Overview

• Bioparc Valencia has activated its summer heat protocol for more than 6,000 animals across 150 species, serving tailored frozen treats from vegetable ice blocks for elephants to meat-and-blood ice for predators.
• The park’s immersion design and dense botanical canopy support artificial rain, mud baths and water channels that register temperatures up to 7°C lower than surrounding urban areas.
• Zoo de Barcelona has maintained its heat-wave measures since early June, offering fruit-juice tubes for chimpanzees, hanging ice blocks for giraffes and intensifying water changes and ventilation.
• Directors at both institutions cite earlier and more severe heat waves linked to climate change for prompting anticipatory activation and habitat adaptations that mimic natural environments.
• Zoos have also installed shaded zones and water misting stations for visitors, underlining their dual role as conservation refuges and live demonstrations of climate adaptation.