Chester Zoo.

[Kerny92 1,246]

Went for a lovely day out with the family yesterday, bit of a trek like but worth it. Only trouble is didn't get the time to see all the twatting animals! The layout isn't the best as you have to track back to try and see everything. Forget the Lions and the Tigers, the real stars of the show for me were the Bush Dogs. Proper little characters and fascinating, the way they go about their business cracks me up. They resemble a Patterdale/Ferret cross, apparently they hunt the Capybara and other larger animals. Absolutely amazed by them i was, can't find no footage of them at all hunting. 

[MickC 1,825]

Been there a few times over the years with the family,it takes all day to walk round it,its a good day out .

[Kerny92 1,246]

  On 06/05/2018 at 07:34, MickC said:

Been there a few times over the years with the family,it takes all day to walk round it,its a good day out .

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Aye it is, last time i went they had Siberian Tigers, now they've got the much smaller Sumatran Tiger.

[j j m 6,564]

lovely place to visit

[Kay 3,709]

Last zoo I went to was the welsh mountain zoo, about  about 20 yrs ago, they had a lovely old silverback gorilla who came up to the glass that made the day for me , 

[Kerny92 1,246]

  On 06/05/2018 at 09:03, Kay said:

Last zoo I went to was the welsh mountain zoo, about  about 20 yrs ago, they had a lovely old silverback gorilla who came up to the glass that made the day for me , 

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None there unfortunately, a can remember a wild Chimp cracking the glass when i went on a school trip.

[forest of dean redneck 11,755]

Last time I went to a zoo was Bristol zoo about 3-4 year ago? The gorilla enclosure was being redone , to be honest it was boring as most of it’s smaller stuff I’ve owned .

cotswold wildlife Park was ok but seemed expensive so not been back since .

[downsouth 7,561]

I'm lucky enough to have to have 2 excellent wildlife parks within 25minutes of my home.Howletts and Port Lympne Sometimes you can spend ages waiting to see certain animals and still not see them due to the size and set up of the enclosures.Their breeding programmes are proof of how happy the animals seem to be.

[ChrisJones 7,975]

Not really big on zoos. I remember seeing the insane polar bear at Chester Zoo in my youth and it soured me for life. Not knocking anyone's stance on it but they're not for me.

I'm much happier in a national park or a wilderness area with a healthy hunting and conservation partnership. Slight tangent but now summer is knocking the hummingbirds are back for their annual migration and watching them taxiing for position, on the feeders, is all the entertainment I need!

[Squirrel_Basher 17,100]

If ever you get chance to go on safari in Africa you come back never wanting to see another zoo .No matter the size of the enclosure ,behaviour is never normal in a zoo .

Can' wait for for the next one 

[Kerny92 1,246]

  On 06/05/2018 at 14:35, downsouth said:

I'm lucky enough to have to have 2 excellent wildlife parks within 25minutes of my home.Howletts and Port Lympne Sometimes you can spend ages waiting to see certain animals and still not see them due to the size and set up of the enclosures.Their breeding programmes are proof of how happy the animals seem to be.

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Are they the ones set up by Aspinal? They've had a few deaths over the years with Tigers. The male that killed a keeper was huge!

[Kerny92 1,246]

  On 06/05/2018 at 15:14, ChrisJones said:

Not really big on zoos. I remember seeing the insane polar bear at Chester Zoo in my youth and it soured me for life. Not knocking anyone's stance on it but they're not for me.

I'm much happier in a national park or a wilderness area with a healthy hunting and conservation partnership. Slight tangent but now summer is knocking the hummingbirds are back for their annual migration and watching them taxiing for position, on the feeders, is all the entertainment I need!

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It is what it is but it does leave one sad knowing a lot of these beautiful creatures in the Zoo are nearly extinct in the wild.

[ChrisJones 7,975]

  On 06/05/2018 at 15:37, Kerny92 said:

It is what it is but it does leave one sad knowing a lot of these beautiful creatures in the Zoo are nearly extinct in the wild.

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That's true and they are the last line of defence for some animals. When you look at the widespread slaughter by the settlers in the Americas it's amazing that they've been able to turn it around but in certain areas of the world, without that kind of oversight, they don't stand a chance.

I watched that documentary where Chris Pratt was with a team hunting velociraptors that had escaped from an enclosure. Apparently, they'd had some catastrophic system failure. It's a shame they had to euthanize these rare creatures, especially as they seemed to be clicker trained, but sometimes people can't be trusted.

[Kerny92 1,246]

  On 06/05/2018 at 16:04, ChrisJones said:

That's true and they are the last line of defence for some animals. When you look at the widespread slaughter by the settlers in the Americas it's amazing that they've been able to turn it around but in certain areas of the world, without that kind of oversight, they don't stand a chance.

I watched that documentary where Chris Pratt was with a team hunting velociraptors that had escaped from an enclosure. Apparently, they'd had some catastrophic system failure. It's a shame they had to euthanize these rare creatures, especially as they seemed to be clicker trained, but sometimes people can't be trusted.

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We are the true vermin of this planet without a doubt.

 

Those creatures were long gone before we could get our dirty hands on them. 

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[Kerny92 1,246]

  On 06/05/2018 at 16:22, John d said:

 

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Hilarious.

 

Don't worry i know Jurrasic World ain't real.

Edited May 6, 2018 by Kerny92