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The funny thing is the chimps have always been there- it shows what a new building and the surrounding publicity can do...
 
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I went to Edinburgh Zoo not that long ago. It was rubbish. The cages are all far too big with way too many plants and bushes etc hiding the exhibits. I could hardly see most of the animals. They should re introduce much smaller cages with bare concrete so we can all get a good view of them. And another thing. Most of the animals were asleep. The park wardens seem to have little to do so why aren't they poking the animals to keep them awake. Who wants to watch a sleeping Polar bear. If I wanted to watch a big fat white thing snoring, I could have stayed at home and looked at my wife.

Just proves how ignorant some people still are about zoos
 
Is that person serious do you think?
 
ashley-h said:
Is that person serious do you think?
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Possibly, I've seen loads of comments about Chester in a similar manner to the Edinburgh comment and I've seen a few saying London was too expensive because it only had one type of ape and no elephants...

I guess it just sums up the majority of modern zoo-goers...

Edit: actually after re-reading, it does seem slightly tongue-in-cheek
 
I wasnt actaully too sure to post it or not as it does seem like the pseron isnt being serious but if the person is then it shows how ignorant people are.
 
Oh come on, I know people can be ignorant but the last sentence is a complete giveaway. Scottish sarcasm at its finest!
 
ZooMania said:
One comment left at the bottom of this really shocked me

I went to Edinburgh Zoo not that long ago. It was rubbish. The cages are all far too big with way too many plants and bushes etc hiding the exhibits. I could hardly see most of the animals. They should re introduce much smaller cages with bare concrete so we can all get a good view of them. And another thing. Most of the animals were asleep. The park wardens seem to have little to do so why aren't they poking the animals to keep them awake. Who wants to watch a sleeping Polar bear. If I wanted to watch a big fat white thing snoring, I could have stayed at home and looked at my wife.

Just proves how ignorant some people still are about zoos
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sounds like a joker to me. However, yes sadly, there are people that seriously think like that, even those you would think should know better. English aviculturist writer Clinton Keeling, who used to do a monthly zoo update in a bird magazine (can't remember its name off-hand), once wrote in all seriousness that he disliked the new-fangled tropical houses where you couldn't see the birds properly; he said he would rather see a return to the old-style museum-type displays where individual birds were housed in rows of bare cages, because it allowed one to appreciate the birds better!
 
snowleopard said:
Budongo Trail: ideal home or gilded cage? - Times Online
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I like this bit from the article...

Their presence tells us something interesting about zoos as a family recreation choice: that the working class hasn't quite got round to feeling dubious about them.

In the classic manual-labour nuclear family, zoos remain on the itinerary of acceptable awaydays and outings, along with safari parks and sea-life centres. Inheritors of Thomas Aquinas's idea that animals are food first and entertainment second, they just don't see the problem.

Further up the socioeconomic beanstalk, though, zoos have accrued something of the mark of Cain, considered to be amalgams of prisons and torture chambers.
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stupid working class people, don't have the brains of the wealthy people to see what's right in front of their faces. Tut tut.
 
I am not sure if it has been mentioned yet (if yes please ignore it).

Zoo Liberec will send its 1.1 Muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus) to Edinburgh within few weeks. They are of mixed/unknown origin and Liberec want to get rid of them because they imported a 2-years old male of White-faced muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus wardi) from Kobenhaven/Denmark (new female is in discussion with EEP), they want to breen only pure-bred animals.
 
Chlidonias said:
I like this bit from the article...



stupid working class people, don't have the brains of the wealthy people to see what's right in front of their faces. Tut tut.
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I don't really think that's true. Certainly many of the city zoos attract an extremely middle-class visitor....it could even be argued that many are out of the price range of many poorer families.
 
Chlidonias said:
sounds like a joker to me. However, yes sadly, there are people that seriously think like that, even those you would think should know better. English aviculturist writer Clinton Keeling, who used to do a monthly zoo update in a bird magazine (can't remember its name off-hand), once wrote in all seriousness that he disliked the new-fangled tropical houses where you couldn't see the birds properly; he said he would rather see a return to the old-style museum-type displays where individual birds were housed in rows of bare cages, because it allowed one to appreciate the birds better!
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I believe the magazine he wrote/writes for is called Birdkeeper.
 
Some news,
Pallas cat kittens sent to Opole zoo in Poland
Male Asian lions sent to Rotterdam and Lodz zoo in Poland
A male African wild dog has died leaving 1.3
0.0.1 capybara born
Nyala calves sexed as 1.1
A male pudu brought in from Marwell
A male lesser Malay chevrotain imported from Stuttgart
Sayang, the female Malayan tapir has had a pregnancy confirmed, due summer 2008
0.1 three banded armadillo arrived
1.0 black stork imported from Riga zoo
10 Chilean flamingo brought in from Cotswold wp and Lisbon zoo
0.1 Goeldi's monkey arrived
Living links to be officially opened
on 20th May with a talk from Dr Jane Goodall.
 
dose nyone hav pics of the new chip enclosure at edinburgh because all i have seen is ilustrations

and also the old lions

i was reedin something that said the african lions were there till 2003

wich i highly doubt because i never saw them

can anyone shed light on the situation

thanks
 
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