The Valencian park reinforces the summer protocol within animal care actions in view of the forecast increase in temperatures.

Given the alert for high temperatures, BIOPARC Valencia animal care staff have intensified measures to ensure the well-being of the animals. Prevention is the best formula to maintain health in optimal conditions and the veterinary team makes a gradual transition from the spring months until the condition is definitively established. summer protocol.

Refreshing food and the presence of water and shadows provide well-being to the different species.

Food is essential and adapts to reduce caloric intake and increase hydration. The objective is that all animals, according to the different species or particular characteristics, have the best care and these days One of the animals' favorite resources is juicy and refreshing ice cream..

Carefully crafted taking into account the diverse dietary needs of more than 150 different species, the formats, sizes and contents are truly surprising: huge vegetable ice creams for elephants or hippos; blocks of ice that hide raw meat inside that awakens the instinct of lions or frozen sorbets with fruits, vegetables or seeds for primates such as chimpanzees and lemurs.

The concept of BIOPARC as a “nature island” demonstrates the importance of vegetation to cool the environment with a significantly lower thermal sensation.

Equally important is to create a pleasant environment and to do so The design of BIOPARC took into account a fundamental element such as water. Estuaries, ponds or the spectacular elephant lake are some examples that animals use to cool off throughout the year and especially now.

These days, the many people who visit the park have been moved by impressive images of the elephant herd with the 1-year-old Makena and 4-month-old Malik playing under the waterfall of this unique enclosure. The artificial rain regularly scheduled during the day is especially welcomed by groups of rhinos or zebras; as well as pleasant mud baths.

All these actions are within the so-called “environmental enrichments” that stimulate their natural behaviors with fun and entertainment components.

The tour under the shade of the leafy tree mass and the accompaniment of the flows of the estuaries and waterfalls is done with a pleasant walk.

An aspect in which scientific community is placing greater emphasis on its significant contribution to cooling the environment and reducing temperatures in urban areas. the vegetation. And it must be said that BIOPARC was conceived to be an island of nature, a refuge for the people and animals it houses..

In these 16 years since its opening in the park, its careful collection of trees, palms, bushes and plants has awakened to become a wonderful botanical garden, a contribution that is even more relevant now that Valencia is the European Green Capital. The thermal sensation becomes noticeably lower to that of other spaces in the city and, together with the cooling perception produced by the sound of water flows or waterfalls, it is a point of admiration that both locals and tourists express while walking the paths under the shade offered by the foliage. of the vegetation.