The Zoo

Our first experience wasn’t a great one. It was closed! Pays to read the information book. Makes sense as it was closed between 12 and 3, the hottest part of the day. Got there this weekend and was pleasantly surprised at what I saw. There was a large range of animals. No polar bears or seals mind. It reminded me of our zoo back home as a child. The cages appeared to initially be designed to keep animals in and not designed for viewing, if that makes sense. They have since added this walkway above the animals so you get uninterrupted views of many of the them. The animals looked healthy and in good condition. The idea of stimulating caged animals hasn’t arrived here yet, so you get the pacing up and down the cages particularly with the big cats. You could get very close to the animals and I wondered if there had been any accidents as I watched the young child able to hand feed the grumpy ostrich. I was waiting for her hand to be snapped. Or the chimpanzee, grabbing the hand of the woman feeding it. Still very pleased I went as I had been told it wasn’t going to be a pleasant experience . Turned out to be a good day and I got some great photos.