Comments and Notes:
2008-01-28 vandalism
visit to the zoo today, someone had broken the thick glass on one of the polar bear upper viewing panes and also the sun bear area. Other notable, Baheem the Tiger was pacing near the fence and vocalizing. Maybe he still misses Rajah. " --guest
2007-10-27 contact vs no contact
The Tucson Zoo is a no-contact zoo, in order to preserve the wild behaviour of the animals as much as possible.
However, it seems to me that positive contact is the best available enrichment for many of the animals, especially the elephants. After seeing the well-adjusted and high-contact elephants at the Calgary zoo, in contrast with our lonely pair, I'm really considering lobbying or finding out if the contact/no-contact decision is ever to e revisited... --gv
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