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17 Cards in this Set
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Barrier Standards |
• Some countries publish standards for barrier designs in zoos • The barrier designs used for any particular species vary widely |
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Different types of Barriers |
1. Vertical Fence Barrier 2. Vertical Fence Barrier with return 3. Depressed Vertical Fence Barrier 4. Ha-ha Barrier 5. Two-sided Dry Moat 6. One-sided Wet Moat 7. One-sided Dry Moat 8. Cattle Grid 9. Shallow Wet Moat 10. Horizontal Fence 11. Reinforced Pipe Barrier 12. Hot Wire 13. Mesh Enclosure- used for dangerous animals 14. Wall Barrier 15. V-shaped Moat 16. Hight Tension Wire Fence |
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Visitor barriers and viewpoints |
• Look down into enclosure • Look through peephole in enclosure fence • Periscopes • Acrylic tunnel • Monorail |
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Historical Buildings |
• Some zoo buildings and enclosures are of historical interest • In the UK some are listed buildings- other countries have similar systems • Some cases make it impossible to modify them and they remain empty • Some cases they get reused for different species |
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Protected Exhibits |
• Some zoos contain exhibits that are protected as listed buildings and cannot be changed • Others have constructed large new expensive exhibits |
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Categories of Listed Buildings |
• Grade I: buildings of exceptional interest • Grade II*: particularly important buildings of more than special interest • Grade II: buildings that are of special interest, warranting every effort to preserve them |
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Variation in the size of zoos |
• Zoos vary greatly in size • Affects exhibit size • London zoo= 15ha • San Diego Wild Animal Park= 728ha • Micke Grove Zoo= 2ha |
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Visitor Position |
• Animals should be at or above the eye-level of visitors • Animals should not be surrounded by visitors • Exhibits should include a number of smaller overlooks without overlapping lines of sight |
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Choice & Display |
• Allow the animals to remove itself from stressful situations • Allow the animals to choose between hot and cold, high and low, wet and dry, and on/off show • Display social animals in social groups • Do not display deformed or disfigured animals- illegal in some countries |
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Decoration |
• Do not display animals using human artefacts • Provide things for animals to do using features of their natural habitat |
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Barriers |
• Recreate as far as possible a landscape typical of the animals natural habitat • Make it impossible for the visitor to determine how the animal is retained within the exhibit • Hide or disguise the barrier |
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Visitor Viewing |
• Make overlooks and adjacent circulation areas appear as extensions of the animals habitat • Do not build perceptual barriers by placing visitors in a man-made setting and the animals in a naturalistic setting |
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Habitat Simulation |
• Do not display animals from different habitats together in a natural habitat setting • Combine compatible animals from the same habitat • Relate adjacent exhibits into habitat complexes |
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Planning |
• Plan all of the elements of the exhibit concurrently as interrelated parts; do not design the building first |
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Immersion exhibits |
• An immersion exhibit is one where the visitors feel like they are part of the exhibit • This can be achieved in a number of ways - Barriers should be hidden - Vegetation inside and outside the enclosure should be the same - Some physical features may extend from the viewing area into the exhibit |
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Advantages of Multi-species Exhibits |
• Greater interest and educational value for the public by representation natural associations between species • Enrichment for the animals as a result of more complex interactions |
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Disadvantages of Multi-species Exhibits |
• Possible competition • Negative interactions between species e.g. aggression • Possibility of unnatural behaviours and interactions between species • Risk of hybridisation between closely related species • Possibility of poor educational value if species from different habits or biogeographical regions are mixed |
