05 September 2009

Blair Drummond

We had our annual Staff day out today, this year at Blair Drummond Safari Park.
Like most of these events it was alright, not fantastic, but certainly a nice gesture by management.
The park is nice and you certainly can get quite close to the animals, depending on their nature, sometimes very close. Yo also get an idea of how big some animals are. I was amazed at just how big the camels were, despite seeing them often enough on TV.
There was also the play park, the pedal boats, and the zip line, so it was a busy day despite the weather.
Still, at the back of my mind, there was an uneasy feeling. seeing the animals captive was a bit depressing despite knowing that their natural habitat was probably under threat ad that the animals almost certainly wouldn't be alive if they were not in captivity somewhere.
Still I think it took a hard heart not to feel pity for the tiger as it lapped its enclosure. The info board told us about the hundreds of square km thta a normal adult would range in and it compared poorly to the few acres available.

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