big animals in city zoos...

I totally agree with what Jay has said about the native animals. Although it is great to learn about animals that are in my backyard, I like to see exotic animals that I will most likely never get to see. Maybe this is why we do not have house cats, dogs, and hamsters in zoos.
 
At Givskud Zoo in Denmark, the barrier at the rear of the large outdoor Gorilla enclosure looks like simply electrified sheep- netting. I think the Silverback has been outside it at least once....
 
Rabbits, chicken, sheep, goats, hamsters and rats in the children's area of my local zoo...
 
Pachy said:
I totally agree with what Jay has said about the native animals. Although it is great to learn about animals that are in my backyard, I like to see exotic animals that I will most likely never get to see. Maybe this is why we do not have house cats, dogs, and hamsters in zoos.
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Taronga zoo in sydney has two dogs, i think their Boder collies, that they use in the kids zoo to demonstrate herding sheep. its really popular with the kids. they also have a family of minuture pigs, sheep, two miniture goats one of whom is pregnant, a whole heap of chickens as well as mice rabbits and guinea pigs
 
regarding dogs in petting zoos:
http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_10554499?nclick_check=1
Family alleges Disneyland dog attacked toddler
The Associated Press
Article Launched: 09/25/2008 02:27:38 AM PDT


SANTA ANA, Calif.—The family of a small girl is suing Disneyland, claiming she was mauled by a dog at the park's petting zoo in 2006 when she was 2 years old.
The suit filed Tuesday in Orange County Superior Court says the dog, a German shepherd-Labrador retriever mix, attacked 2-year-old Lena Dickerson on Oct. 3, 2006, biting her several times on the face and leaving her permanently scarred.

A Disneyland employee adopted the 6-year-old dog named Hemmingway from the Orange County Animal Shelter and brought it to the theme park two weeks before the attack. The dog was placed on a box in the Big Thunder petting zoo while a park employee held its leash and invited children to pet it, the suit says.

Lena had been petting the dog with her two siblings for several minutes and was saying goodbye when it lunged at her, the suit says.

The shelter had called the dog "not very social" and said it had a history of aggression, the lawsuit claims.

"It is atrocious what Disney did, and the public needed to be warned," said Michael Bishay, an attorney representing the family. "You don't invite kids to pet stray dogs."

The Dickerson family lived in Valencia at the time, but has since moved to Illinois.

The lawsuit seeks unspecified punitive damages and reimbursement for the family's medical costs and the trauma it suffered.

Disney officials declined comment Wednesday when reached by the Los Angeles Daily News, saying they do not comment
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Zoology

I am very new to ZooChat.However i am not new to the world in general. I strongly feel zoo's Do Not need large animals to have the public want to visit.Its all about the advertizing. Having a "Did You Know" information put out, it makes a simple cockroach seem interesting. As wildlife ambassodors it is our duty.
 
Zoology said:
I am very new to ZooChat.However i am not new to the world in general. I strongly feel zoo's Do Not need large animals to have the public want to visit.Its all about the advertizing. Having a "Did You Know" information put out, it makes a simple cockroach seem interesting. As wildlife ambassodors it is our duty.
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Welcome! How on earth did you find a four year old thread?
 
Correction: five year old thread. It started in 2007.
 
nanoboy- He probably found it by finding the "Must Read ZooChat threads" thread which has a sticky on it, and finding this as one of the must-reads.
Zoology- That is, if the general public actually does read the Did you Know.;)
 
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