This exhibit is really coming on. It’ll look amazing once landscaped. From the looks of it, it’ll be divided into at least two (possibly three) to accomodate the breeding pair arriving later this year; and their future offspring.
It has a sterile/clinical feel and isn’t as aesthetically pleasing as an immersive exhibit; but given this is a small zoo, I think they’ve done an amazing job. They have a number of high profile species and there’s clearly plenty more to come.
I would say with the amount of species breeding there speaks for its self I see the animals needs coming first which go's a long way to why they are having such breeding success!
@Zorro Not to mention their dedication to holding breeding groups. Their Hamadryas baboon troop is the largest in the region after Melbourne’s; and they’ve brought in most of the founders of the region’s Grant’s zebra population.
Thats quite right, also the import of a large group of Aldabra Giant Tortoises, ten in the first group and I believe kept five out of the second group. with three pairs of Red Handed Tamramins imported with more to follow!
Im a big fan of true immersion exhibits, but Im also a realist when it comes to financial limitations. Cheaper mesh enclosures like this certainly have their place.
Port Lympe zoo in the UK have a huge Gorilla exhibit called palace of the apes its a massive mesh structure with a large number living there it also has access to open green lawn areas outside but its clear the gorillas like the covered caged area better.
