Kristiansand Zoo and Amusement Park Any info on the indoors enclosure for lions at Kristiansand Zoo?

[Dan]

I just saw a rather spectacular video in a Swedish newspaper from the indoors enclosure for lions at Kristiansand Zoo ("Dyreparken") in Norway. The male lion is let in for the first time to see his offspring but is treated somewhat hostile by the females:

TV | Aftonbladet

You will probably have to watch a commercial or two before the actual lion video appears.

However, my point is not this quarrel among the pride, but the short glimpse of the design of the enclosure that you get to see in the video. It looks totally different from other indoors lion enclosures, it has very high fake concrete rocks, live plants, dirt floor etc. Very interesting! Actually the rocks are so high that you catch your breath when you see the male lion falling down from them when the females attack him!

I don´t suppose anybody has any pictures or could tell me more about this particular enclosure? I don´t find anything at the zoo web page:

Kristiansand dyrepark - En annen verden

 

[mstickmanp]

wow that does look like an interesting exhibit.

 

[Jurek7]

Wow, very nice!

I wonder why zoos don't try to make indoors enclosures for big animals more natural. The only examples for lions I know of are Berlin Tierpark (one of a kind, huge moated enclosure indoors) and Krefeld.

 

[andreash]

Here are some photos from both the lion indoor and outdoor enclosure in Kristiansand. Not the best Picture. But you get some more sense of how it looks like.