, but I'm kind of 90% sure it wouldn't.
And although the current bear pit is quite large more space and a new area for the bears to explore would be nice, although at their age I'm not sure how much exploring they still want to do!
The reason I ask is that I'm sure I have seen at least one photo of a black bear in here, and the logs have been added after the polar bears were long gone, unless these are rocks/logs?!
The reason I ask is that I'm sure I have seen at least one photo of a black bear in here, and the logs have been added after the polar bears were long gone, unless these are rocks/logs?!
hey those shadows do look like black bears rather than polar bears, I've never seen that picture before,it's amazing, and I honestly didn't know that anything had lived in here after the polar bears moved out.Or maybe they were just in there while something was being done to their pit, who knows.....
So yes you could also be right about the dens inter-connecting somewhere out of view.
The last polar bears left the zoo in 1989 to a zoo in germany but did not live another year there. I think they tried to put somesthing else in the pit looking at the logs in there. Don,t know what that is though but been boarded up for 10 years plus to my memory.
