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Farm Fun - Meerkat exhibit

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Home to a single meerkat. I'll let the picture speak for itself...

Farm Fun is a combined playground/park/farm zoo near the town of Aalbæk in the very north of Denmark. Officially, it's a "besøgslandbrug" (visitor's farm) which means it's only allowed to keep the same animals that private people are allowed to keep - meaning that most non-domesticated mammals as well as venomous snakes and some larger birds are forbidden. Some visitor's farms focus solely on farmyard animals, while Farm Fun is among those that split the focus between domestics and exotics.

About a third of the park consists of a huge playground, making the place tremendously popular with families, but the remainder of the area is an animal park, and Farm Fun is the most speciose farm zoo in Denmark, keeping around 60 species (probably some 70-80 types of animals if you count different subspecies and breeds). The exhibitry standards vary a lot - most of the hoofstock have big, green enclosures, but some of the exhibits for smaller animals could certainly need an overhaul.

April 2019.
 
Yikes. I saw the indoor photo first and thought: I hope they're planning on getting some buddies for him..

But now that I've seen the outdoor enclosure as well that's changed to: I hope this is an elderly animal they're waiting to pass away or to move on, and DON'T get any more meerkats until they build an adequet enclosure!
 

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