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Antelope house - okapi indoors

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The antelope house is just over 100 years old and is a real gem of zoo history. Its inhabitants are 3 okapi, 3 kordofan giraffes and a group of lesser kudu. A friend of mine said: "it does not often happen that what I think is the best zoo building, is one where animal welfare is not very good, but in Basel that is the case".
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The antelope house is just over 100 years old and is a real gem of zoo history. Its inhabitants are 3 okapi, 3 kordofan giraffes and a group of lesser kudu. A friend of mine said: "it does not often happen that what I think is the best zoo building, is one where animal welfare is not very good, but in Basel that is the case".
 
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Malayan Tiger said:
Good god those cages are small Im surprised such a nice zoo has this atrocity
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Have you visited and seen the size of these,stalls for the Okapi? I have and I can tell you that they aren't as small as they look in this picture,also just remember this house was built over 100 years ago,and is still doing the job it was built for,I very much doubt that can be said of many place's in the USA!!!

In fact its buildings like this still standing that helps make Zoo Basel,one hell of a good zoo by combining old and new so well!!
 
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zoogiraffe said:
Have you visited and seen the size of these,stalls for the Okapi? I have and I can tell you that they aren't as small as they look in this picture,also just remember this house was built over 100 years ago,and is still doing the job it was built for,I very much doubt that can be said of many place's in the USA!!!

In fact its buildings like this still standing that helps make Zoo Basel,one hell of a good zoo by combining old and new so well!!
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For stalls they do the trick. And the architecture is amazing. I wish this could be something I could see during my many trips to zoos. I would have to say that there is very little privacy they get… are there off scene stalls for any of them animals located in the house? Okapi are not the smartest mammal on earth so I wouldn't be too surprised if they got spooked a lot.
 
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There is at least 1 off-show stable. But still are these boxes not smaller than in many other zoos, but they are no more than boxes...
 

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