Sunny day again at the Isle of Wight Zoo.
Lots of sunbathing big cats and primates at the zoo
today, which is nice to see after weeks of grotty weather. This is actually a
natural behaviour for them, and big cats conserve their energy by 'chilling
out' for up to 20 hours out of a 24 hour period whether in the wild or in a human
care environment (you may well see similar behaviour in your own domestic
cats!).
One of the saddest things for us to hear or see at the
zoo is when visitors wanting to see more 'action' from the cats on a hot day
decide that the best way to do this is by throwing stones at the cats or poking
them through the fence with a stick or umbrella. I know that most of you reading this will be
surprised and appalled upon learning this. The enclosures are the animals’ homes,
and they have the right to feel safe in their own territory. We trust our
visitors to treat the animals with respect and hope that people enjoy looking
at the animals and watching their movements and behaviour. The zoo team take
very seriously our responsibility for the physical and mental well-being of the
animals in our care. So today we were
grateful when another island couple with their young baby stopped a group of
people from throwing stones at Casper our white lion, who was snoozing
peacefully on his rock.
We welcome everyone through our doors and are grateful
for our public support, just please remember that this zoo is our animals’ home
and they deserve to feel safe and not disturbed from a forty winks nap!!'
Thanks for reading this, I'm here every Monday!!
I hope you enjoy my photo of Diamond the golden tabby
tiger, very unusual boy, he is LOVELY!!
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