点评:I wish I had checked reviews for this place instead of relying on the description on the World of Birds web-site -- this place was horrible. Earlier in our trip we had had an amazing experience at The Elephant and Monkey Sanctuary in Hartbeesport, just outside Johannesburg, and we thought the experience at World of Birds would be similar. That could not be further from the truth. World of Birds is not an animal sanctuary, it is a zoo. With the exception of a few birds, most of the animals are in VERY small enclosures. I asked one of the employees if the animals were ever allowed out of their cages to roam around and I was told "no." When I said, "That's so sad," the employee nodded in agreement and truly looked like they regretted the conditions the animals were living in. The interaction with the monkeys was also sad. The monkeys kept jumping back onto the keeper and then the keeper would gently toss them onto us and bribe them to sit on us by giving them sunflower seeds. I think the best thing that could happen would be for this place to shut down and for the animals held captive inside to be transferred to actual sanctuaries. After we left I cried my eyes out... I felt so sorry for the animals there.
翻译:我真后悔没事先查看一下这家店的评价,而是只看了“世界鸟类”网站上的介绍——这地方简直糟透了。之前我们在约翰内斯堡郊外的哈特比斯波特的“大象和猴子保护区”有过一次非常棒的体验,所以我们以为“世界鸟类”也会一样。结果却大相径庭。“世界鸟类”根本不是什么动物保护区,而是一个动物园。除了少数鸟类之外,大部分动物都被关在非常狭小的笼子里。我问一位工作人员,动物们是否被允许出笼活动,得到的回答是“不”。我说“太可怜了”,那位工作人员点头表示同意,看起来真的对动物们的生活环境感到惋惜。和猴子的互动也让人难过。猴子们不停地跳到饲养员身上,然后饲养员会轻轻地把它们扔到我们身上,用葵花籽引诱它们坐在我们身上。我觉得最好的结果就是这个地方关闭,把里面囚禁的动物转移到真正的动物保护区。离开之后我哭得泣不成声……我太心疼那里的动物了。