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I don't know if this has been shown before: http://zoodesign.files.wordpress.com...o-100-copy.jpg

It is the map of the master plan.
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This comprehensive zoo (huge collection, huge grounds, older exhibitry) has many overhauls planned over the next decade. There is currently a $5 million upgrade to the Dolphinarium, which should be complete by mid-2010:

Seven Seas renovations under way at Zoo - Berkeley, IL - Berkeley Suburban Life
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Chicago Zoological Society - Christy Elephant

Wow have there been a lot of elephant deaths in 2009.
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Anyone know whether the black rhinos have mated and the female is pregnant again?
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lot of elephant deaths in 2009 and no rhino pregnancy at brookfield zoo
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lot of elephant deaths in 2009 and no rhino pregnancy at brookfield zoo
Sadly another elephant death to report, Christy the 29yo African female died this week.

Brookfield elephant dies :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Metro & Tri-State
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Sadly another elephant death to report, Christy the 29yo African female died this week.

Brookfield elephant dies :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Metro & Tri-State
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I don't know if this has been shown before: http://zoodesign.files.wordpress.com...o-100-copy.jpg

It is the map of the master plan.
It shows a skyride. Do they have that now, or is that yet to be built? Also, is the "Siberian Escape" there now, or is that also in the future? (The adjoining siberian tiger, amur leopard, snow leopard habitats). The zoo is hosting AZAD convention in September 2010 and I am still trying to decide if I want to go. (Never been to Chicago, but nothing I have seen so far, zoos or otherwise, particularly interests me - except maybe Shedd Aquarium).
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I like that the plan includes a Siberian exhibit. To me, it's a good thing that cold-weather zoos are building more temperate to cold-weather themed exhibits. They aren't as affected by seasonal changes and don't force animals inside all winter.
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Budget cuts, exhibit closings, and layoffs.

Brookfield Zoo Cutbacks: Zoo cuts jobs, animal exhibits | abc7chicago.com
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3 warthogs and a single forest buffalo are being shipped out to other AZA collections as part of the cutbacks in the collection to slash the defecit

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It'll be interesting to see what zoos will be receiving the warthogs and the buffalo. I would assume that San Diego would be getting the buffalo as they are the only other zoo in the United States to house Forest Buffalo.... Though I would love to see the buffalo heading over this way :P
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Brookfield Zoo welcomes endangered African wild dog pups - Chicago Sun-Times
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Brookfield Zoo’s African wild dog pack recently grew by ten little pups.

Six-year-old mother Kim birthed the sizeable litter — six males and four females — on Thanksgiving Day. After weeks in a dark, hay-lined nest box, the puppies recently began to emerge and explore the world around them.

“What we wanted to do was give them the full time they needed to be with the mother,” said Joan Daniels, associate curator of mammals. A nest box camera helped zoo staff see the puppies, but their small size and similar color made it impossible to count the pups until they left the den.

The zoo’s wild dog pack includes Kim, her “dominant male” mate Digger, 4, and Digger’s brother, Duke, also 4. The two brothers have spent weeks regurgitating their beef-based diet for Kim, who couldn’t leave her puppies to find her own food. Now Kim is joining them in regurgitating food for the 10 pups.

“This is normal behavior for wild dogs,” Daniels said. “It’s really very exciting to see the social behavior with a group.”

On Thursday the dogs were counted, weighed and vaccinated. Kim’s litter was one of only three born in North American zoos in 2010. The other two litters are being raised by humans, Daniels said.

The dogs, one of Africa’s most endangered carnivores, should be on exhibit at Habitat Africa! The Savannah as early as March.
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I have never heard of 10 puppies in a litter of one African Wild Dog (or Painted or Hunting whatever you want to call them!). Is it common in the wild to see larger litters than in captivity?
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Old 21-01-2011
Does anyone know when the Brookfield Zoo starts building a new Elephant exhibit (according to their Masterplan there must be such a goal) and start keeping those pachyderms again.

Isn't it sad (or even a shame), that there are no Elephants in the Zoos of Chicago? (I for myself have to agree with some New Yorkers calling Chicago the "Second City").
 
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