I don't think Whitley deserve a complete thrashing here, and certainly not with the five vote system. The Takin enclosure is great, though I've not seen them use it yet (June '19 was my last visit), the mountain zebra in the hill paddock were always nice to see, and the black wildebeest in Newquay are a real treat. So a point I feel for hoofstock, but Whitley deserves nothing for the Boreal category; merely holding one or two relatively common species in standard enclosures doesn't get much from me. If this was a seven point, or even nine point, system I still feel only a single point would be deserved
Indeed I do think that the strengths of Paignton (although not insignificant) are few enough that a 100% vote to RZSS would be a LOT more accurate than a 80/20 split, but one feels a bit bad not recognising those strengths. As such I've currently flip-flopped to 4/1 RZSS myself, although my mind may change back in the coming hours before the vote closes. It's a much better situation than if we were still playing with 3-point votes, of course.
I completely agree, it lets us recognise that there is certainly some good in the Whitley collection, whilst also recognising that this is a RZSS landslide by any measure!
