Himalaya entrance complex at Twycross 03/05/10

Snow Leopard exhibit.

Still unoccupied, with staff watering in the plants today. A pretty nice exhibit actually but I still think a more active species would have been a better choice.

I think possibly the only place the S.leopards may be invisible in the exhibit is if they go 'over the top', there is a short grass-turfed bank behind, but they still aren't actually hidden from people (inside the zoo), even there.

There's a definite hollow we noticed in the rockwork towards the top of this shot: http://www.zoochat.com/41/himalaya-entrance-complex-twycross-03-05-a-147948/


That may give them a hiding place. But even if they're in full view, it's going to be a couple of sleepy balls of fur a lot of the time.

I also noticed a quite big gap above the 'visitor viewing window' (see your later photo) and I hope they have remedied that now.

@Maguari: thanks for posting the latest photos of this snow leopard exhibit. The amazing thing about ZooChat is that within days of a new enclosure opening somewhere around the world then sure enough there is a ZooChatter ready to post photos of it on this amazing website. Then of course the debate really begins!

You're very welcome!

Although this exhibit is fully visible, there aren't actually any of your namesakes in there yet - they're still in their temporary exhibit elsewhere in the zoo. It doesn't look like there's too much else to do on it though, so I don't think it'll be long before it's up and going.

Whatever my reservations about the complex as a whole, this enclosure is definitely one of Twycross' best exhibits (or will be, once occupied!).