hoofstock

I was surprised that the construction is so close to the zebra exhibit. I thought the education center was supposed to be in a different area.

Saw the Clydesdale on the right using its tail to cool off the one on the left on my way out and I had to snap a photo.

Snapped this while taking cover from the rain under a shelter right outside their enclosure.

It had just eaten a piece of feeding grain off the path dropped by a visitor.

Its always interesting when you can see inside the mouths of camelids. Their false canine teeth look out of place on a hoofed mammal.

This is such an interesting looking species but for whatever reason I have the hardest time photographing them. I just can't seem to come up with a composition I'm happy with. This is probably the only photo I've taken of one that I actually like.

I love this species but I also find them a bit difficult to do justice through photos. I was quite happy with this one though. I love how the leaf caught in the horns.

A brief interaction between Arlo and and adult from his herd. The adult only has one horn, I'm not entirely sure what happened.

The first time I ever photographed Arlo, the zoo's addax calf.

I know domestics aren't exactly the most exciting part of any zoo but I saw an opportunity to play with extreme perspective with how close you could get to them. I think it resulted in a very attention-grabbing shot.

Temperate zoos show their animals indoors for part of the year, and build great indoor spaces for primates, birds or crocodiles. However, tropical carnivores and hoofed animals usually have only functionally designed 'dens' or 'stalls'. Which zoos went beyond this, and make large and...

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...

An enclosure for a mix of African hoofstock at Yorkshire Wildlife Park, part of the Into Africa exhibition. Strangely, the only animal I remember seeing here was an emu (a remnant of Brockholes Farm which later became the zoo).

An enclosure for a mix of African hoofstock at Yorkshire Wildlife Park, part of the Into Africa exhibition. Strangely, the only animal I remember seeing here was an emu (a remnant of Brockholes Farm which later became the zoo).

This is the general view of an enclosure for a mix of African hoofstock at Yorkshire Wildlife Park, part of the Into Africa exhibition. Strangely, the only animal I remember seeing here was an emu (a remnant of Brockholes Farm which later became the zoo).

An enclosure for a mix of African hoofstock at Yorkshire Wildlife Park, part of the Into Africa exhibition. Strangely, the only animal I remember seeing here was an emu (a remnant of Brockholes Farm which later became the zoo).

An enclosure for a mix of African hoofstock at Yorkshire Wildlife Park, part of the Into Africa exhibition. Strangely, the only animal I remember seeing here was an emu (a remnant of Brockholes Farm which later became the zoo).

Another poll in a series for zoochatters to vote for one of two EDGE mammal species. This time the Bactrian camel and the African wild donkey / ass. Both are critically endangered hoofstock which have been domesticated by humans and both native to arid desert environments where they face...