Looks better with the trees, I imagine that the three in the foreground will provide a fair bit of shade when they've grown. Also, it now has woodchip on the floor.
Looks better with the trees, I imagine that the three in the foreground will provide a fair bit of shade when they\'ve grown. Also, it now has woodchip on the floor.
"Utilises?"....no, how about "Represents?" Several US zoos have beautiful simulations of rain forests with tapirs in them--including SHADE! It's nice to see a tapir in the context of the habitat it is so specially adapted to--as opposed to living a spartan domestic animal paddock.
I hate to be negative, but this is the stage the tapirs should have been introduced to the exhibit (or preferably even later), not when it looked like some mudflats. At least it's improved somewhat.
Oh I don't know. Chester and Bristol seem headed in good directions, Jersey has a fantastic reputation and Living Coasts is very well done. Even London seems to have turned the corner. And, while it is not a zoo, the Eden Project is clear evidence that fantastic, well-designed biological-based exhibits are achievable in the UK. I just wonder why in such a relatively small country there are SO MANY mediocre-to-poor examples of exhibit design--perhaps if there were fewer they could be done better. But there are clearly many who think the "home-made" aesthetic is just fine. I think it looks cheap and demeans the animals and the visitors.
