Warm Alarm Issued in Izmir Wildlife Park

When the temperatures in İzmir exceed 40 degrees, a hot alarm was given in the Natural Life Park. Animals that lose their appetite from the heat enjoy the specially prepared icy menu and find the opportunity to cool off by entering the water.

A warm alarm was given in the Izmir Natural Life Park, which is shown as one of the few zoos in Europe, brought to the city by the Izmir Metropolitan Municipality. In order to help feed the animals that lost their appetite due to the hot weather, the foods prepared according to their dietary habits were frozen in ice molds. The residents of the park, who hungrily ate this “cool menu”, both cooled and fed their bellies. Park residents, who prefer shaded areas in their shelters to be protected from temperatures that reach 40 degrees from time to time, try to cool off by entering the water at every opportunity.

Both healthy and cool

Stating that food is served with meat or various fruits in iced food molds, İzmir Wildlife Park Manager Şahin Afşin said, “In this way, animals are both fed in a healthy way and cooled. While lemurs, bears and hyenas enjoy this cold feast to the fullest, the Bengal tiger prefers to cool off by swimming more. The elephant family, on the other hand, enjoys it under cold water after eating their icy fruits. Special menus are created by biologists in our kitchen. In summer, visitors prefer to visit the Tropical Center. Because the temperature is constant here in summer and winter and is 26 degrees,” he said.

The weather is hot but the Wildlife Park is beautiful

Canan Gökdağ, who came to İzmir from Kocaeli to visit family, said, “We came to the Natural Life Park for the first time. The weather is very hot, but we were not overwhelmed. I can't even compare İzmir with other wildlife parks in Turkey… Especially their prices are very economical. We saw animals being fed with ice. “The children were very interested,” he said.

Çınar and Whitney Yılmaz couple, who came to İzmir from the Netherlands and visited the Natural Life Park for the second time, said, “Children like this place very much. There is a huge variety of animals here. No overcrowding. The area is very large. The weather is very hot, but we leave here happily.”