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[gentle lemur]

I think what makes Chester so popular is the overall standard of the exhibits and diversity of collection. I can't say that there is a 'bad' enclosure at Chester...

I can't quite agree. The paddock next to the spectacled bears with the capybara, tapir and vicuna flies in the face of zoogeography, provides rotten viewing and is so overstocked that it is muddy for most of the year. It wasn't too bad for the capybara and tapirs, which it held originally: but the vicuna deserve something better.
The other one I hate is the old tuatara house, which houses the Mallorcan midwife toads. It's not very attractive, but the toads seem to do well. The problem is that you can never see a thing and there is always a large puddle in front of the window, so you can't even crouch or kneel to get a better view

Alan

 

[bongorob]

Dik-Dik were planned to be housed with the okapis 2 years ago. Maybe that is where they are going.

 

[Simon Hampel]

This thread is getting too long - please start new threads, one per topic (no news is "too small" for its own thread).