London zoo kicks off annual weigh-in of animals after longest closure amid pandemic

London Zoo has recently began its annual weigh-in of all 19,000 animals at zoo. It's important for zoo to weigh its animals as it provides zookeepers and staff key information about ir health and will also be able to tell if some of animals are suffering from ‘lockdown blue’ after zoo remained closed for an extended period of time.

Annual Weigh-in of 19,000 animals

According to reports, it takes staff at zoo about a week to weigh all 19,000 animals at zoo. On its website, London Zoo remarked in how "four-month-old otter pups Bubble and Squeak also took to scales for first time alongside parents Pip and Matilda, while heavily pregnant okapi Oni - due this autumn - tipped scales at 288kg, understandably a few kilos heavier than her pre-pregnancy weight of 250kg,".

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zoo also ded how Dolly, Galapagos tortoise h to be guided to her weigh-in using traffic cones. information collected is vital to animals “health and wellbeing”. information can also be used to detect possible pregnancies in animals. 19,000 animals in zoo’s have to be coaxed and motivated to stand still on scales so that y are weighed properly and zookeepers use ingenious methods to make it happen.

London zoo reopened on June 15 but on a limited scale after being closed for three months, lack of visitors also seems to have a behavioural impact on some of animals and weigh-in will also help zookeepers study effects of lockdown. This was longest period London Zoo was closed since World War 2 and shutdown and loss of income has severely impacted zoo, forcing international conservation charity behind Zoo for donations and contributions from public so that it can stay open.

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