I suppose it was not enormous but it held only a small number of marmots. By the standards of the time I do not think it would have been regarded as small anyway. Looking back Sewerby did have some small enclosures though! Where the Eclectus Parrot is now was three separate cages for monkeys and Lar Gibbons and the indoor accommodation for the macaws used to be a house for Himalayan Black Bears with a small outdoor cage extending to about where the wall is at what used to be the front of the house (the one that extends along the pig pens).
Looking at the Cockatiel aviary it is not much smaller than one of Flamingo Park's original dolphin pools! You can see film of those on the British Pathe website.
I suppose it was not enormous but it held only a small number of marmots. By the standards of the time I do not think it would have been regarded as small anyway. Looking back Sewerby did have some small enclosures though! Where the Eclectus Parrot is now was three separate cages for monkeys and Lar Gibbons and the indoor accommodation for the macaws used to be a house for Himalayan Black Bears with a small outdoor cage extending to about where the wall is at what used to be the front of the house (the one that extends along the pig pens).
Looking at the Cockatiel aviary it is not much smaller than one of Flamingo Park's original dolphin pools! You can see film of those on the British Pathe website.
Well Prairie Marmots and Himalayan Black Bears were zoo staples then. Even small collections would have bears, at least when they were cubs, and of course anyone could pop into certain pet shops and come out with a bear cub.
