The Future of San Diego Zoo » San Diego Zoo

02-12-2008

SD zoo just sent the "Zoo Chatter" email, and in it talks about the new "Tiger Trails" exhibit that will be built at the SDWAP.

Here is the link:Tiger Trails

The link shows some exhibit renderings, which show glass viewing windows to see the tigers.

In the email it also talks about a new female Jaguar that arrived at the zoo, which will later be living at the new Elephant Odyssey when it opens.

02-12-2008

Tigers, birds and binturongs... where are the leaf monkeys, gibbons and dholes?

02-12-2008

Tiger Trails sounds like it will be great, as does Elephant Odyssey. After the elephants at SDZ move into their new home, the only thing left at the zoo that will need to be bulldozed are the bear canyon and the cat canyon. It already is the best zoo in my opinion.

11-03-2009

Clarification on jaguars. The black jaguar they've had for years will remain in Cat Canyon (last I heard). The new female jaguar, a typical yellow with black spots, is now alternated with the black one but will move to Elephant Odyssey and perhaps be paired with another typical male later.

And the previous post is right: Cat Canyon and Bear Canyon need to be bulldozed and redone.

As for entry plaza and new parking lot, here was the last thing mentioned in Zoonooz, several months ago. The zoo is working with the Balboa Park foundation (or a group like that) on the funding and design of a master plan for the entire park, which is woefully underfunded. (Those who live there may have more recent news).

11-03-2009

So Orson is staying down in the canyon is he? I suppose that makes sense, since there are no plans on breeding him, and a black jaguar doesn't tell the story they want to tell as well as a spotted one does. I remember him from his early days in the Phoenix Zoo. They had him in this open air grotto with a big pool in front. He was frequently seen pushing his boomer balls in to the pool and then swimming down to the bottom after them.

11-03-2009

Orson is doing really well in San Diego. He is 16 years old, and really healthy but I would presume they wouldn't move him because of his age.

12-03-2009

I'm really looking foward to seeing orson, is there days where he is not in the exihbit? i had no idea he is alternated with another spotted jaguar, and it is a shame that he is not scheduled to have any cubs in the future, black jaguars are by far a highlight in my opinion, and so many zoos only have spotted ones.

12-03-2009

I personally prefer the spotted. If you want to see Orson, he is out everyday at 11AM. He is out far more than Nindiri as it is his home, and only temporary for Nindiri. If you also want to see Nindiri, she is out front from zoo opening at 9AM to 11AM. They are not alternated on certain days. Both go out everyday, except Nindiri is only out 2 hours in the early morning. Enjoy your visit!

12-03-2009

Thank you Blackrhino, that is some very good info, i like the spotted ones as well, but i can see those here in MMZ and in West Palm Beach Zoo as well, plus my girlfriend is allways asking me, "is that the one from apocalipto", when we went to the Bronx zoo last year, and she saw the black leopards she thought they were black jaguars, so finally she can see an adult black jaguar, for some reason the female jaguar we saw this past weekend at west palm with the cub, was a little small, hopefully Orson is a lot bigger than that.