Do you have pdf reader on your device? It's a 50 page document that takes a few seconds to load.I'm probably being thick but where can you see the plans? When I click the link it doesn't show anything
. Was wondering though if any body else has the same thought as me, now don't get me wrong love the place and the work they do. But do you think some of the enclosures are a little to big for the size of the place, I am all for big elclosures for the animals welfare obviously but it's not like a whipsnade with its backing to support or actual land space I suspect. Given the species they hold to land covered I wonder if they are creating a president they would find difficult to continue, take the space given to there three rhino, if they where to house elephants in the future say a good heard of six, by ratio they would need an area by comparison of mabey three times the size could they give them this much along with other species. Was wondering if they have already realised this with the comparitvly small area given to the okapi and the forth polar bear area yet to be begun construction so long after there arrival. The problem also being now they could never decrease there current enclosure size as they have now set there president. Also on another note today listened to the polar bear talk, he told us the boys are all in season at the min so have been separted as they would end up fighting to prove there worth as a mate, boys will be boys. But did say it would be unlikely to have a female as this would give them something to actually fight over so would have to move on three of the boys, so are currently happy to just remain a all male collection.
I know and realise that they are doing a good job, just thought some exhibits are extra large and some mabey a little to small by the other exhibits standards. The polar bears obviously had to have a large exhibit, to reintroduce a spicies in England that has a PC past of small, pit type enclosures something special had to be done to get over the publics perception of them in the zoos.
The only exhibit that I've questioned is the Leopards, but saying that, i've generally wondered why leopard (non snowie types) enclosures are so small. Do leopards feel more at ease in smaller enclosures? As for the Okapi, i've only been once since it was completed and wondered if it was temporary.
I think the main issue is that the waiting list is so long - so unless they're already on there, they'll be waiting a long time.
I think it was always intended for the Brown bears, as what they are in now is temporary. Saying that, after watching them for a bit and talking to a local, I wondered if it would be wasted on them as the female still spends most of the day popping her head out of the doorway, but returning inside. One of the two boys can spend a long time circling along a route, before returning to the indoors, although they occasionally have a wrestle in the water.
