Question 1

Is it permitted to take photographs in Basel Zoo?

Accepted Answer

Unlike other zoos, you are allowed to take your camera inside and click photos. Photography for personal or non-commercial uses is permitted. However, if you want to publish it on web pages or use it for commercial purposes, you will be required to take the written permission of the Basel Zoo management, and include an acknowledgement of the source in any place that you intend to display.

Question 2

Why are visitors not allowed to feed the animals in Basel Zoo?

Accepted Answer

Making sure that over six hundred species of animals are all correctly fed is a difficult task. If visitors feed the animals, it would interfere with the monitored feeding of each species with appropriate food and lead to endangering the health of the animals. That is why it is not allowed to feed the animals in Basel Zoo.