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Louisville Zoo
24-05-2008
Welcome to the Louisville Zoo
The Louisville Zoo, in the State of Kentucky, is 133 acres in size and only 39 years old. Subsequently the enclosures are much more modern than many other zoos, and there is a notable absence of typical grottoes and pits. There are two noteworthy, AZA award-winning exhibits at the zoo, as well as numerous smaller enclosures. There are approximately 1,300 animals at the zoo, and the annual attendance hovers around 800,000. "Gorilla Forest" contains two large outdoor yards and an indoor room for the family of 11 apes, and this set of exhibits opened in 2002. There are overhead paths that allow the gorillas to travel above the zoo visitors when the apes wish to move into a different yard. A pgymy hippo exhibit is also connected with the gorilla enclosures, with 4 hippos inside. "The Islands" (1996 opening and 1998 award recipient) is the second award-winning set of exhibits, and it rotates 5 Asian species (malayan tapirs, babirusa pigs, sumatran tigers, siamang gibbons and orangutans) through three outdoor yards and an indoor day room. This modern set of enclosures rotates the animals in an attempt to give them more than the one exhibit to live in for the duration of their lives, and also acts as behavioral enrichment. It is often highlighted as the world's first set of rotational exhibits featuring predator and prey. Glacier Run at the Louisville Zoo "Glacier Run" has recently been beset by financial problems, which has possibly shifted its completion date to 2011. Polar bears, arctic foxes, sea otters, steller's sea eagles, seals and sea lions are all on the list of animal species to be incorporated into this $25-30 million set of exhibits. The polar bears will supposedly have overhead transfer chutes that will allow them to travel into different parts of their enclosure. |
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#2
24-05-2008
With the exception of the above and the Herpetarium...the rest of the zoo has really seen much improvement since the 1960s when the zoo open. The upper plateau of the zoo houses its African collection with White Rhinoceros, Antelope, Zebra, Dromedary, African Lion, Bongo, Giraffe, and Elephants...including Mickey its one year old calf. In the valley below the plateau is the construction site for Glacier Run...too bad the zoo wont take advantage of the nice hillside between the future polar bear exhibit and african exhibits. On the gradual slope across the valley is a large expanse for guanaco and rheas, and a nice flamingo exhibit. Cougars and lynx are housed in netted/grotto like exhibit across the valley along the guanaco and flamingo exhibits. Nestled in the valley are also small wired exhibits for cats and birds. There is a Maned Wolf on the hillside next to these cat/bird exhibits.
A 1990 masterplan, which the Island complex came from, also called for a 6 acre asian elephant exhibit, and seperate indoor rainforests of Asia and South America. |
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#3
24-05-2008
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#4
29-05-2008
Louisville Zoo to open tiger exhibit Monday - Business First of Louisville:
The new Siberian/Amur tiger habitat opens next week, and it's the first part of the 4.3 acre "Glacier Run" set of exhibits. |
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#5
2 Weeks Ago
Rare Madagascar Teal hatched at the zoo...
Rare duck born at zoo | courier-journal.com | The Courier-Journal |
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