ZOO

Went to the local zoo yesterday. Very interesting. Got to see some unique animals, ones you don't see in every zoo, like pandas, koalas, gorillas and a host of smaller monkeys. However, some things made me a little sad. For instance, many of the enclosures seemed sort of the old fashioned, cement jail cell type. Too small and nothing like the animal's natural habitat. Some of the enclosures were more modern. Perhaps they're in the process of updating them, slowly. Also,many of the animals from warmer climates were shivering or huddled together for warmth.(at least that's what it looked like to me) And lastly, the meat eating animals looked terribly under weight. You could see their ribs and their sides were sunken in. They were all pacing furiously from one end of their cell or habitat to the other. Maybe it was feeding time. I thought that maybe with all the wild boar running rampant through the area, they could catch them and feed them to the animals! Also interesting from a safety standpoint, was how little security there seemed to be. We were very close to some of the animals and it seemed as though if one wanted to, it could climb right out of the tiny, dry moat that surrounded it. And the petting area only had one gate at the entrance & exit. Not the double gates that we're used to. Maybe we're just used to over doing things. Too much emphasis on safety, comfort and food!p.s. The koala photo is side ways.