How menus are created for 2,000 animals
EXPERIENCE From now on, visitors to the Papiliorama in Kerzers can see the animal kitchen through large glass panes and directly witness how the animal keepers prepare food for the approximately 2,000 animals. The new attraction is the first element of the "zero backdrop" concept. Visitors to Papiliorama can now see how the animal keepers prepare the food.Every day, 47 [...]
Visitors to Papiliorama can now see how the animal keepers prepare the food.Every day, 47 different menus are prepared for approximately 2,000 animals at Papiliorama. This part of Papiliorama's daily routine used to take place behind closed doors. From now on, the tour of the outdoor area will lead past the large windows of the kitchen. Visitors can watch directly how the food for the animal inhabitants of Papiliorama is created. The menus have to be varied every day, as animals also need variety and wholesome nutrition. The composition of the different menus - depending on the delivery of fresh ingredients and adaptation to the specific needs of the animals - has become so complex that the menus are created with the help of a special software. Be it vegetarian preferences, vegan species or simply diets; everything must be taken into account and carefully prepared. Because the wrong diet can also be dangerous for the animals.
In addition, visitors have insight into the menus for the animals and thus learn what they like to eat.First building block of the "zero backdrop" conceptThe Papiliorama team has long noticed that many of their visitors are only too keen to take a look behind the scenes. For some time now, the tour in the outdoor area has led past the windows of the Papiliorama offices. Opening the kitchen area to visitors is a first step in the new "zero backdrop" concept. In the future, this will be supplemented by other areas where the public can directly experience Papiliorama's everyday life - such as the breeding enclosure, the transit station for arriving or departing animals, and the veterinarian's room. In this way, visitors should be able to experience not only the outside of the zoo, but also as many previously hidden aspects of the zoo's everyday life as possible. With the "zero backdrop concept", those responsible for Papiliorama want to show everyday zoo life in a transparent way and explain, for example, why zoos play an important role in the worldwide conservation of species and why transnational breeding programs are important tools for this.
