Cat Complex - Lion Exhibit

Aug. 5th, 2014.

Not even a log... Horrible exhibit and such a bad zoo.

I totally agree and unbelievably the whole zoo is brand new! The owner told me that the very fine sand (it is extremely light-coloured) cost a fortune to ship in from a special company but the lions could most definitely use more than sand and 3 rocks as natural substrate. At least they are not on cement like the clouded leopards and Eurasian lynx.

How many lions are in this atrocious exhibit?

I'm fairly certain that there are just the 3 lions that can be seen in this photo and I was told that the entire Cat Complex cost around $250,000 as all of the work was done in-house. That includes a total of 6 exhibits: African Lion, Bengal Tiger #1 (including a pure white one), Bengal Tiger #2(white), Cougar, Clouded Leopard and Eurasian Lynx. There is also a small platform inside the indoor viewing area for the 2 largest enclosures that upon my visit included a single tiger cub that was held down and visitors were posing with it for an extra fee.

Unless it was imported from India how is the first white one anymore pure than the second?

~Thylo

I think colour-wise it was pure white (e.g. no stripes).

A bit surprising that a place like this could get clouded leopards.

A bit surprised this place could get several of its species, including Masai Giraffe.

~Thylo