West mid » West Midland Safari Park

30-09-2008

Sorry about being a bit late on the issue but I just want to say that Werribee has a hippo pool that is cleaned by a reed bed and although it isn't crystal clear, it is clearer most of the dams on our farm.

30-09-2008

Actually no it isn't. There is a house next to sealion beach which I gather is the hippo/sealion house if they need to sperate a sick animal which has fencing out into the water. However sealion beach is based on the concept that Hippos cannot climb anything vertical, therefore the edge of the beach is a sheer face allowing the sealions to access it but not the Hippos.

30-09-2008

i was just about to say that!

01-10-2008

I have to say im REALLY not a fan of West Midlands. I was there a few years ago and i really didnt like it. Don't get me wrong ther are some good areas to the park but i think it should be managed in a totally different way

Mainly i think is way too comerciallised with emphasis on 'special' animals such as white tigers, white lions which in my mind have no conservation value, just crowd pullers. Also personally i don't like it when rides are put as part of a zoo and just compare animal collections as 'amusements/entertainment'. It would be a great plcae if the amusement area was given over to the animals, the hippo pool was GREATLY improved and emphasise was not placed on white animals, but rare or unusual animals displayed as close to there natural state as possible.

02-10-2008

again the rides are a "crowd-puller" its a similar thing to chessington and flamingo land

03-10-2008

On a positive note , the WMSP web-site reports that they have raised over 20,000 euros for the EAZA 'Year of the Frog' campaign . One of only 3 European collections to date raising this much .

03-10-2008

I doubt they did state the oher collections, but do you know which ones they were?

03-10-2008

Sorry no .

03-10-2008

I have read an article recently, that named three Zoos who raised over 20000 EUR for this campaign: Chester, Munster and Prague.

03-10-2008

i thought chester would be on the list!