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#31
20-11-2008
once ben settles down, i think he realise that maybe giraffes and gorillas arent the best idea at the moment, give it another few years
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#32
20-11-2008
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He clearly stated in the programs in the future he may like to get some off these animals. Before he can do that he needs to improve the current enclosures. |
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20-11-2008
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#34
14-01-2009
new dartmoor pics. added to the gallery if anyone is interested? more to follow
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#35
16-01-2009
On the BBC South West news last night: Newquay has sent a male lynx to Dartmoor.
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#36
16-01-2009
The posted photos of this place are uniformly awful. What is the point of keeping animals in such utterly unimaginative and ugly enclosures?
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#37
16-01-2009
They're not that bad.
Give the guy a chance, he's only been there a year or two, and the place was a hell hole before he got there. |
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#38
16-01-2009
I agree, without ben the zoo would have been gone and the animals either passed on or put down i suppose, you have to remeber with the financial troubles that improving the zoo could take some time.
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#39
17-01-2009
To be fair no , zoo looks brilliant in mid winter with lots of muddy paddocks . The new Tapir House does not look bad .
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#40
17-01-2009
The problem here is that they have inherited a lot of old enclosures. Without razing them to the ground and building afresh (at probably impossible expense) they will always look outdated, even if tidied up and improved. I think it must be very much an uphill struggle to bring this zoo up to a higher standard.
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#41
17-01-2009
when i went to Dartmoor in summer 2007 and i though the 'Tiger Mountain' was one of the best Ive ever seen with a few trees it could be alot better. The zoo had a brilliant Cat Collection and i think that it should definately stay there.
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17-01-2009
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17-01-2009
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#44
18-01-2009
The park is in an amazing setting. I don't see what the problem is, sure some fences look a bit tatty, but if you're needing lots of shiny glass windows and tidy woodstained decking then it's probably never going to be that kind of place. Incidentally, the tapirs used to have what was probably the largest enclosure in the UK for any tapir species, with a huge pond and field. Ok, so they had to share with rheas, llamas, emus and a seal, but I would have been more critical of the old house. Is the current enclosure now split off from the pond and the rheas? The main mistake was introducing 'Mrs Capybara' if that is what caused the fatal injury to the male tapir.
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#45
18-01-2009
I agree with Johnstoni it is in an amazing setting and i think the right things for the park is Chainlink Fencing in Large spaces etc and the carry on to the Tiger River type enclosures.I dont think Heavy Duty enclosures all made of glass will not be the best use of the park.
But who knows what will happen? Hope the best for the park and the right desisions are made
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