We went to the zoo...
Apr. 29th, 2006 05:07 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sildilLizzie really wanted to go to the zoo this weekend, and so we had a mum and daughter thing and took a picnic.
Lizzie's favourite!
Dudley Zoo is struggling like most zoos, as since (thankfully) in this country most zoos spend their money and efforts in schemes to protect animals, reintroduce them to the wild and preserve rare endangered species, they tend not to have the big crowd-pullers like zoos of old. As a child I remember going to London Zoo and the Big Cat House, seeing cage after cage of lions, tigers, cheetahs and the like, all pacing the small spaces. Terribly sad.
Still, they still manage to have a varied and interesting collection, and as the older big animals die they tend not to replace them, not in Dudley anyway.
Lizzie's favourite!
Dudley Zoo is struggling like most zoos, as since (thankfully) in this country most zoos spend their money and efforts in schemes to protect animals, reintroduce them to the wild and preserve rare endangered species, they tend not to have the big crowd-pullers like zoos of old. As a child I remember going to London Zoo and the Big Cat House, seeing cage after cage of lions, tigers, cheetahs and the like, all pacing the small spaces. Terribly sad.
Still, they still manage to have a varied and interesting collection, and as the older big animals die they tend not to replace them, not in Dudley anyway.
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Date: 2006-04-29 06:13 pm (UTC)These pics from Dudley zoo look awesome, and the animals seem to thrive there. Especially those cute monkey things with striped tails... :-)
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Date: 2006-04-29 07:37 pm (UTC)Yeah the old days of zoos were NOT good at all.
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Date: 2006-04-30 07:36 am (UTC)Our zoo used to be crappy when I was a kid, but they have done so much work on it through the years---building habitats for the animals that mimic their natural environments. I still feel torn though when I visit. I do know that they take no wild animals any more, just ones that have been born in captivity. So that's something.
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Date: 2006-04-30 01:12 pm (UTC)I love lemurs too, and these were so cheeky!
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Date: 2006-04-30 07:37 am (UTC)It is saying--"Hey! You lookin at me?!" LOL
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Date: 2006-04-30 01:13 pm (UTC)