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Loro Parque
Newest Review: ... enclosed site staring into the far distance? Pity, I´d think, but then you read that Loro Parque has given home to five bachelor gorillas which were expelled from their groups and are now waiting for their acceptance at zoos with appropriate breeding programmes and that this project was a world-wide sensation when it was introduced and has already been copied several times. Sounds good, but ... more  ... what does ´expelled from their groups´mean? Groups living in zoos, of course, not in the wild, so the question arises why gorillas should be kept in zoos at all. I know, I know, their survival is endangered and breeding programmes in zoos help them (a...more |
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Loro Parque: Dancing Dolphins, Pedalling Parrots (1283 words)
by MALU - written on 08.01.05 (Very useful, 656 readings)
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The moment tourists set foot on Tenerife they get to know that Loro Parque is one, if not *the* attraction of the island, a huge poster welcomes them, all trolleys in the airport carry a small one. So that they won´t forget the message each bin on the island (more than 10 000 all in all) has a poster, too, showing a photo or a design of one of the animals of this small zoo. It´s situated in Puerto de la Cruz, the well-known resort in the north of the island, in Punta Brava to be precise near the Playa Jardin beach, there is a free mini train to the park leaving from Avenida de Colon near Hotel San Felipe (no stops in between). We certainly hadn´t ...
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