Space and supplements
A zoo is an enclosed space which does not allow wild animals to live as they would in their natural habitats. Food, space and hygiene in lodges and runs are essential to animal welfare but alone they are not sufficient. Each pen and run has been specifically designed to enhance each species' biological functions and behavioural needs, to avoid animals getting bored. Construction of the pens and runs aims to reproduce the structural elements that appear in their natural habitats:
fishing pontoons for the jaguars and the lynx, a heated boulder for the lion, bamboo for the lemurs, ropes and tree trunks for the baboons, rocky outcrops of varying heights for the wolves so that the dominant male can still assert his authority within his pack and nesting boxes for the penguins. The setting in which the animals evolve is then continuously supplemented by the animal team on a daily basis. This process takes the shape of stimuli which may or may not be noticed by the public, cleverly put together to meet the animals' behavioural needs, to encourage exploration and/or play