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Indochinese clouded leopard exhibit, 2019-10-05

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This looks like it could be pretty decent if they added some foliage to hide in. Height, climbing opportunities, climate controlled, decent size.
 
@DelacoursLangur The exhibit is not bad I would say but it is all indoor. The clouded leopard doesn't have any outdoor access, which I think it should have and is a real miss here. This exhibit is certainly decently sized in terms of indoor housing, but maybe a little small considering it is all there is. As you said some vegetation would be welcome also for a rainforest species.

I also don't like that the exhibit is entirely glass-fronted with heavily reflective glass.

I would say that is a decent exhibit but not necessarily above average in quality.
 
@KevinB I remember reading once that at Berlin Tierpark that they had better success with breeding their leopards indoors than outdoors, obviously this is a small sample size but I do question the heavy focus which is put on outdoors exhibits sometimes and whether it may have a negative affect on reproduction and wellfare. We shouldn't forget that these are tropical species, in colder climates perhaps the priority should be on indoor enclosures to more accurately mimic there environments.
 

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