innovation

In this thread, I want to showcase innovative, interesting, and thought-provoking scenes from zoos. My aim is to present new directions and concepts. Naturally, choice what is interesting and unique is subjective. For instance, exhibits common in Europe are scarce or absent in the USA. Some...

What you saw in a zoo and think is innovative, groundbreaking, or could be adopted by more zoos? Especially with photos on Zoochat. This can be related to ways to exhibit animals, visitor facilities, education or something else. I am especially curious about things which are not very expensive...

After several threads about zoos with limited space, I imagined a zoo only 5 hectares (12,3 acres) of area, but not missing big animals, not cramped nor impoverished. I limited large animals to relatively few species, but with spacious enclosures similar in size to newly built exhibits in other...

Most of interesting stuff in zoos happens backstage. It is there where many rare animals are bred in privacy, where research takes place and keepers work and toil with animals. Most zoos aim to hide everyday work, and show facade of entertainment and fake nature. But visitors are very...