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Elephants arrive in Columbus
Old 04-09-2008

Cleveland's three elephants have arrived safely at Columbus in order to built the new African Elephant Crossing due to open in 2011.

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Has the zoo's elephant exhibit construction stalled or slowed down?

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Old 08-05-2009

Apparently when they started earthwork they hit some pretty thick rocks that has slowed them considerably but I think the start date of Spring 2011 is still what they are saying.

Here are the dimensions for the three yards :
Yard 1: 1/4 acre
Yard 2: 1/2 acre
Yard 3: Just under 1 acre
I haven't heard anything on the size of the building however and in these early stages the sizes could change.
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The quarter acre yard is just going to be a night yard where they will go in yard. Where did you get this information from, as I thought the two main yards were going to both be 1 acre, and if you look at the plans, they are both similar in size??
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Here are the plans for the new exhibit:

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Old 09-05-2009

That information is what I heard from your keepers. I'll ask again to double check.
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In case anyone was wondering what Cleveland's old elephant exhibit looked like, here it is:

 


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