点评:I would say antelope park in an overrated zoo. Before getting there it seems like it is a dream animal sanctuary, but it is not. The elephants are hit with wooden sticks to perform tricks with a ball and to take pictures with guests/volunteers. From 4pm until 7am they are kept in a small pen with the 3 of them. They have no shadow, no water, no hay. Just a few branches to snack on. Then during the day they are only allowed in a small area. They are never actually free. Then the horses. The horses are all underfed, they are extremely under muscled and in no way fit to carry ANY rider. The horses seem unhappy and mentally shut off. All horses in the pictures are being ridden daily. They rarely have a day off. Lots of them have injuries that they are still ridden with. When a horse is lame in trot, it still has to go on walk rides. Even if its 30 degrees outside, the horses will be ridden twice a day, on rare occasions 3 times a day. It is definitely not as dreamy as the pictures make it seem. The rooms are old, but what you can expect from africa i think. When it rains, all activities are cancelled so you are stuck doing nothing all day. Some rooms don’t have wifi and the power will shut off when it rains too much. All of the staff is lovely! However the interns sit at a different table during breakfast, lunch and dinner and pretend as if the volunteers do not exist. The food is fine, but kinda the same every day so you eventually get sick of it. They say its not allowed for staff/interns to hook up with volunteers, however it happens all the time and is pretty obvious. I feel like the animal management NEEEDDSS to be better! And they should be more selective in who they hire as intern, as they are extremely unprofessional, rude and childish. The place has potential, but i feel like the animals should come first instead of people’s entertainment.
翻译:我觉得这简直就是个名不副实的动物园里的羚羊公园。去之前,它看起来像个梦幻般的动物保护区,但实际上并非如此。大象们被木棍敲打,被迫表演抛球等杂技,还要和游客/志愿者合影。从下午4点到第二天早上7点,它们被关在一个狭小的围栏里,三个大象挤在一起。没有阴凉处,没有水,没有干草,只有几根树枝可以啃。白天,它们只能在一个很小的区域活动,根本没有真正的自由。再说马。这些马都营养不良,肌肉极度萎缩,根本不适合驮人。它们看起来很不开心,精神萎靡。照片里的所有马每天都被骑乘,很少有休息日。很多马都有伤,却仍然被骑乘。即使有的马走路跛了,也必须步行。即使外面气温高达30度,马匹每天也会被骑乘两次,偶尔甚至三次。这里绝对没有照片上那么梦幻。房间很旧,但我想在非洲也算正常。下雨时所有活动都会取消,所以你只能整天无所事事。有些房间没有无线网络,雨下得太大还会停电。所有工作人员都很友善!然而,实习生们在早餐、午餐和晚餐时都坐在不同的桌子上,仿佛志愿者不存在一样。食物还可以,但每天都差不多,所以吃多了会腻。他们说不允许工作人员/实习生和志愿者发生关系,但这种情况屡见不鲜,而且非常明显。我觉得动物管理方面真的需要改进!他们应该更严格地筛选实习生,因为这些实习生非常不专业、粗鲁且幼稚。这个地方很有潜力,但我感觉应该把动物的利益放在首位,而不是满足人们的娱乐需求。