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Copenhagen Zoo - Elephant House

The indoor enclosure for female elephants at Copenhagen Zoo. Here is the young male Tonsak using the large indoor enclosure while the females are outdoors. June 2008

Copenhagen Zoo - Elephant House
Toddy, 8 Nov 2008
    • condor
      Yes, I saw illustrations of how it was supposed to look on my last visit to Zürich. Based on the few simple drawings I've seen I actually prefer the elephant house at Oregon. However, as we all know, things could easily end up looking dramatically different than the initially released drawings.
    • uszoo
      - Oregons house will still be much smaller than zurich. But it has a warmer climate so the barn will not be needed as much as it is needed in the alps.
    • condor
      From what I can understand, the total size of Zürich's elephant house will be between Copenhagen's and Cologne's in size (I've found figures ranging from 3000 to 5000 m2; perhaps the result of plans developing?). I've been unable to find numbers for Oregon's new house. Do you know its approximate size?
    • Gulo gulo
      “Taken together, Forest Hall and the Elephant Building form one of the largest indoor elephant facilities in North America at 40,000 square feet"

      http://www.oregonzoo.org/sites/default/files/new_elephant_habitat_bond_2012.pdf
    • condor
      Thank you. For people with a preference for metric: 40,000 square feet = 3,700 m2
    • uszoo
      I am almost certain that these plans have been downsized. All of the renderings seem to be a little different. Some have shown a larger glass area fir the elephants while others have shown a smaller.
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