Thinking outside the cage

The recent call to close down Kyiv Zoo due to the atrocious conditions the animals were being kept in has sent out a clear message - a new attitude towards animals is needed. But architects are here to help, bringing the zoo experience to a whole new level Mladen Petrov Strange things have been happening lately in the 100-year-old Kyiv Zoo. First, Boy, an Indian elephant and the pride of the zoo, collapsed and died in his enclosure last year. Secondly, around the same time, Maya the camel died from digestive illness, followed by Theo the zebra after crashing into a metal fence. Unfortunately, as animal welfare groups claim, these recent developments are far from being isolated cases. According to their accounts, dozens, if not hundreds, of animals have died at the now notorious zoo in recent years due to malnutrition, a lack of medical care and maltreatment. New managers, appointed in October last year, admit that nearly half of the zoo's animals have either died or mysteriously disa