So 100 foot walls for all zoos now, right?
Ludicrous.
“According to the Association of Zoos & Aquariums, the walls around a tiger exhibit should be at least 16.4 feet high. But Mollinedo said the nearly 70-year-old wall at the zoo’s big-cat enclosure was 12 feet, 5 inches...At the Bronx Zoo, the tigers are surrounded by a 20-foot-high chain-link fence with a 5-foot overhang that curls inward at the top. An electrified wire runs along the inside of the fence.
The Philadelphia Zoo said it has 16-foot walls topped with a 3-foot overhang. At the Virginia Zoo in Norfolk, Va., the walls are 15 to 20 feet high with a 5-foot overhang and an electrified wire. At the Reid Park Zoo in Tucson, the wire fence is about 17 feet.
At the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, Assistant Director Don Winstel said he checked the architectural drawings and plans for the enclosure on Wednesday, and found that the walls and fence around the tigers are no lower than 16 feet.”
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/12/27/national/main3649046.shtml
“So 100 foot walls for all zoos now, right?
Ludicrous.”
For those of you playing “Spot the Logical Fallacy” along with us at home, this would be: “The Straw Man”.