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Landscape Immersion Article

Discussion in 'United States' started by snowleopard, 30 May 2009.

  1. snowleopard

    snowleopard Well-Known Member 15+ year member Premium Member

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    I read this article last year, and it might have even been posted once on ZooChat before, but here it is again for those that are interested. It deals with the topic of landscape immersion, and cites several American zoos that focus on this style of exhibit design. Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle is often credited as one of the first zoos in the world to use this design process, but there are others (such as the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum) that have also created incredible animal habitats with landscape immersion techniques. Anything is better than bars and outdated cages.:)

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