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    This summary provides an overview of the general health and welfare of animals at a park. Some animals were thin or favoring limbs, so their conditions need evaluation. Despite increased food, some animals remained thin, so the cause needs establishing. As the park nature has changed with less human contact, the enrichment requirements for big cats need increasing to replace past stimulation. Larger enclosures may also be needed without past exercise.

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    This summary provides an overview of the general health and welfare of animals at a park. Some animals were thin or favoring limbs, so their conditions need evaluation. Despite increased food, some animals remained thin, so the cause needs establishing. As the park nature has changed with less human contact, the enrichment requirements for big cats need increasing to replace past stimulation. Larger enclosures may also be needed without past exercise.

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    Vet Report 09 06 2009

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    This summary provides an overview of the general health and welfare of animals at a park. Some animals were thin or favoring limbs, so their conditions need evaluation. Despite increased food, some animals remained thin, so the cause needs establishing. As the park nature has changed with less human contact, the enrichment requirements for big cats need increasing to replace past stimulation. Larger enclosures may also be needed without past exercise.

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    on to evaluatehis condition and the causeof lameness.

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    rming. The causeof this lack conditionneedsto be established.

    nature of the Park has changedconsiderablyover the past year the


    ilefnents forthe welfare of the anirnalshas changedas well. ZionPark is no
    fer a hands-oncentreand so the enrichmentrequirerientsfor the big catsneeds
    be increasedto make up for the lack of handling which was the main sourceof
    stimulation in the past. Catsdeprivedof this human contactwill need other ways to
    occupy their time.

    In the past the'catshad much greaterhuman interactionand exercise. Without this


    exercise,the enclosuresneedto be made as large aspossible. Training and

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