enclosure

The enclosure for Black spiny-tailed iguana, found in the Reptile House. Zootierliste states these are the only ones at a UK zoo but I'm unsure how true that is.

Hello, I am feeling curious wondering if there are any mixed enclosures with asian elephants. I am conceptualizing an asian enclosure surrounded by a water moat (elephant proof). Which ungulates can live together with asian elephants? Bateng, gaur, axis deer, blackbuck? What about primate...

Zoos have to innovate to survive, and even the world greatest zoos still have outdated enclosers. Many zoos have great ambitions allready, with new modern exhibits, and new species in planing. Which Zoo will have in the near future the greatest accomplishments, or which zoos plans are the...

Nowadays, large carnivores get often large and well designed enclosures (in particular big cats, bears and wolfs). While many smaler to medium sized species like smaller feline and cannid species in particular still get the weong end of the stick. They often live in exhibits made decades ago...

Hippopotamus amphibius. Housing (left, shared with Pygmy hippopotamus) and paddocks. Adult male 'Hoover' just visible at top of left-hand paddock. Adult female 'Lola' and three-year old male 'Hodor' visible in right-hand paddock.

This has been something that I haven't been able to grasp lately. How do we determine how much space a captive animal needs? I'm not sure there is an answer to this, however zoos must base their enclosure size off some sort of observation/facts. For example, will birds of prey like Griffon...

Part of the Ethiopia Area.

Seemed to be flooded.

Compare this to early photos of the exhibit-matured pretty nicely.

Part of the Ethiopia area.