Chacoan Peccary Exhibit

July 18th, 2012.

With work being done on a nearby Pampas complex, will this Chacoan peccary exhibit be renovated or is it being left untouched?

I talked to zookeepers about it, and they said that it is currently undecided whether the peccaries will get a new exhibit or not. The peccaries are going to be part of Pampas Plains, along with Maned Wolves, Greater Rheas, Giant Anteaters. I messaged the zoo on Facebook, and they said that they are not ready to release any public info yet besides this; Diageo Donates $30K & 800 Volunteer Hours to Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo | Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo
Hopefully the peccaries will get more space, as they brought in a new female so they are definately on their way to becoming a breeding group after the birth of the first Chacoan Peccary piglet in the Northeast who is about 1 year old now.

It is shown in the sketch below for Pampas Plains that the peccaries will get a new exhibit in Pampas Plains. Here is where that sketch was found.
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I thought we weren't 100% sure those were the peccaries? And if they are, is their current exhibit still going to be part of Pampas Plains and what will be there?

~Thylo

I have no idea what will happen to the current exhibit, but I think it's safe to assume that those are the peccaries. For those that don't know, I mentioned on the Beardsley Zoo news thread that I was unsure whether those gray objects that were near the anteater were peccaries or rocks, but looking at the image in larger form, I believe those are peccaries.

Someone called them tapirs. Any news on the Amur Leopard?

~Thylo

From the photo they indeed look like peccaries.

mstickmanp and Chlidonias- Thank you for confirming my thoughts on that those were peccaries.