VMD 512: Zoo/Wild Animal Breeding, Management, Nutrition and Health Care (1+1)

ZOO ANIMALS AND FOREIGN BODIES

• In a zoo atmosphere, more care is being taken to avoid the throwing of any type of foreign body into the animal enclosure. This is because of the fact that many wild animal species especially the herbivores have indiscriminate type of feeding.
• Hence, foreign body related problems or disorders are frequently encountered in many zoos through out the world. The hippos, llamas, deer, otter etc. are more vulnerable to this kind of problems in a zoo atmosphere.
• Empty packs of cans of fruit juice or soft drinks with aluminium foils coated inside may be left over and thrown into the animal enclosures and they may cause the obstructive type of clinical problems to the multiple wild animal species kept under confinement in a zoo.
• Periodical inspection of the zoo is highly necessary, in order to avoid such incidences. Further, ban for the carrying of polythene bags, plastic items etc. may be adapted in a captive animal atmosphere. Even tourists based problems are common among various wild animals found in the free ranging areas also.