Master Planning of Zoos - Central Zoo Authority

Technical Session I
Summary
§ Think like a wild animal
§ Keep it natural in display
areas
§ Understand and support
storyline
§ Build in features of enduring
interest to animals
§ Provide easily changeable
natural attractions
§ Use hidden delivery systems
§ Use everything in off-display
areas
Exhibits are a Zoo’s
Natural Voice
Make enrichment count
for both Visitors and
Animals!
Biophillia:
The human bond with nature. Our attraction to nature is genetically determined,
but culture determines how we express this interest.
Zoos are one form of this expression
Visitors’ experience results from the interaction of:
· Context: Features around and in the exhibit perceived consciously and
unconsciously
· Context: information and concepts which zoo educators want to convey.
· Message: Subjective mosaic of information and emotion which the zoo
visitors actually experience.
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