How are animals moved between zoos?

If you thought moving house as a human was hard work, imagine the difficulties of moving a large, wild or dangerous animal between homes.

This feature on the BBC gives a great insight into the process of reloctaing animals from one zoo to another, often overseas, as part of zoo breeding exchange programmes. The process often takes months, including acclimatizing animals to their travelling containers before hand.

There are many stories (and photos) of the first elephant arriving at Whipsnade Zoo - the elephants were simply walked through the village on leads.

Read the full article here.

And if you're not convinced about how hard it is to move an animal, just take a look at how hard it is to put an infant giraffe to bed for the night: