Jul. 2013 - Africa - African Plains

On June 29 the zoo opened ts largest exhibit ever, Africa. Africa will will be an 8 acre complex featuring the wild beauties of the African Savannah.
2008: Phase 1: Giraffe Ridge - Masai Giraffes
2010: Phase 2: Cheetah Encounter + Greater Flamingo
2013: Phase 3: Lions + Cheetahs
2014: Phase 4: Grevy\\\'s Zebras/Giant Elands/Gazelles/Ostriches/Crowned Cranes/Marabou Stork + Vulutures
2015: Phase 5: African Wild Dogs + Red River Hogs + Nile Crocodiles + Hippopotamuses

The before and after.

http://www.zoochat.com/556/future-sight-african-savannah-224064/

The savannah will feature Grant’s gazelles, Lesser Kudu, Guineafowl, A new Zebra species, White-backed/Ruppell's Vultures (mixed), and Wildebeests.

- So this zoo will have two lion, zebra, and flamingo exhibits. That is ridiculous to build a new area of a zoo and not move any animals to the exhibit. This zoo is low on space anyway and having two exhibits for these species is just plain stupid. If the zebras do not mix well they should be sent away for a better behaved species.

Maybe the zoo doesn't have any animals in line to replace the other species. Also the zoo has to have other lions in order to breed. They have as well two galago, emperor scorpion, macaw, aardvark, bearcat, and three potto exhibits.

What about Eland?? Did they scrap those plans??

I forgot to mention that the list is "subject to change"

Oh, That's good then! I haven't seen eland since I've visited Disney.

The last time the zoo had them was 2006-7 or maybe even earlier I think. I have a very,very, distant one second memory of them when I was a lot younger.

They were enormous