I think I'd be more concerned about the overgrazing than the strange mixture of species. Are there any rules against this sort of thing? If it was domestic horses or cows the RSPCA would be round like a shot. Because they are exotics maybe they don't care(or know).
I like the look of the baboons with the hooved stock. How good a mix is this, i.e. is it done elsewhere? I can't imagine it would work at all with small antelope (e.g. gazelles) but with giraffes, rhinos, etc it should work well.
I like the look of the baboons with the hooved stock. How good a mix is this, i.e. is it done elsewhere? I can't imagine it would work at all with small antelope (e.g. gazelles) but with giraffes, rhinos, etc it should work well.
I think this mix actually does work well- though I don't know if Hamadryas in particular would encounter any of these other species within their natural range( certainly not the Reindeer anyway....)
Port Lympne have Guinea Baboons in a paddock that is shared with Black Rhino.
You are right it wouldn't work with smaller ungulates like Gazelles as they would predate the newborn fawns.
I think this mix actually does work well- though I don't know if Hamadryas in particular would encounter any of these other species within their natural range( certainly not the Reindeer anyway....)
Port Lympne have Guinea Baboons in a paddock that is shared with Black Rhino.
You are right it wouldn't work with smaller ungulates like Gazelles as they would predate the newborn fawns.
Yes, they'll do all sorts of things in Zoos they wouldn't do in nature.
In fairness, on the ovegrazing/barren appearance of this enclosure- I've seen photos in the USA gallery of other equally bare 'savanah' exhibits and a lot of time the genuine African plains is semi-desert and looks like a dustbowl too- maybe its the Lakeland red soil that just makes this one look worse.
Another problem is that White rhino in the wild live more in dense grassy/bush habitat,while Giraffe have trees to browse, both difficult/impossible to replicate in Zoos- anywhere, not just here.
I suspect that Britain doesn't receive too much sun but anyway, big question is: where is any shade for animals? Why there are no trees (protected) planted there?
