The next generation
Children love animals. Virtually without exception. They always have done and they always will do. So, how is it, because of the actions of the adults that those children grow into, that over a quarter of the world’s wildlife is threatened with extinction?
Somewhere along the line so many children lose that fascination, that sense of magic that comes from being around and among animals. With the increasingly urban lives that so many children lead, it’s not so much a lack of desire to be with animals, though, as a lack of
opportunity.
Come Easter 2009, that opportunity will be back. ZSL London Zoo’s new Children’s Zoo will provide thousands upon thousands of children with the chance to immerse themselves in the sights, sounds, smells and experiences of life in the animal kingdom.
Treetop walkways and underground tunnels, watery worlds and airy spaces, secretive aardvarks and curious coatis: all these and more will make up a natural playground that will fire children’s
imaginations like never before. It’s a dynamic environment for a dynamic generation, as you’ll see over the page.