Copenhagen, March 1, 2009.
The tiger exhibit was built in the beginning of the 1980s. I estimate the size to something like 400-500 square meters, excluding the water moat. Bare in winter time, more green in the summer. Populated by a male and a female and now and then their off-spring. The latest litter (2 or 3 males if I remember correctly) moved to Borås Zoo in Sweden a few months ago.
During my visit the tigers were let inside for a while so that a keeper could go about her business in the exhibit - cleaning it, removing used up enrichment items, putting new ones in. Two big chunks of meat were buried under deep layers of tree branches. When the cats were let out the male immediately found one of the chunks of meat, grabbed it and quickly laid down inside the small cave and started to feast. The female had to look and sniff for a minute or two to find the other piece of meat.
Picture 1 shows the centre of the exhibit, picture 2 the left side and picture 3 the right side.
In picture 4 you see the water moat which is empty in the winter.
This is picture 4 of 4.
