So many jobs going, so many experienced keepers being layed off. Fewer keepers needed without "stamp collections", and fewer enclosures???
I first saw this pool in the mid 1950's. It was always THE SEA LION POOL, long before the 'Marine Mammals' dolphin pool. I think there were...
Don't believe all that Clin Keeling says or wrote. I took him to Coventry Zoo! Never remember chimps there. A macaw cage in the middle was in fact...
I stand corrected! I certainly would not like to work chimps on that island. Pinnipeds and primates were seperate enclosures. I wonder if some...
Surely it was the Gibbon Island!!! Later big group of squirrel monkeys. Where would a catch-up for chimps be????
The management @ Cricket never listened to keepers, they new better!!! A plan for a large elephant complex up the valley from the main park was...
Are these the Cricket elephants with different names then??
Thank you for relaying that sad news. Part of me has now died.
Neither Whipsnade or Dudley are large open indoor spaces! The climate is not such that animals must be inside for days on end.
Yes I know it was achitect designed that's why I laud it. It was well and simply designed and it works! Compare and contrast with the smaller...
Not when I last saw them!!
Not always! Why design Elephant House with no outdoor enclosure e.g. Whipsnade and Dudley! Yes elehants were walked out and gave rides but...
And Whipsnade and Dudley! Three Elephant Houses no longer used for elrphants. Two of which never had outdoor enclosures when built!!!!
Look at the giraffe house at Regent's Park! Simple elegant but it fulfils its purpose!
Design yes but as a building with a purpose to keep and display animals with the requirements of the animal and the zoo visitor in mind. Not as a...
An enclosure for a sun bear (the largest animal there) in Morecombe Zoo on the seafront. The cages were the size of the sleeping quarters at...
As I have said before, a big drawback to any zoo is an "ARCHITECT". Some zoo directors and curators make some terrible mistakes; Chester,...
Does anyone know what happened to the two cows "Chikki" and "Milli" from Cricket-St-Thomas Wildlife Park???
I wonder is this the same "Duchess" that was at Blackpool Zoo? She arrived 1974 from Circus Hoffman.
Just re-enforces my long felt theories. The two most dangerous 'species' in any zoo; achitects and the general public!!!
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