Auckland Zoo - Pridelands Plan 1996

Pridelands Plan 1996.

This was an early plan of Auckland Zoo\'s African Savannah exhibit, printed on the back of the Auckland Zoo Map in 1996. It differs from the final design in a number of key ways:

-Cranes were never imported.
-The visitors path went between the lions and rhinos, not around the back of the lions.
-The lion house was built on the opposite side of the enclosure.
-No aviary was ever built.
-The path crossed between the Hippo and Baboon enclosures, not through the hippo enclosure. This part "Hippo River" ended up also incorporating cheetah, servals and leopard tortoises.

Does anyone remember a documentary on TV3 in 1997 about Auckland Zoo? Apparently it was about the pridelands being built, as well as other things.

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I never saw it, but would be interested if anyone knows if it's available online.

No, I've never heard of this before. It probably won't be online, but you might be able to request to view a copy, or even suggest that it be put online. It sounds like it would be great viewing though, and may have been the precursor to the zoo series, which started in 1999.

I like the design of the baboon/hippo exhibit .Pity they never made it.Very immersing.

BennettL