Best Puma enclosure in the Benelux

[felis silvestris]

This is just a bit of fun to judge the general consensus on the best enclosure for Pumas 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 can describe it or provide a photo that would be great.

Pairi Daiza

Pakawi

Zonnegloed

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

Photo credits to @KevinB @snowleopard

 

[KevinB]

With regards to the exhibit at De Zonnegloed, I have taken a look at the map on their website and at a recent video posted on YouTube by a visitor, and it looks like they keep their puma in their former lynx exhibit (their lynxes have since moved to another exhibit, which also is missing from the gallery as it was constructed after my last visit in 2020). In any case, here I have few photos of the former lynx exhibit that the puma has since moved into.

https://www.zoochat.com/community/media/eurasian-lynx-exhibit-2020-09-12.522317/
https://www.zoochat.com/community/m...hibit-with-viewing-windows-2020-09-12.522318/
https://www.zoochat.com/community/media/eurasian-lynx-holding.415799/
https://www.zoochat.com/community/media/eurasian-lynx-enclosure.415797/

With regards to the exhibit at Bouillon, below are two images of it.

 

[Valvas]

I think this is an easy win for Pairi Daiza, because no cougar enclosure in the Benelux is comparable to the scale and spaciousness of PD's enclosure, even though the design is maybe a bit too "clean" for my taste.

The cage in De Zonnegloed is nice and OK for the species, but it's not that big. While not looking as nice, the same can be said of Pakawi's exhibit -which is actually a shame because Pakawi Park used to have a fairly great cougar enclosure in the past (the current cheetah exhibit). The Bouillon enclosure isn't that great at all.

 

[felis silvestris]

Poll closed. Congratulations to Pairi Daiza for having the Best Puma enclosure in the Benelux. Like the UK poll, the very low bar gave the fairly good enclosure to come out with an easy win. This is their fourth win.

Pairi Daiza: 94.1%
Zonnegloed: 5.9%