Late Night at London Zoo

For one month a year London Zoo stays open on a Friday night until 10pm. What is attractive about this is that no children are allowed after 6pm which means you can enjoy the animals free of dodging no-neck monsters and tantrums....well, that is the premise anyway. In actual fact, when the clock turns 6pm, out come tents laden with beer. wine and pims which makes way for every drunken yob which are usally puking over themselves at Covent Garden instead (well, maybe that is a little harsh).

Bitter sweet seeing such beautiful animals in captivity and especially the gorillas. If you happen to catch eye contact with them they look away as if they are embarassed to be seen in such tight circumstances. However, the reality is, that zoos these days are actually providing some of species a fighting chance as they are being hunted and extinguished  in their natural enviroment and many of these zoos are participating in breeding programs with some success.