Hey Lion!!! WAKE UP!!!!!

Sun Wukong said:
@NZ Jeremy: The Chengdu Zoo has such a (quite graphic) sign: do not feed animals, do not harass them, don't sleep on the benches, don't pee into the hedges, don't run around without a shirt on...doesn't help.

A German zoo had a smart pun written on its glass tanks: "Nur Bekloppte klopfen", with means "Only schmucks knock". Seemed to have helped at least a little bit...
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Reminds me of a sign at a certain public swimming pool which reads:

WELCOME TO OUR OOL
As you can see, there's no P in our pool. Please keep it that way.
 
If the sign is there the idiots have no excuse when they get thrown out on their behinds... Too many zoos don't have strong enough warnings, in my opinion, for fear of looking like big brother, the animals in their charge deserve a little more I think...
 
I like the small poster on the glass front of the monkey exhibits in zoo Jihlava, it says (if I remember correctly): "Neklepejte na sklo, stejně vám neotevřeme." =Do not knock at the glass, we will not open [the window/door for you] anyway.
 
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this sign is at Zoo Negara in Kuala Lumpur. It has no effect at all.


I agree . The staff appear too lethargic to police it .
The keepers at Melaka and Taiping zoos were more aware of what the public were doing , and had to occasionally intervene with a verbal request to stop certain behaviours ( with some success )
 
At the Toronto Zoo. I have told off a woman for trying to feed a sandwich to a GRIZZLY BEAR. She was standing right next to the sign saying "do not feed the animals." :rolleyes:

There were also some idiot kids that the lion keeper had to tell off for throwing snow at the lions. San Francisco Zoo incident in the making, anyone?
 
We almost had a San Francisco incidentn in Copenhagen in the summer of 2006. Some buffoons were standing by the hamadryas baboon exhibit (picture).

One of them leaned over the wall, while the other two held him in the legs. Then he started to take swings at the female baboons with his belt. Naturally, the male baboon wouldent stand for this, and tried to protect his females. He then jumped a little more the 4 meters to the top of the wall, and suddenly stood right next the the idiots on outside of the enclosure. And I promise you that they ran once they saw his teeth ;).

Fortunatly, the male just patroled around the wall of the exhibit for a while, and then jumped back down. Later, the wall was raised to prevent further escapes But this is an example of how the animals enforces good zoo-behavior themselves :p
 
Toddy said:
Fortunatly, the male just patroled around the wall of the exhibit for a while, and then jumped back down. Later, the wall was raised to prevent further escapes But this is an example of how the animals enforces good zoo-behavior themselves :p
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Its also a good example of how animals can perform amazingly athletically when in 'stressful' situations...
 
Yes, it shocks me that zoos are held responsible for the complete lack of control of certain guests. Does anyone remember the lady who sued McDonald's because she spilled her coffee and it burned her? The answer to that was for them to put in tiny letters "CAUTION: Coffee is hot."

Why then, are zoos not faultless when they have LARGE and BLATANTLY OBVIOUS signs for idiot patrons?
 
There are numerous examples of labelling to deflect blame, think cigarettes, theme parks etc... I don't see why zoos should be any different... In my opinion they should be less so, people used to think cigarettes were good for them however its quite obvious that a tiger can kill you...
 
Zoo sign

Wellington Zoo

" Zookeeper says -- if you put your fingers inside this cage the tiger will bite you "

If the zoo really needs to have that sign there , they should do more to prevent little fingers from being able to go into the "cage " !!
 
Unfortunately, the more educated the public are - the dumber they are becoming. Common sense is not common any more.

From a liability protection point of view these days we need safety barriers AND signage AND patrolling staff AND, after all that, a liberal dose of good luck!

You would be amazed at the number of people who really do think that the price of admission to the zoo entitles them to cross over safety barriers. When you remonstrate with them they say really intelligent things like "... but you wouldn't be allowed to keep them if they really were dangerous".

Is it any wonder that zoo people look forward to 5pm?
 
Steve Robinson said:
From a liability protection point of view these days we need safety barriers AND signage AND patrolling staff AND, after all that, a liberal dose of good luck!
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It does amaze me how visitors can basically do what ever they want at some zoos due to the lack of any sort of patrols or even a visible presence to deter would-be idiots.
 
Sign at the Sydney Aquarium:

"DO NOT ENTER: If the fall does not kill you the crocodile will"
 
My favorite (and most common) question from visitors is "Does it bite?" I understand, that they really want to know how dangerous the animal is. But I always have to bite my tongue so I wont say anything regrettable and then say "If it has a mouth, it can bite".
 
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