Cairo Zoo March 15

The Cairo Zoo is not much compared to the many of the zoos that people of the US are used to. In general cages are small and there is little resemblance to natural areas. There are a few exhibit that show the animals in a similar habitat to the native one but generally the animals are in cages like US zoos in the middle of the 20th century. At the elephant exhibit there are two Indian elephants that are trained well and people are allowed to pose with them. We didn't avail ourselves of this opportunity. There was a camel in the same exhibit that was trained. Carrots were put on the heads and shoulders of watchers for the camel to remove. It was very cute. People were even allowed to "feed" a black bear that was on exhibit, very scary. The zoo was interesting place to "kill" some time but probably could have been bypassed without missing a key attraction. For more zoo pictures click the link on the left above the slide shows.