yes, this was in a block of cages which originally would have held small cats but now held a mix of random animals. (The Star Tortoise cage in one of the other photos was round the back of this cage).
yes, this was in a block of cages which originally would have held small cats but now held a mix of random animals. (The Star Tortoise cage in one of the other photos was round the back of this cage).
The photo of the hornbills in that cat cage seems rather sureal in many ways. I don`t like it myself. Of course such large, highly arboreal, Hornbills require aviaries with both a good height and length of free flying space.
Otherwise, the public's awareness would result in the improvement of husbandry - if had not the visitors consisted mainly of ignorant gawkers.
Russians have such a trait too - no racism involved. So, large owls and birds of prey, for example, end up in cages too small to stretch their wings, previously having been poached from the wild.
The photo of the hornbills in that cat cage seems rather sureal in many ways. I don`t like it myself. Of course such large, highly arboreal, Hornbills require aviaries with both a good height and length of free flying space.
it does have a surreal feel to it, and it did in person too (which is why I took the photo to show the whole cage in relation to the size of the birds). The zoo did have some large aviaries elsewhere for various species, including other hornbills. (This row, for example, held hornbills in some of the aviaries: http://www.zoochat.com/2199/aviaries-400601/)
