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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BARRIER DESIGNS FOR ZOOS<br />
iii) Chain link mesh open air enclosures of 5.5m height with 1m steel plate over hang can be<br />
provided. This will reduce cost of construction and structure shall be simple and can<br />
care large vegetated patches. However, care should be taken to see that the branches are<br />
not close to the fence. Bonet monkies, stump tailed monkies, Asamese macaques and<br />
Crab-eating monkeys can have enclosures of similar dimensions.<br />
3.4.2 Lion-tailed Macaque<br />
Nature of the animal<br />
The Lion-tailed macaque inhabits the dense evergreen tropical <strong>for</strong>ests of the Western Ghats.<br />
With a well developed whitish grey mane on its face and a tail with tuffs of hair at the end, like<br />
that of a lion, the Lion-tailed macaque has aptly earned its name. These monkeys are gregarious,<br />
living in troops of 10-20. They are diurnal in habit; they rarely come to the ground.<br />
Analysis of <strong>Barrier</strong> Dimensions<br />
LION-TAILED MACAQUE Width (M) Depth(M)/Height(H) Moat type<br />
Indian <strong><strong>Zoo</strong>s</strong>:<br />
Nehru <strong>Zoo</strong>logical Park, Hyderabad 8.4 2.45 Wet<br />
Indira Gandhi <strong>Zoo</strong>, Vishakhapatnam N.A. N.A. Wet<br />
Arignar Anna <strong>Zoo</strong>logical Park, Vandalur 8.0 2.7 Wet<br />
National <strong>Zoo</strong>ligical Park, Delhi 6.05 1.0 Wet<br />
Kanpur <strong>Zoo</strong>logical Park, Kanpur<br />
N.A. - Not Available<br />
2.25 3.0 Wet<br />
Note: The fences should have smooth overhangs.<br />
<strong>Barrier</strong> Suggestions<br />
i) It is suggested that 5.5 mt wide and 2.5 mt deep wet moats may be provided <strong>for</strong> them on<br />
the viewers’ side, if sufficient water is available. The rear barrier can be of wall of 3.5m<br />
height or chain link mesh fence of 5m height with overhanging steel plate of 1.0m on the<br />
top. Moat dimensions adopted by different zoos are given in above table:<br />
ii) If sufficient space and water <strong>for</strong> the moat is not available they can be housed an open air<br />
chain link fence with steel plate of the above indicated specification.<br />
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