@Summer Tanager It's funny that you say that, because at Zoo Negara in Malaysia, we had a 4-hour guided tour via a Curator and he said that the local wildlife is a massive problem at these jungle zoos. All it takes is a tiny break in a fence for a python to get into an aviary and eat 20% of the occupants before it's discovered. At several other zoos, @twilighter and I saw wild monitors nearby or wild macaques climbing on the roof of an aviary. It's extraordinary.
I never thought about the potential impact of Binturongs! But I can see where monkeys, pythons and just about any climbing snake would be an issue. In the southern U.S., a lot of zoos battle ratsnakes that manage to get into tears in mesh or in the corners where mesh it's well fastened. I think that ratsnakes cause more problems with bird and herp collections than rodents do! In the tropics, all of that would be greatly magnified by the greater diversity of snakes, and climbing predatory or omnivorous mammals and lizards. Thank you SnowLeopard for your insights into Southeast Asian Zoos!
