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URBAN FORESTER HAS A VERY IMPORTANT
RESPONSIBILITY IN ENSURING NOT ONLY
THE AESTHETICS OF THE EXHIBIT AND
SHELTER AND SHADE BUT ALSO BEING
AWARE OF THE SAFETY OF THE ANIMALS
AND PUBLIC DURING EXTREME OR EVEN
NOTSOEXTREME WEATHER EVENTS
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HA ONE OF THE ISSUES WE FACE IS
HOW TO ADEQUATELY PROTECT NEW AND
EXISTING TREES INSIDE ANIMAL EXHIBITS
/NE OF THE FIRST CONSIDERATIONS IS
WHAT TYPE OF ANIMALS WILL BE IN THE
EXHIBIT AND HOW THEY WILL INTERACT
WITH THE PLANTINGS ,ARGE ANIMALS
CAN DAMAGE TREES IN A NUMBER OF
WAYS BY CLIMBING CHEWING OR RUB
BING THE FOLIAGE BARK OR LIMBS 7E
USE A NUMBER OF PROTECTIVE MEA
SURES TO ENSURE THE INTEGRITY OF OUR
TREES BASED ON THE ANIMALS IN THE
EXHIBIT AND THE TYPE OF DAMAGE THEY
ARE LIKELY TO DO
7ITH ANIMALS SUCH AS GORILLAS THAT
MAY CLIMB BREAK LIMBS OR FEED
ON FOLIAGE OUR OBJECTIVE IS TO KEEP
THEM AT A SUFFICIENT DISTANCE FROM
THE TREE TO AVOID SUCH DAMAGE &OR
THIS WE USE A TYPE OF ELECTRIFIED WIRE
CALLED hHOT GRASSv WHICH IS MORE
NATURALISTIC IN APPEARANCE THAN A
STANDARD TWOWIRE ELECTRIC FENCE 7E
SPACE THE HOT GRASS AROUND THE
TREES SO THE ELECTRIFIED ELEMENTS
PROVIDE CONTINUOUS PROTECTION
!NOTHER TYPE OF TREE PROTECTION WEVE
USED IN AN EXHIBIT OF MIXED !FRICAN
HOOF STOCK IS CHAIN LINK FENCING 4HIS
WAS PARTICULARLY USEFUL FOR A STAND OF
EXISTING SWEET GUM TREES WE LEFT IN
THE EXHIBIT TO PROVIDE SHADE TO THE
ANIMALS 4O PROTECT THE SWEET GUM
TRUNKS WE WRAPPED THEM WITH BLACK
VINYL COATED CHAIN LINK TO A HEIGHT OF
ABOUT FEET M AND JOINED THE
ENDS USING HEAVYDUTY CABLE TIES
%ACH YEAR WE ADJUSTED THE CHAIN LINK
AS THE TRUNKS GREW 4HESE WORKED
WELL AND OVER TIME WE WERE ABLE
TO REMOVE OR REDUCE THE AMOUNT
OF CHAIN LINK ON THE TREES BECAUSE
