Northern Light
Superstar
Ok time for my comments more or less.
But first to note, this took 3 posts, and I curated heavily what I chose to post here, there is lots more in the actual plan, go have a look for yourself!
Commentary:
Overall, I'm very pleased with the direction.
I have to say, I see my fingerprints all over this. LOL
What pleases me there is that I was not a paid consultant on the project, but yes, I had a bit of input opportunity (small).
But I see the ideas I offered reflected in an out-sized way.
I won't go into too much detail, but the gist of my comments was this:
Less Animal Prison, more focus on Conservation, in the most overt way possible.
Don't bother with public 'exhibits' if it results in harmful experience for the animals, or an unnatural experience for the guests.
In a World of 'Youtube' you need to give people an experience they could not get from the internet
You need to directly link donations to 'making a difference'.
You need to make more education online, and easy access, vs what can be stated on fixed interpretive signage
Focus on species that naturally occur in this type of climate/habitat, where maintaining exhibits for more southerly species, without harming the local environment, create an experience as normative to the animals as is practical.
I see most of that reflected here and I'm quite pleased.
My only concerns here are how practical some of the higher-end ideas are; (safari camping); and the potential to fund all this..........no mean trick!
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