This exhibit has actually held the zoos Collared Peccaries, now 3.0, for at least the last 4 years. Its quite an unusual exhibit, with a dry moat, and the ground level only just at eye-height. Does anyone know what species it was built for?
you are quite right. I was last there in 2008 and the peccaries were in there then. I have no idea why I said the emus were still kept there!
When this photo was taken the peccaries were over by the Arctic wolves and European badger if memory serves me correctly. And that (I think) would be around about the top of what is now the African savannah.
I have just found out that this enclosure was originally designed for camels! Believe it or not! Its certainly not a species I would have picked when guessing.
I have just found out that this enclosure was originally designed for camels! Believe it or not! Its certainly not a species I would have picked when guessing.
apparently it was built in the 1960s, designed by someone from San Diego Zoo (hence the concrete rockwork). I will have to assume it did hold camels since it was specifically designed for them, but the small size of the enclosure did make me wonder how they fitted into it! I guess it was only one or two animals, possibly used for rides around the zoo since it was the 60s.
