Cheetah viewing at Basel Zoo 30/08/09

On the way out of the Etosha House.

A disappointment by the looks of it?! No room for the fast cats to run?!

This is only a small part of the exhibit - more can be seen here: http://www.zoochat.com/185/cheetah-enclosure-etosha-house-basel-zoo-102963/

Because of the planting and rockwork in the centre of the exhibit you can never see right across the enclosure.

Size-wise it's average - not huge but not particularly small.

Thanks for the explanation, Maguari. But I am still not conviced about the merits of this enclosure. Add a few more climbing trees and I think it might have made an OK leopard enclosure - but cheethas? No way!

On the other hand - the landscaping efforts (and costs!) put into this exhibit is almost of "American proportions"! That is interesting; you don´t get to see much of that in Europe.

Anyway: very good and highly informative pictures from Basel Zoo, Maguari. Great job!

My pleasure!

Dan, I'm not being rude but there aren't that many zoos that actually allow cheetahs to run anywhere near their full speed.

ashley-h said:

Dan, I'm not being rude but there aren't that many zoos that actually allow cheetahs to run anywhere near their full speed.

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And that is really a shame since it is a magnificent sight! You should visit Ree Park - Ebeltoft Safari if you want to see cheetahs sprint in a huge enclosure. Unfortunately, no city zoo can spare the amount of land that would be needed for that...

Blackduiker

For this species, almost a case where an exhibit is too lush with foliage. For Cheetahs, I would lose the rockwork, some of the overly lush vegetation, and concentrate on tall grass, a few fallen trees, and maybe one large Acacia for shade.