Barrier Designs for Zoos - ZooLex Zoo Design Organization
Barrier Designs for Zoos - ZooLex Zoo Design Organization
Barrier Designs for Zoos - ZooLex Zoo Design Organization
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Naturalistic enclosure <strong>for</strong><br />
Sambar at Rajiv Gandhi <strong>Zoo</strong>,<br />
Pune<br />
2.1.3 Naturalistic Moats<br />
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CENTRAL ZOO AUTHORITY<br />
The word ‘moat’ was adapted in middle english from the French motte “mound, hillock”<br />
and was first applied to the central mound on which a <strong>for</strong>tification was erected, and then<br />
came to be applied to the excavated ring, a “dry<br />
moat”. The term moat is also applied to natural<br />
<strong>for</strong>mations reminiscent of the artificial structure.<br />
Moated enclosure <strong>for</strong> Gaur at Indira Gandhi<br />
<strong>Zoo</strong>logical Park at Vishakhapatnam<br />
Moats sometimes are being used as<br />
“wet moat” depnding upon the<br />
behaviour of animal to be housed<br />
therein. Such moat are being used to<br />
prevent them from swimming across.<br />
The practice of displaying in different<br />
kind of moats depends upon the<br />
“nature of the animal” unless they<br />
specifically affect barrier design. For<br />
example the macaques are excellent<br />
The use of Moats rather than fences to separate<br />
animals from visitors in many modern zoos has<br />
been quite popular. The structure, with a vertical<br />
outer retaining wall rising directly from the moat,<br />
is an extended usage of the ha-ha of English<br />
landscape gardening.<br />
Wet moat enclosure <strong>for</strong> tigers at Nehru<br />
<strong>Zoo</strong>logical Park, Hyderabad