Malayan Tapir enclosure, RSCC, Kent

This is pretty much the whole exhibit, bit on the small side but fine otherwise.

That fence doesn't look like it would hold a tapir back and the water is really dirty.

The fence was about 6 foot tall with mesh half way up.
And it isn't easy to keep a tapirs pond clean

I was looking at the wooden fence on the left and didn't see the mesh one. I know it isn't easy to keep a tapirs water clean but a filter isn't hard to make and they're pretty inexpensive.

Ah I see, that part is the same height, pic was taken off the raised walkway. And I guess you're right about the filter, wouldn't be too hard.

Okay, this photo makes my argument for me. What on earth is the point of the "naturalistic" (but totally fake and ugly) rockwork and "roots" in the foreground with the mud pit and domestic animal barn immediately behind it? At best,this is an example of exceedingly bad taste. At worst, an unhealthy (no shade, no dry land) and inhumane exhibit for a marvelous animal adapted to live in the dense tropical rain forest.

Well there were 4 big trees and winter has only just finished. And do you think the land will be dry in a rainforest?
And an effort to be aesthetic and you complain! And what else is the tapir meant to sleep in...?

redukari, you've got to realise most UK zoos don't have a spare 10 million in their pockets. RSCC is on a small site and only started recentley, and is constantly building upwards. Stop complaining cos they're doing the best with what they have, and certainly won't be building any Congo Gorilla Forests soon.

[QUOTE certainly won't be building any Congo Gorilla Forests soon.[/QUOTE]

Well that is eminently clear....

Well I'd rather see the howletts Gorillas any day over the ones in London, as their exhibit is a field... Crappy, pointless, completely wrongly designed waste of money.
I'd much rather pay good money to see happy animals. If I want some aesthetic architectural thing, I'll go to a gallery
Btw, this was not a dig at the Congo Gorilla forest which it sounded like...