点评:Unfortunately this park no longer carries the charm I remembered from before.
We went as a group of three, and I was most excited to see the otters. Unfortunately they are now gone - which isn't mentioned anywhere or where they have gone - and the new exhibits left me feeling very sour in the stomach.
One is the flamingo exhibit, which is ruined completely by so much AI slop it makes your eyes bleed. If the tacky AI art wasn't bad enough, the information board for the flamingos is an AI poster with an unintelligible picture of what was supposed to be a flamingo. Why??? They have so many photos of their own flamingos to use, but they generated a slop image of garbage to use instead. AI is killing our planet and it's inhabitants!
The next part that ruined my trip for me was Raptor World - the bird exhibit. Walking around here left me nearly in tears. The birds tied in the middle were worst of all - some were desperately trying to escape the small 5cm rope tying them to the ground and had lost many feathers and pooped themselves a lot in distress. There was a sign saying that it was good for them, but their condition would infer otherwise. The birds that were in bigger habitats were trying desperately to get out, and it's no wonder, seeing the very poor quality inside them. Each bird exhibit was the absolute bare bones inside and had very little enrichment or perch stands, just low quality images of the nature they once came from. It left me feeling very hollow and wishing I hadn't paid money to contribute towards their troubling life. Everything in this area feels it was done on as small a budget as possible, and it feels like the animals lives are the ones who bear this burden. Having been to countless sanctuarys and zoos, this bird area left me feeling the most uncomfortable and upset for the birds, and is why I felt I had to leave a review.
We enjoyed seeing the deer, though there was less than I expected. There are one group of deer you can feed at the beginning of the park, they're wonderful, and then unfortunately not anymore places to do so, so it would be useful to know you need to use up your deer food immediately.
After that, there's a nice walk through some nature, not too many animals to see, but maybe that's the season - before we walked into a forest with some rather random vehicles, buildings and construction equipment. We got a bit lost in here, and I didn't really know what I was looking at, but again maybe that's on us.
We went onto the bear and lynx area, this was nice but they must have been having a proper lie in, no worries, and to the wildcats, which I really liked. Their enclosures seemed really nice quality and enriching for them and I'm just sad I didn't happen to see any of their wee faces. We came across the wolves which were beautiful, and the two goats in the field next to them (is that a weird combo btw or just me?) and the donkeys and highland cows were wonderful.
Lastly we came to the Capybara, which is where the otters used to be. It was very cute seeing them with their babies though I was absolutely heartbroken to not see the otters. I can't find anywhere online where they've gone and there's still some pages about them on the Deer Centre website, very sad!!
The facilities of the park are all very tired and everything looks like it needs a lot of love to make it nice again, but overall it has, or rather had, a lot of charm.
All in all, I wouldn't have regretted coming today if it wasn't for Raptor World/the bird section. The way those birds looked and how sad their enclosures were absolutely broke my heart and has left the biggest mark on me from my visit here. Along with the use of AI both in the park and on social media, The Deer Centre has left a very sour taste in my mouth and I will be sure not to return again.
翻译:可惜,这个公园已经不再有我记忆中的那种魅力了。
我们三个人一起去的,我最期待的就是看看水獭。可惜它们现在已经不见了——网站上没有任何相关说明,也没提到它们去哪儿了。而那些新设立的展览更是让我心里很不是滋味。
其中一个就是火烈鸟展区,那里充斥着大量劣质的人工智能生成图像,多到让人眼睛发痛。那些俗气至极的AI画作已经够糟糕的了……那个火烈鸟信息牌其实是一张由AI生成的海报,上面有一张根本看不懂的、本应描绘火烈鸟的图片。为什么呢???他们手头有那么多自家火烈鸟的照片可以用,却偏偏生成了一张糟糕透顶的垃圾图像来使用。人工智能正在毁掉我们的星球及其上的生灵!
接下来彻底毁掉我这次旅行的就是“猛禽世界”——那个鸟类展览区。在那里逛了一圈后,我差点哭出来。那些被绳子绑在中间的鸟情况最惨——它们拼了命地想要挣脱将它们固定在地上的仅5厘米长的绳子,结果掉了很多羽毛,还因为痛苦而拉了一身屎。虽然有个牌子上写着这样对它们有益,但从它们的状态来看显然并非如此。那些被关在较大围栏里的鸟也拼命想要逃出去,这也难怪,毕竟圈养环境的质量实在糟糕透顶。每个鸟类展示区内部都极其简陋,几乎没有任何环境丰容措施或栖木,只有些质量低劣的、展示它们原栖息环境的图片。这让我心里空落落的,甚至后悔花了钱去资助这些动物悲惨的生存状况。这一区域的各项设施似乎都是以尽可能少的预算来打造的,而承受这种“负担”的却是那些动物们。我曾去过无数个动物保护区和动物园。这个鸟类观赏区让我为那些鸟儿们感到极为不安和难过,也正因如此,我觉得有必要留下一篇评论。
我们很喜欢观赏鹿群,不过数量比我预想的要少。在公园入口处有一群可以喂食的鹿,它们非常可爱;可惜之后就再也没有可以喂鹿的地方了。因此,事先知道必须立刻把喂鹿的食物用完会很有帮助。
再往里走,有一条穿行于大自然中的漂亮步道,不过能看到的动物并不多。不过,也许这就是这个季节的特点吧——随后我们走进了一片森林,里面有一些看似随意放置的车辆、建筑物和施工设备。我们在那里有点迷路了,我其实也不太明白自己看到的是什么,不过这大概也是我们的问题吧。
接着我们去了熊和猞猁的栖息区,那里挺不错的,不过它们肯定还在睡懒觉呢,没关系。之后又去了野猫区,我特别喜欢那里。它们的饲养圈似乎质量上乘,对它们来说也相当有益。只是很遗憾,我没能看到它们的小脸蛋。我们还看到了那些漂亮的狼,还有它们旁边田野里的两只山羊(不知是不是只有我觉得这个组合很奇怪呢?),驴子和高地牛也都非常可爱。
最后我们来到了水豚所在的区域,那里以前是水獭的栖息地。看到水豚带着幼崽的样子真是可爱极了,不过没能见到水獭还是让我伤心不已。我在网上根本找不到他们搬去哪里的信息,不过鹿园网站的页面上仍有一些关于他们的介绍,真是令人难过!!
公园里的设施都破旧不堪,似乎需要大量修缮才能恢复往日的样子,但总体来说,它曾经拥有着不少魅力。
总而言之,若不是因为猛禽世界/鸟类展区的问题,我今天来这里也不会感到遗憾。那些鸟的模样,以及它们所处的笼舍的凄凉景象,真的让我心碎不已,这也成了我此次参观经历中最难以忘怀的印象。此外,无论是公园内还是社交媒体上对人工智能的运用,都让我对这家鹿园产生了极差的印象,我绝对不会再去了。