
West Midland Safari Park has the largest pod of hippos in the UK and the new habitat will encourage these semi-aquatic mammals to spend time grazing on land as well as hydrating in their pools. The new hippo house will be suitable for future breeding programmes, with an indoor pool, mud wallows and evening pools which offer close-access viewing for guests from their lodge balconies.

The redevelopment of the existing hippo habitat, with a new housing facility, will not only allow for more modern management of the species and enhanced animal welfare, but will also allow for a novel overnight lodge experience with a large, charismatic species.” “We are proposing to also redevelop our hippopotamus facility by extending their current exhibit with an additional 3000m² grazing area, with continued access to the lake areas and access to evening pools in front of the Hippo Lodges. Fully immersed in these new areas will be eight luxury lodges, with the four wild dog lodges offering unprecedented views of Africa’s most efficient carnivore, from the comfort of the lounge and bedrooms. This will see new animal housing facilities along with stimulating environments for both our hippos and African wild dogs. Head of Creative, Dave Powner, said, “ We’re excited to have submitted planning for the next stages of our wildlife development.

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The introduction of the eight new lodges also enables the Park to update and improve the habitats of the animals, giving them 24-hour access to both their indoor and extended outdoor environments. One of these incredible lodges will have a ‘turret’, complete with panoramic views of both habitats, comfortable seating area and mood lighting, whilst two of the Hippo Lodges will be accessible for wheelchair users. But what trends and what is popular and what is most marketable then dominates the landscape of comedy which is why activism is now preached by someone like Oswalt but also implemented poorly by a multitude of newer comedians or allows for the lunacy of Owen Benjamin and other “free speech comedians” to even exist.West Midland Safari Park has submitted planning for the next stage of their long-term development strategy, which includes luxury lodges overlooking new hippo and African wild dog environments.įour lodges will offer incredible views of African wild dogs – the first of their kind in Europe, whereas two more lodges will be the only place in the UK where you can stay overlooking hippopotamus.Īlso unique to the Park and a first for its accommodation offering, will be two dual-aspect lodges, which will be situated between both new environments, overlooking the wild dogs on one side and hippos on the other.

I just have other approaches to going about doing it than what the norms are (for example, writing this essay rather than a tweet that couldn’t possibly cover the issue or just wasting time on a stand-up stage to spout this but the latter two are more of the norm in current comedy).

It doesn’t mean that I’m not still active. But comedy, to me, is about doing what people don’t expect and the forums for meto be politically and socially active are separate of comedy. I don’t ever utter the name of our President on stage but I know that, as a brown man, I would be better suited and more successful if I just tore into the guy every time I went up there. It has become clear that, whether or not there is true heart to a comedian’s political and social commentary, it is trendy and profitable to be those things.
