3 Africa Elephants = 3781 square meters of land/water. That's less than 1 acre.
It gets worse.
3 Indian Elephants = 1425 square meters of land/water. That's just over 1/3 of one acre. I'm not sure what zoos keep their elephants in such cramped conditions.
Elephant well-being has proven this to be far inadequate and they won't breed well in these conditions and they will develop health problems from physical inactivity.
Imo, Indian and African elephants should have similar enclosure requirements and they should be something like 1 acre/4000 square meters per elephant. That puts them on par with the polar bear in the game, which is about right.
Ideally, the best zoos devote 5-6 acres to elephants. Cologne Zoo has nearly 5 acres (10% of its entire zoo) devoted to elephants. Oakland Zoo houses 4 elephants in 6 acres. Denver keeps its elephants in a 10 acre area that they share with other animals.
Size requirements must change to reflect these realities and protestors should (as in real life) complain if your elephants are housed in inadequate enclosures. For example, Bronx Zoo houses two Asian elephants in just over 1 acre of space and people aren't happy.
Other animals in Planet Zoo reflect Frontier's progressive attitude towards animal space requirements, one of the only major exceptions I can think of is the elephant.
It gets worse.
3 Indian Elephants = 1425 square meters of land/water. That's just over 1/3 of one acre. I'm not sure what zoos keep their elephants in such cramped conditions.
Elephant well-being has proven this to be far inadequate and they won't breed well in these conditions and they will develop health problems from physical inactivity.
Imo, Indian and African elephants should have similar enclosure requirements and they should be something like 1 acre/4000 square meters per elephant. That puts them on par with the polar bear in the game, which is about right.
Ideally, the best zoos devote 5-6 acres to elephants. Cologne Zoo has nearly 5 acres (10% of its entire zoo) devoted to elephants. Oakland Zoo houses 4 elephants in 6 acres. Denver keeps its elephants in a 10 acre area that they share with other animals.
Size requirements must change to reflect these realities and protestors should (as in real life) complain if your elephants are housed in inadequate enclosures. For example, Bronx Zoo houses two Asian elephants in just over 1 acre of space and people aren't happy.
Other animals in Planet Zoo reflect Frontier's progressive attitude towards animal space requirements, one of the only major exceptions I can think of is the elephant.
