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[Man of Paper]

I've captured a few child snatchers and want to display them for all to see. I've heard that people make zoos. Is it just imagination, or is there an actual designation for it?

[Internet Kraken]

People place the cages as buildings (b - j), and then designate those cages as a room. I'm guessing that is what people mean by zoos.

[Golcondio]

Yep, a shared cage is just that, a shared cage. If you 'q' the cage and build a room, then it becomes a zoo: like a statue garden, dorfs go there to chill out and admire those wonderful creatures...
Though I don't believe any dorf would get any positive thought from looking at a goblin, caged or otherwise... shame huh?

[Man of Paper]

Awesome. Already had two parties at the cage. I like to imagine the dwarves taunting the tiny meatbag while pelting him with the stones laying on the ground.

[Toast024]

"Child snatcher, child snatcher, Urist gave him a leg fracture!"

[Golcondio]

Awesome. Already had two parties at the cage. I like to imagine the dwarves taunting the tiny meatbag while pelting him with the stones laying on the ground.

Being dwarves, they're more likely pelting him with the blood, vomit, ichor and pus lying on the ground...

[Evergod41]

You should put it outside for them to get rid of their cave adaption all over the cages!

Also:

"Child snatcher, child snatcher, Urist gave him a leg fracture!"

Sigging!

[Lemunde]

It's mostly abstract.  I just place animal cages in meeting zones.  It pretty much does the same thing except dwarves don't throw weddings and parties at them.  For my last fortress I made a different kind of zoo.  I dug out a pit and replaced the walls of the pit with glass windows.  Kind of hard to explain.  You can see it here: http://mkv25.net/dfma/poi-25345-zoo.  Unfortunately I don't think dwarves get any happy thoughts from animals out in the open like that unless they're pets.

[cog disso]

Actually, any creature in a cage can give a child a happy thought, although this doesn't seem to extend to adults. Kids like caged things. I combine my zoo and my dining hall.

[Internet Kraken]

Actually, any creature in a cage can give a child a happy thought, although this doesn't seem to extend to adults. Kids like caged things. I combine my zoo and my dining hall.

It depends on the animal. My baroness was always ecstatic because she was "comfortred by a wonderful creature in a cage recently". This wonderful creature was a zombie gorlak. Since she liked gorlaks, she was always happy to see one.

[cog disso]

I'm actually running out of room in my main zoo, so I'm going to have to make a separate one and reorganize the zoos into goblins/humanoids and zombies.

My rule is that if a dwarf gets caged on accident, INTO THE ZOO IT GOES.

[Toast024]

Can you make prison Dwarfs into zoos? It would give prisoners people to talk to.

[Man of Paper]

If you assign the cage/chain to be used by justice, then assign a cage as a room, then that might work...

[Kobold Troubadour]

Hmm....wait, questions:
Can you safely make a Zoo outside your Fort? As in when other Goblins come, they'll ignore all the caged wonders lined up in your Trading post and do their business? Will FB's/Megabeasts also ignore them or will they enjoy a quick bite of your caged buffet?

[Gnauga]

Caged creatures are dwarven black boxes. They're entirely invulnerable up to magma- and if the cage is made out of magma-proof material, they're immune to that too.