The Manila Zoo is not what others expect as well kept than some. I remember visiting the one in Singapore, and I got to feed a giraffe and its rough tongue brushing my fingers, and it was so big that we didn't finish seeing all the animals there.
Back in Manila Zoo, we only have a few animals (the site says 500 animals) and I didn't notice any guides touring visitors or any animal petting areas where the kids can experience some of the less wilder species first hand.
It is no surprise that any pro-animal group are recommending the closure and transfer of the animals to other zoos, after seeing some state of decay. I think, however, that loosing OUR zoo would will not do, as we stand to loose a place of learning and interaction with animals.
Here are some of the sketches of the animals that caught our attention.
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| Mali the elephant was moving about most of the time |
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| Muffy's sketch of Mali |
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| 7-year-old Ampoa and her sketch of Mali |
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| Mali was obviously a bit restless with her pacing around and sometimes not so enthusiastic to visitors |
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| We saw some of the birds like this macaw caged up with no way of using their wings |
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| She had such a colorful blending feathers |
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| This Cassowary bird had a very large horn |
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| A least this one has lots of space to run around |
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| The peacocks couldn't stay still! Now I know where G-Force's costume design came from. |
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| The harvest of sketches on sketchbooks for this session |
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| We had a hearty lunch at the nearby Tapa King |
