enclosure design

Hey friends, I'm currently working on an assignment on enclosure design and I'm looking at the penguin and lion enclosures at this zoo. If you've been and have any pictures of these habitats please let me know! You'll get a mention in my references B) Thanks!

We’re gathering ideas and inspiration for an upcoming discussion on outdoor spaces, and I’d love to hear who’s really knocking it out of the park.

Hey, I was just wondering if anyone knew of any Cetacean pools that were more than just concrete and glass? I know that the Georgia Aquarium has some interesting rockwork in the Beluga exhibit, and the Shedd Aquarium does as well (though I think it's mostly above the water?). As far as I'm...

So I have horses and I use something called a track system which is basically a track that I made around and inside their paddock to increase movement and fitness. It also saves space. Now I had this thought about zoos using this for elephants or other large, active mammals which (since they’re...

Hi, looking for some help/advice! I am a veterinary technician who loves zoos and aquariums. I volunteer in the marine mammal/sea turtle rescue clinic at our local aquarium. My boyfriend loves his reptiles and is constantly working on the enclosures he has for our bearded dragon and two red...

I was wondering if there any particular animals that couldn't be held in an open-topped enclosure? In particular tree arboreal tree climbing animals? For instance, if someone were to make a nocturnal house with animals like bushtailed possoms, oppossums, quolls, numbats, aye-ayes, or binturongs...

Hi, and welcome to my new spec zoo project. My initial spec zoo (Tchentlo Lake Zoo (My Dream Zoo)) met its downfall due to my lack of research and realism in its design. However, ZooSC at Myrtle Beach will be much more researched and as realistic as possible. So let's get started shall we...

So I’m making a comic about a zookeeper that suddenly gets the ability to talk to animals, and so naturally I’m gonna need to design some enclosures! Figured I’d keep them here. Pardon my sloppy handwriting, I’m happy to translate if anyone needs

Enclosured parrot exhibits allows parrot to fly freely, so people can see them fly and had a closer interact with them. Outdoor parrot exhibits only exhibits parrots and branches, but they clip the bird wing feathers (usually not pinioning) or tape the feathers. Which is the way you think...

hi all! I'm a studying captive animals student doing an assignment of enclosure design and was wondering if anyone knows the dimensions of the Binturong enclosure at Currumbin Wildlife sanctuary. I've tried getting in contact with them directly with no avail. Any information will be a big help...

Hi all! I'm a study captive animals tafe student doing an assignment on enclosure design and was wondering if anyone new the dimensions of the "Common" hippo enclosures at Taronga Western plains? I've tried contacting them directly with no avail, so it would be heaps of help if anyone had any...

Hello! I am the Animal Care Coordinator at a small, ZAA accredited zoo in Southern Nevada. Post Covid I wear many hats at the zoo but what I am working on now is designing a tentative plan for creating some new animal enclosures for species we want to bring to the zoo and re-vamping enclosures...

The Golden bellied capuchin monkey (also known as the buffy headed capuchin and yellow breasted capuchin) is one of the most threatened of the Atlantic rainforest and neotropical primates due to the nature of the threats it faces from deforestation and the subsequent genetic inbreeding that...

Small mammals often get a raw deal in both general conservation terms and zoos in comparison to large and "charismatic" megafauna. The impact of this bias is often reflected in the lacklustre way that small taxa are exhibited to the public at many zoos. However, there are also many positive...