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The <strong>tapir</strong>s were allowed to be outside on display until temperatures dropped<br />
below 50 F° <strong>an</strong>d then they were housed in barns (Figure 9). The Baird’s <strong>tapir</strong>s were<br />
housed in the quar<strong>an</strong>tine area <strong>of</strong> the zoo if they were <strong>of</strong>f display <strong>an</strong>d the Malay <strong>tapir</strong>s<br />
were housed in the barn stall adjacent to the main exhibit. The barn enclosures were two<br />
stalls wide adjoined by a door way, one half was a swimming pool. The barns had a<br />
textured rubber floor. There were doors to <strong>an</strong> outdoor area <strong>an</strong>d water was available at all<br />
times. In the quar<strong>an</strong>tine barns, a wire hay feeder was attached to one wall <strong>an</strong>d <strong>an</strong><br />
automatic water bowl was available on the adjacent wall.<br />
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