New Jaguar enclosure progress and a quick trip to the beach for the benefit of our animals...

Currenty we are in the swing of trying to complete our new jaguar enclosure so we can have both of our Jaguars back on display again. The past few days the scaffolding has gone up to authenticate the buidling site feel and our Jaguars Tequilla and Chicata have been monitoring progress from their enclosure next door. The enclosure will be more stimulating for the jaguars of course as well as more asthetically pleasing. There may even be a special litte touch that we are adding to the enclosue, though still unconfirmed, but watch this space!

Progress on the jaguar enclosure taken today:

Meanwhile a couple of the keepers had to endure the laborious task of heading down to the beach (and today of all days...) for the benefit of the animals. One of the personalities at the zoo that is loved by all the keepers is that of Winston the pig at the Zoo Little Farm. Supposedly a 'Micro-Pig', as belielved when he first arrived, he isnt far off being as big as some of our smaller tigers now. Today we made a 'rummaging box' for him to, well, rummage through. A good material to have to rummage through to find his treats are soft stones, so here one of our Primate keepers, Steph, hits the beach in search of some of these materials. The Isle of Wight Zoo is situated a stone's throw away (to stay in keeping with the theme of this paragraph) from the lovely sandy beaches of Sandown and Yaverland, so you can hit the beach and the zoo without having to go very far at all!