Transreal Tapirs!
April 27th was the first World Tapir Day.
Photos of the zoo’s tapirs that we took that day are on my Flickr page, or there’s a post about them on Semaphore for Ducks.
More importantly, especially for the tapirs, Transreal Fiction took the plunge and sponsored the zoos tapirs!
The zoo is actively engaged in tapir conservation projects although the Transreal sponsorship is really meant to help towards the upkeep of the Edinburgh ones…
Raffles, the shop tapir, is very pleased!
Good one! A few years back there was this huge tapir trapped inside a well next to my house in Muar, Johor, Malaysia. It was relocated to Malacca Zoo and last I heard that it died a few weeks after the transfer.
They need love.
Thanks for your comment, Shya. Sorry to hear about the tapir down the well!
Here are some pictures of them in my Flickr photostream.
The Malayan Tapirs here are still doing well.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/17270214@N05/sets/72157615941611109/