Belvedere Zoo

These photos are completely unedited and in their original format.

Belvedere Zoo has been the subject of scrutiny for many years, see this article and this one. During my visit I did have the displeasure of witnessing some animal neglect, among other concerns. I have a video of the curly,  overgrown hooves of their Mouflon A Manchettes (Barbary Sheep). I also noticed the enclosures were quite small and didn’t have any balls or other enrichment toys, particularly in the bear, lion, and baboon (?) enclosures. I noticed also that several peacocks were missing large chunks of feathers. Overall, I can see that the conditions of the animals appear much better than are described in previous accounts, which is a great thing. 

The main purpose of these photographs was to capture what I call “casual beauty” of animals. The animals don’t serve me or owe me any kind of presence, so I don’t focus on any one particularly “beautiful” animal. The sheep take just as good a portrait as the fancy turkey.