Zero hotwire, but the enclosure is not as large as it appears. I don't know the exact size, but it is a hell of a lot bigger than the enclosures inside the infamous Lincoln Park cat house. This puma exhibit is an outdoor section of the Kovler Lion House, built in 1912, and the outdoor habitats have all been renovated since then.
What's wrong with hot wire? Without it many exhibits would become barren dust-bowls and there would be no natural shading or no naturalistic feel to the enclosures.
How embarrassing - I actually had some kind of black-out while watching this picture and did not notice that it was an enclosure for mountain lion, but thought of an entirely different species. So I edited my stupid comment about "canopy", but unfortunalely I see know that BlackRhino has quoted my error.....
The Kovler Lion House was built in 1912, but has been renovated a few times since its opening date. In 1971 outdoor moated grottoes were added for tigers and lions, while in 1991 the 13 indoor, southside facing cages were replaced with 5 slightly more naturalistic enclosures. Iron bars were replaced by eighth-inch stainless-steel wire, but the high degree of noise is a major turn-off for a zoogoer such as myself. It is almost deafening with hordes of humans, and so I have no idea what the carnivores think of the decibel level inside the cavernous building.
A current list of carnivores located in the historic Kovler Lion House, and I'm not sure if all of them have outdoor and indoor habitats:
Afghan leopard
African lion
Amur leopard
Amur tiger
Jaguar
Pallas' Cat
Puma
Red panda
Serval
Snow leopard
The Kovler Lion House was built in 1912, but has been renovated a few times since its opening date. In 1971 outdoor moated grottoes were added for tigers and lions, while in 1991 the 13 indoor, southside facing cages were replaced with 5 slightly more naturalistic enclosures. Iron bars were replaced by eighth-inch stainless-steel wire, but the high degree of noise is a major turn-off for a zoogoer such as myself. It is almost deafening with hordes of humans, and so I have no idea what the carnivores think of the decibel level inside the cavernous building.
A current list of carnivores located in the historic Kovler Lion House, and I'm not sure if all of them have outdoor and indoor habitats:
Afghan leopard
African lion
Amur leopard
Amur tiger
Jaguar
Pallas' Cat
Puma
Red panda
Serval
Snow leopard
