I haven't seen many, but I like the one at the Los Angeles Zoo. It is sunny with real trees for them to climb around on, in addition to covered wooden platforms for them to rest on. They have been quite active when I've seen them.
The one at San Diego is quite impressive in size and number of koalas, with many tall, covered, pole-like structures for the koalas to hang on. I would guess that it works very well for the animals, although I would personally prefer a more naturalistic habitat.
The one at San Diego is quite impressive in size and number of koalas, with many tall, covered, pole-like structures for the koalas to hang on. I would guess that it works very well for the animals, although I would personally prefer a more naturalistic habitat.
Some of us had a chat about this a few years back. There might be some thoughts of interest in this thread: ZCETT: Has anybody ever designed an exciting koala exhibit?
I like the Koala exhibits at Australia zoo and at David Fleay Wildlife Park, mainly because they have real, big gumtrees.
I rather like the koala exhibit at Perth Zoo: Koala and Western Brush Wallaby Enclosure | ZooChat
Koala and Western Brush Wallaby Enclosure | ZooChat
It has real trees and viewing from a semi-elevated path that goes around the enclosure. There are also Western Brush-wallabies in the area below the trees.
By far the biggest and most natural-looking koala exhibit that I have seen though is the koala enclosure located in Yanchep National Park (Western Australia), which is effectively just an area of natural woodland with a boardwalk going through it. Pictures can be seen on page 17 and page 18 of the Australia - Other gallery.
Koala and Western Brush Wallaby Enclosure | ZooChat
It has real trees and viewing from a semi-elevated path that goes around the enclosure. There are also Western Brush-wallabies in the area below the trees.
By far the biggest and most natural-looking koala exhibit that I have seen though is the koala enclosure located in Yanchep National Park (Western Australia), which is effectively just an area of natural woodland with a boardwalk going through it. Pictures can be seen on page 17 and page 18 of the Australia - Other gallery.
I've only seen one koala exhibit. It was in the Minnesota Zoo in 1990 and the koalas were kept indoors in a nocturnal exhibit.