A. As many can breed in the one cage.
Although they did try to separate the male Ostrich from the sixty or so females but the fence fell down and well, who we to stand in the way of love?
It is quiet heart breaking to walk around a South American Zoo, but the South Americans do so at their own peril, with plenty of warning signs about not feeding the animals, not to approach the cage nor to touch or tap on the windows of the cages but with not one caretaker insight, who’s to stop them?
Why not climb over the barrier to get a Picture of the tiger, or stick your hands through the cage to get a better photo of a bear, (ok, I did this one also!) or pass a chocolate coated biscuit to the Gorilla who is holding his hand out and blowing the kisses that previous participates of the zoo have taught him will be rewarded with food.
The pacing elephant was a sad sight in Santiago, Chile but the Mother elephant who was swinging back and forth in front of the bars which separated her from her infants. With no shade and barely any water for many of these animals, it really does make you wonder, does anybody care about these animals?
Sorry to bring you all down, I still love the Zoo, it’s just one of those things that re-enforces just how lucky we are in Australia.
All photo´s can be seen on http://www.flickr.com/photos/mybestfriendjen
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