#Wittels- Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 The elephant "Trompita" opens a gift box with fruits at the La Aurora Zoo in Guatemala City, on October 29, 2021. As part of the Day of the Dead and Halloween celebrations, zookeepers fed the animals with fruits decorated with scary images and gifts filled with cereals or grains. It is a holiday for "Trompita". The elephant's breakfast came in a gift box with the face of a ghost. Like her, lemurs, meerkats, bears and monkeys received presents with fruits and grains for Halloween at the La Aurora zoo in Guatemala. "We encourage the animal through textures, sense of smell, taste, to be able to get them out of the routine and that they can be well both physically and mentally," says the marketing manager of this park and organizer of the celebrations. , Ana Lucía Vásquez. Taking advantage of the holiday, "we add part of other special diets to take them out of the day to day and that the zoo visitor can see the work of veterinarians, nutritionists and caretakers," he details A brown bear eats a piranha-shaped watermelon at La Aurora Zoo in Guatemala City on October 29, 2021. As part of the Day of the Dead and Halloween celebrations, zookeepers fed the animals decorated fruit with scary pictures and cereal-filled giveaways. or pimples. Johan ORDONEZ AFP The activity was also used to inaugurate a viewpoint for elephants and chimpanzees and thus "have a new perspective on how to see these shelters." One of the most beloved animals is "Trompita", an Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), who was rescued from a circus in 2008 and became the icon of the park. A black and white rufous lemur opens a gift box of fruit at La Aurora Zoo in Guatemala City on October 29, 2021. As part of the Day of the Dead and Halloween celebrations, zookeepers fed the animals with fruits decorated with images and terrifying gifts filled with cereals or grains. Johan ORDONEZ AFP "Trompita" replaced "Mocosita", who passed away that year and had represented the zoo since 1955. "Trompita", who was born and raised in captivity, had been part of a circus show. A lemur opens a gift box of fruit at the La Aurora Zoo in Guatemala City on October 29, 2021. As part of the Day of the Dead and Halloween celebrations, zookeepers fed the animals fruit decorated with scary images and gifts filled with cereals or grains. Johan ORDONEZ AFP In another area of the park, a brown bear sniffs a watermelon that has been carved to resemble a piranha's mouth. Meanwhile, a lemur faces a "three-eyed monster", which is actually a box from which it extracts fruits and grains. The La Aurora Zoo, located on a public property and managed by a non-governmental association, was built in December 1924 and keeps more than 1,600 animals of 235 species on display, in addition to housing native flora and historical monuments in a space of about 15 hectares. Link: https://www.france24.com/es/minuto-a-minuto/20211029-animales-en-zoo-de-guatemala-rompen-la-rutina-con-regalos-de-halloween Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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