Row of off-show cages, seen from the Tiger Territory ramp. From the park you can see ring-tailed lemurs in here, and there was a coati in the far cage when this picture was taken. I've got a photo from around 2000 of a caracal in one of these cages.
Row of off-show cages, seen from the Tiger Territory ramp. From the park you can see ring-tailed lemurs in here, and there was a coati in the far cage when this picture was taken. I\'ve got a photo from around 2000 of a caracal in one of these cages.
Did these become off-show when Tiger Territory was developed? Would they have been on-display in Dec 2011? If so I think I saw them and a few mammal species, I think coati and bamboo lemur (but I could be wrong).
I'm afraid I don't know for certain as I didn't go on any visits around that time, but would guess they would have been accessible in late 2011. It's interesting that it sounds like they've housed similar species for a while now.
They were originally built to hold wild dogs, and probably still could do a job for small carnivores. The close proximity of Tigers has probably stuffed them for any mammal, but I do wish that they were keeping something of conservational worth. Green Peafowl and Great Argus Pheasants, maybe?
You can actually see the inhabitants from the path outside the zoo in Regents Park - if I recall correctly they have this summer housed the Red Ruffed Lemur (moved out of the Casson) - one of the large Macraws - the female ring tailed lemurs that arrived this summer and their new offspring - and recently 2 ring tailed coatis ( that used to be in the Childrens zoo) next to the Donkeys. -- think the Macraw & coatis have featured in the animal shows this summer plus Sid the red Ruffed Lemur had some summer walks outside in the main zoo.
You used to be able to see them as there was a path past them but also from the sealion viewing platform, from which you could see right down into them. They were used for some of the 'animals in action' animals, most of whom I believe are now in the Casson Pavillion. I do remember seeing wild dogs there as a child and that was their original purpose. Once the sealions left, the path was sometimes closed and there were no information signs, as far as
I remember.
From memory I thought they were open-topped originally? Were they changed later or am I wrong? I remember Hunting Dog and possibly Maned Wolf in them, unless it was a different range of enclosures altogether, but nearby.
From memory I thought they were open-topped originally? Were they changed later or am I wrong? I remember Hunting Dog and possibly Maned Wolf in them, unless it was a different range of enclosures altogether, but nearby.
I think that they have always been covered since I started visiting the Zoo. I remember the maned wolf, I believe it was the only one in the country in the early '70s. I also remember a pair of grey foxes, which surprised me by frequently climbing in their tree; they would certainly have escaped if their cage had no top.
From memory I thought they were open-topped originally? Were they changed later or am I wrong? I remember Hunting Dog and possibly Maned Wolf in them, unless it was a different range of enclosures altogether, but nearby.
This row of cages was constructed in 1968 to provide accommodation for some of the wild dogs which had previously been housed in the old Deer and Cattle Sheds.
I remember these cages housing maned wolf, coyote and Cape hunting dog.
I am sure that they were originally open-topped but, as “gentle lemur” has pointed out, they were obviously covered in by the time they were used for grey foxes.
