Human Boys A Curiosity For Visiting Animals! by Fiona Wilson

At Auckland Zoo, the natural habitat for human boys is on the open pathways that wind their way through the zoo. The enrichment programme allows for a certain amount of freedom but there are rules about how fast they are allowed to go and they must learn to match the strolling technique of their female leader which takes several years of training. Obedience and self control begins in their early years at the zoo and often causes many headaches for  the trainer. In the wild training begins much later as they find difficulty in staying still with such open spaces to run about in. They are easily scared of birds that tweet and butterflies that brush past them. It is only when they are in their senior years of life that they begin to conquer their fears.