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08-05-2008

Thousands swing by at zoo - Edinburgh Evening News

Busiest day in 20 years at the zoo...thousands lining up to see the chimps!

08-05-2008

The funny thing is the chimps have always been there- it shows what a new building and the surrounding publicity can do...

08-05-2008

One comment left at the bottom of this really shocked me

I went to Edinburgh Zoo not that long ago. It was rubbish. The cages are all far too big with way too many plants and bushes etc hiding the exhibits. I could hardly see most of the animals. They should re introduce much smaller cages with bare concrete so we can all get a good view of them. And another thing. Most of the animals were asleep. The park wardens seem to have little to do so why aren't they poking the animals to keep them awake. Who wants to watch a sleeping Polar bear. If I wanted to watch a big fat white thing snoring, I could have stayed at home and looked at my wife.

Just proves how ignorant some people still are about zoos

08-05-2008

Is that person serious do you think?

08-05-2008

Possibly, I've seen loads of comments about Chester in a similar manner to the Edinburgh comment and I've seen a few saying London was too expensive because it only had one type of ape and no elephants...

I guess it just sums up the majority of modern zoo-goers...

Edit: actually after re-reading, it does seem slightly tongue-in-cheek

08-05-2008

I wasnt actaully too sure to post it or not as it does seem like the pseron isnt being serious but if the person is then it shows how ignorant people are.

08-05-2008

Oh come on, I know people can be ignorant but the last sentence is a complete giveaway. Scottish sarcasm at its finest!

11-05-2008

2 rockhopper penguin chicks hatched at the zoo.

11-05-2008

Budongo Trail: ideal home or gilded cage? - Times Online

Another good, debatable article on Budongo Trail.

11-05-2008

sounds like a joker to me. However, yes sadly, there are people that seriously think like that, even those you would think should know better. English aviculturist writer Clinton Keeling, who used to do a monthly zoo update in a bird magazine (can't remember its name off-hand), once wrote in all seriousness that he disliked the new-fangled tropical houses where you couldn't see the birds properly; he said he would rather see a return to the old-style museum-type displays where individual birds were housed in rows of bare cages, because it allowed one to appreciate the birds better!

11-05-2008

I like this bit from the article...

stupid working class people, don't have the brains of the wealthy people to see what's right in front of their faces. Tut tut.

11-05-2008

I am not sure if it has been mentioned yet (if yes please ignore it).

Zoo Liberec will send its 1.1 Muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus) to Edinburgh within few weeks. They are of mixed/unknown origin and Liberec want to get rid of them because they imported a 2-years old male of White-faced muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus wardi) from Kobenhaven/Denmark (new female is in discussion with EEP), they want to breen only pure-bred animals.

11-05-2008

I don't really think that's true. Certainly many of the city zoos attract an extremely middle-class visitor....it could even be argued that many are out of the price range of many poorer families.

11-05-2008

I believe the magazine he wrote/writes for is called Birdkeeper.

13-05-2008

It was, and Mr Keeling has died since the magazine went out of production.