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New orangutan exhibit.

Opens in one month. This half, the arboreal side, looks finished. The other half, the land side (outside of this picture), looks nowhere near done. I hope that half is better, because these fake climbing structures do nothing for me (although it is a vast improvement over what was before). If this is Phoenix's idea of building a World Class Zoo (as the campaign for these new exhibits state), they have no idea what a world class zoo really looks like.

New orangutan exhibit.
Arizona Docent, 14 Mar 2011
    • snowleopard
      I've seen 56 of America's 60 best zoos, and all in the past 5 years, and yet there is not really a single outstanding orangutan exhibit. I've stated on ZooChat in the past that perhaps the #1 enclosure is in Seattle at Woodland Park Zoo but after that there are slim pickings. The "O-Line" at the National Zoo is fantastic, but the rest of the enclosure is weak. There are many so-so exhibits, several all-indoor ones that are disappointing (Cleveland, Brookfield, Fort Wayne) and the ugliest outdoor one of all must be Kansas City.

      These are very approximate rankings and what I would call the top 5:

      #1: Woodland Park
      #2: Omaha (65 foot structures and lots of netting in 2 exhibits)
      #3: Sedgwick County
      #4: Saint Louis
      #5: Atlanta (probably still the most apes of any zoo in America)
      28 Mar 2011
    • Blackduiker
      Practically anything would be an improvement over the old Phoenix exhibit. About as hideous as any I've ever seen.
      21 Apr 2011
    • Ituri
      After having seen video of this new exhibit, this photo shows approximately 1/3 of one of the two outdoor yards.
      21 Apr 2011
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