Hiking zoo
A traveling zoo is a zoo that does not have a fixed location, or does not have a fixed location, but rather travels to different cities similar to a traveling circus or a traveling menagerie.
In contrast to the earlier hiking menageries, today's hiking zoos do not focus on the presentation of the animals for a sensational audience, but rather the hiking zoo is based more on the guidelines for zoos that are common today. In particular, there is often no direct contact between humans and animals, training, etc., with the exception of petting zoos . Due to its main characteristic - hiking - species-appropriate keeping is only possible to a limited extent, which is why hiking zoos are repeatedly criticized by animal rights activists .
Wandering zoos only have a limited number of animals, and these are usually relatively easy to keep. Common are z. B. Reptile , snake and insect / grasshopper watching. Large animals are rarely part of a hiking zoo.
Hiking zoos can be found in the form of show booths at fairs , travel through the country as an independent attraction, where they often rent in exhibition halls etc., or are part of a circus .
One of the best-known hiking zoos is that of the Swiss Circus Knie , in which big cats could be seen until 2003 and elephants until 2015.
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Swiss Observer: Circus Animals : Seven Tigers on 30 Square Meters , Observer 9/1998, accessed on February 17, 2016
- ↑ Neue Zürcher Zeitung: The Knie Circus breaks with a family tradition , August 11, 2015, accessed on February 17, 2016.