Surely not? Cologne for example?
Best UK Asian Elephant enclosure
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Surely not? Cologne for example?
I may mean the UK... *I can confirm, I did mean the UK, my bad*
I would guess that it's still probably one of the largest in Europe??
Cologne, Zurich, Pairi’s offshow barn....lots of European zoos have bigger. Think he might mean the UK.
*just seen TNT’s post confirming he did mean the UK*
I've been looking at European animal welfare laws all day, so I'll blame that
I've been looking at European animal welfare laws all day, so I'll blame that
The old "looking at European animal welfare laws all day" excuse. C'mon you can do better than that.
I do have to say though, a quick peruse on Google Maps has promptly shown that Blackpool has, in fact, the third largest elephant house in the UK. Admittedly Chester’s house isn’t solely for elephants, but the new Whipsnade barn plus the old barn (which is used as night quarters for the elephants) is heaps bigger...
Okay... I started off with African, then I moved onto European... You've got meThe old "looking at European animal welfare laws all day" excuse. C'mon you can do better than that.
Blackpools new barn isn't on Google maps yet...
Blackpools new barn isn't on Google maps yet...
I’d look up Blackpool Zoo on this website...
Area Calculator - Outline a property on a google map and find its area
Blackpool’s is only a fraction smaller than Whipsnade’s whole matriarchal herd complex in fairness, but Chester’s is also bigger
Blame whatever google maps I'm using, you cant see it thereI’d look up Blackpool Zoo on this website...
Area Calculator - Outline a property on a google map and find its area
Blackpool’s is only a fraction smaller than Whipsnade’s whole matriarchal herd complex in fairness, but Chester’s is also bigger
This is the quote I was remembering from the website "The indoor area is now the largest in the UK, with state of the art equipment and facilities, while the outdoor area comprises of sanded areas, a bathing pool and a landscaped grass paddock". Project Elephant Base Camp
Blame whatever google maps I'm using, you cant see it there
Project Elephant Base Camp
It’s possible they’re not including the offshow elephant barns at Whipsnade and are only counting the elephant areas in the Chester house, but certainly in square metres both buildings are larger than Blackpool’s
wonder if the building was supposed to be bigger
Screenshots from Google Maps...
Chester
Blackpool
Whipsnade
IMO Whipsnade win because they have their own jumbo jet
(N.B. I have zoomed in by the same amount on each image but can't be sure they were all originally photographed to the same scale, although they do look about right)
Chester
Blackpool
Whipsnade
IMO Whipsnade win because they have their own jumbo jet
(N.B. I have zoomed in by the same amount on each image but can't be sure they were all originally photographed to the same scale, although they do look about right)
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The Hedgehog
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Your all saying how big Blackpool Zoo's Elephant Enclosure is. However if Noah's Ark Zoo Farm in Wraxall,near Bristol, was to swap their African Elephants to Asians Blackpool would have a silent demoter on their case. I'm mentioning the African Elephant enclosure because the original plan was for Noah's Ark Zoo Farm to aquere a multi generational heard of breeding Asian Elephants.
That is really goodThis is just a bit of fun to judge the general consensus on the best enclosure for Asian Elephant's in the UK. 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 perhaps list the enclosures in order of what they determine to be the best. I hope to then do a head to head for the best overall Elephant (Asian or African) enclosure.
I decided not to include drive through enclosures as I don't think it is a fair comparison. As a consequence Woburn, which I believe is primarily a drive through enclosure, and Longleat are not included in this poll.
Blackpool
Whipsnade
Belfast
Chester
