Staff were mobilized to guide clients. Traffic jams even formed on the departmental road that runs along the park.

Management indicates that almost 8,000 visitors were. at the zoo. Friday, the zoo of Beauval experienced a record of attendance and the management even called on its customers to postpone their trip. Many of them complained about the lack of gauge, on site, to curb the attendance of the place. "We are in the high range, close to the records of 8,500 people," admits Christelle Bercheny, CEO of the Thoiry group.