This cage was excellent for the gibbons, apart from those hideous tiny concrete dens they had.
A similar cage at the other end housed various birds, on that occasion it had Australian Parakeets and Australian Crested Pigeons in it.
This cage was excellent for the gibbons, apart from those hideous tiny concrete dens they had.
A similar cage at the other end housed various birds, on that occasion it had Australian Parakeets and Australian Crested Pigeons in it.
Both this enclosure and its neighbour (which had been refurbished to hold Red-ruffed lemurs) had height; it was a great shame that they were demolished. The gibbon enclosure needed a new den, that was all really.
There is a pair of White-cheeked(?) Gibbons living in one of the smaller cat enclosures, which now house three species of Primates, in the Cat/Lion Terraces complex. I don't know what the plans are for them when this area is revamped for a larger Lion exhibit.
On my visit last week I was thinking how much more suitable the above cage- in the photo -was than where the current Gibbons are housed, as they have never had decent height since this was demolished.
When was the enclosure demolished? Remember it well from my first visit years ago, was sad to find it gone when I started visiting again earlier this year
There is a pair of White-cheeked(?) Gibbons living in one of the smaller cat enclosures, which now house three species of Primates, in the Cat/Lion Terraces complex.
Both this enclosure and its neighbour (which had been refurbished to hold Red-ruffed lemurs) had height; it was a great shame that they were demolished. The gibbon enclosure needed a new den, that was all really.
I agree, they were fine cages, in fact there have been many damn good gibbon cages, with ideal height that have been demolished in UK zoos and I don`t really understand why. Yes the concrete shelters were awful but that could have been easily rectified without knocking the whole cage(s) down, as you rightly say.
