点评:I was impressed all around. The variety of animals was impressive, the staff was excellent, and the pens were clean (well, as cleans as can be expected mid-afternoon). The website says "there is a variety of rotating animals," but I was absolutely not expecting to hang out with a baby kangaroo, have to tell some maras that my pants were not food, and to meet a prairie dog named Britney Spears!
I did the otter encounter and the staff was very clear about "what the otter wants the otter gets, and that might turn out to be disappointing," which was reassuring from the start from a humane standpoint. The otter I met was named Pearl and she was precious and full of attitude and I love her. There were a couple of times she needed a break, so we let her take her break, and then she came back and started telling us all sorts of stories again!
I was nervous before I got there about the conditions, but honestly I was impressed. Its a little bit jarring seeing animals inside a strip mall, but I was able to see the outside pens in the back and I have just enough rural farm experience to know that looks standard for the goats, sheep, and donkeys, and the person running our otter encounter told us a lot of detail about the animals' rotating schedule and how they have their days off, off site. All in all, it was a perfect day!
翻译:我对这里各方面都印象深刻。动物种类繁多,令人印象深刻;工作人员非常出色;圈舍也很干净(当然,在下午的时候能保持这样的干净程度已经很不错了)。网站上说“这里有各种各样的轮换动物”,但我完全没想到会和一只小袋鼠待在一起,还得跟几只玛拉解释我的裤子不是食物,甚至还遇到了一只名叫布兰妮·斯皮尔斯的草原犬!
我参加了水獭互动项目,工作人员非常明确地告诉我“水獭想要什么就给什么,这可能会让它们失望”,从人道主义的角度来看,这让我从一开始就感到很安心。我遇到的水獭名叫珍珠,她可爱极了,个性十足,我非常喜欢她。她有几次需要休息,我们就让她休息,然后她又回来了,开始给我们讲各种各样的故事!
去之前我还有点担心这里的环境,但说实话,我真的非常满意。在商业街里看到动物确实有点怪异,但我能看到后面的室外圈舍,我略懂一些乡村农场,知道山羊、绵羊和驴的圈舍看起来都很正常。负责我们与水獭互动的负责人详细地向我们介绍了动物们的轮换作息时间,以及它们如何在园区外休息。总而言之,这是完美的一天!