Best UK Safari Park Lion enclosure

Best UK Safari Park Lion enclosure?

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Panthera1981 said:
As an aside, this does raise some interesting questions: is there such a thing as “pure bred” African lions in any collection, or are they all just “Zoo lions?” And, secondly, where would you even begin to start a breeding programme-I’m assuming there’s a stud book?
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The zoo mix / Africa lions debate is a mere consequence of bad genetic management of African lions in zoos over decades past. An issue few seemed willing or even able to confront. And: Yes since 2018 there is an African lion studbook managed by Givskud Zoo for now in EAZA (something I deeply deplore having flooded Europe with their own mix of zoo mix Africans for Yonker years).

I did not vote in the 5 - choice UK safari park. For personal reasons: I do not find a heap of lions lying about in large open grassland exhibits particularly exciting to see. But sorry, that is just my perception and misgivings of some of the safari park set uppies.
 
Megan Jones said:
Not to be a stirrer here and i appreciate it’s an old post but it’s good to have a wider perspective. You hold longleat accountable for their actions which they ought to be but you do it because it was posted all over the media, just as west midlands white lion scandal was. Woburn have their own issues , in fact the first two litters produced by shane and sly 17 years ago were both rejected and handed off to other zoo to raise. Linton zoo took two of those lions and produced the inbred lineage that resulted in louisa. They also allowed a 15 year old lioness to breed this year which problematic for obvious reasons. Whipsnade and flamingo land have prides consisting entirely of inbred individuals. Knowsley let Kenya breed with his daughter, lost two different males to intrapride conflict and then transferred Scooter to a park with very questionable care standards. They are all as guilty as each other, no point berating others for supporting one collection you disagree with.
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No response to my questions then? Let's have some proof to ALL your accusations?!
 
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