Best Barbary Sheep in the Benelux

[felis silvestris]

This is just a bit of fun to judge the general consensus on the best enclosure Barbary Sheep in the Benelux. I have added a few photos from the gallery to make it easier for members to compare the different exhibits. If anyone wants to make an argument for a particular enclosure, please feel free to do so. Also, I would encourage people to list the enclosures in order of what they think is best.

Bouillon

Unfortunately there are no photos of this enclosure in the gallery. If someone could describe or provide a photo of the exhibit, that would be great.

Zonnegloed

Blanckendaell

Tiergehege Zeist

Unfortunately there are no photos of this enclosure in the gallery. If someone could describe or provide a photo of the exhibit, that would be great.

Photo credits to @KevinB @vogelcommando

 

[KevinB]

Below are a few images of the Barbary sheep exhibit at Bouillon. Unlike the primate and predator exhibits at Bouillon their hoofstock exhibits are actually quite nice, and they make nice use of their location for their ungulates from mountainous regions.

 

[RonBurrgundy]

Some images I found only for the enclosure at Zeist:
Picture one - picture two

 

[lintworm]

Agree with @KevinB here, while Bouillon has its fair share of crappy enclosures, the ones for caprids are not among them. A nice simple hilly paddock on a steep slope.

 

[Choco115]

The end is near: after loads and loads of terrible Bouillon enclosures I’ve actually voted by them, and it’s the best enclosure by quite a distance as well!

 

[GiratinaIsGod]

Did apenheul not have them together with their babary macaques ?

 

[KevinB]

Did apenheul not have them together with their babary macaques ?

They used to, but Apenheul no longer has Barbary sheep. Amersfoort used to mix Barbary sheep with Hamadryas baboons, but also no longer keeps the species.

 

[felis silvestris]

Poll closed. Congratulations to Bouillon for having the Best Barbary Sheep enclosure in the Benelux. The big hilly paddock gave them the win over Blanckendaell in second. This is their first win for a collection that probably has one of the lowest wins to appearences ratio in these polls.

Bouillon: 62.5%
Blanckendaell: 37.5%