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2009-10-27

Kingsmead College, visit on 20-10-2009

JENNY CHANCE
2009-09-25

VIST TO LORY PARK
We spent a lovely afternoon at the park on Thursday 24th Sept. Beautifully maintained and very intersting seeing all the animals. The birds were delightful.Regards Jenny & Keith  

Guest
2009-09-20

Thank You
Hello to everyone at Lory Park.  On behalf of the 9th Benoni Bambanani Cub Scouts, we would like to say a big thank you for such a beautiful and well kept park.  We enjoyed our visit tremendously and interacted with a few of the animals (fed the owls, stroked the parakeets and even had a chance to touch the caracal).  We will certainly promote your park and hopefully we will be back soon for another visit.Keep up the good work.    Akela Joy 

Kaz
2009-09-19

amazing place.... from a zoology student
Hi, im a student who is currently studying a bsc zoology and physiology degree in pretoria, might i add, an avid animal person whos only dream is to oneday work with wildlife, especially cats. the first time i visited lory i fell in love. i would give anything for a job here, would love to become a volunteer too. its just being a student without a job petrol is a mission. but i will keep checking on availible jobs until i get my chance, keep up the good work. those animals are happy which makes me happy.kerryn du toit. 0828882369.

Amazed Guest
2009-08-31

Fantastic Day
I spent a day at your beautiful park & I am truly impressed with the love & care your animals receive! It made me wish that other parks would spend the time & attention on their animals as you clearly have.   They have lovely enclosures & their diets seem so well managed! What a wonderful place! I have recommended to all my friends & family to give you a well deserved visit!!!

Lory Park
2009-07-26

Reply to Bad Eddie
How much love and attention you put into your bird is questionable. You cannot confess that since December 2008 and your recent visit, you never saw the state of her wings, perhaps if the bird is locked up in a cage at all times, it could happen. When I attended to your bird the first time, I told you that the diet is too fatty and that’s why the nail cutting can lead to bleeding. Your claim of excessive blood loss is exaggerated. When any bird comes in it must be restrained, in order to work on it, this you will see at any other vet you may go to. There is no charge here for nail and wing clipping and never was, you pay for your entrance only.
I were never responsible for the state of your bird’s wings, only you will know where she was, so don’t come and through your guilty conscience at my front door. This is the first complaint in 10 years and we are ever so grateful for not having to deal with your aggressive behaviour again. I have never met anybody with so little knowledge about birds. Your issues should be dealt with in “Anger Management “classes

Guest
2009-05-15

Bad Eddie
I've taken my 2 year old African Grey Parrot to have her wings clipped twice now at Lory Park, the first time, April 2008 the girls did it. The last time was in December 2008 when the owner Eddie clipped her wings... Being the owner of my parrot, I do not pin my baby down and spread her wings out, neither do I clip her wings, for obvious reasons. I took her back 2 days ago for a clipping and specifically asked one of the girls to do it since I trust they are more gentle than Eddie, since the last time he filed her claws raw and she lost a lot of blood. Anyway the girls were appalled by the state of her one wing, (so was I when I saw it, although I've never seen her spread out before) and they sort the 'advice' of Eddie, strangely enough. When I was called in to fill me in, he was terribly embarrassed because he was the one responsible for the 'hack job'. He became so defensive and denied having clipped her wings, to make matters worse he admitted to remembering my calling him up after he filed her claws raw, strangely enough, he could not remember clipping her wings! Eddie, I can go on about my experience this week, thank heavens you did not touch my bird again. You obviously do not know what you are doing! You should leave it to your Volunteers, they are more skilled, compassionate and definitely more professional in their behaviour towards the public, who might I add, pay for the services rendered. Thank you to the volunteers who are always so kind and understanding. I walked out in tears, my bird was traumatised but I would rather go to a proper vet from now on and pay a few rands more than be treated so badly by the 'management' of Lory Park Zoo. It does not mean that since you have many animals caged up in a building with your name on it, that it gives anyone the right to ill treat and hurt owners and animals , both physically and emotionally. I love my bird to the extent that it sounds wrong calling her 'a bird', she is my baby. I do not own a zoo but it does not mean that we do not have feelings nor dignity.

Guest
2009-05-04

Great Web Site
Hi, what a great web site, love the colours the info, photo's and videos. I just heard about the Zoo from an email, cannot wait to visit and interact with the inhabitants, I wish I stayed nearer so that I could volenteer. Keep up the good work, I wish you all the best.

Pamela, Jamie and Cathy
2009-04-30

Truly Lovely Experiance
During a recent visit back to South Africa to visit my mom Cathy she brough me and Jamie to your park for the day. It was a spectacular day made amazing by being given the chance to bottle feed you tigers. Thank you very much for an unforgetable day and keep up the good work

Anrichelle
2009-04-23

I wanna help!
Hel0oz!I'm Anrichelle Nortje, a learner from Hoerskool Dinamika and we wanna help with your wish list. We have an group organitation to make a diffrence in the community and we will do organitations to get money. I will let you know for futher information. Thank you!