The former elephant barn has officially been demolished - making way for a new expanded African Savannah which will begin construction soon....
Are the plans for the new African Savannah already online? The San Antonio Zoo is going through a big renovation phase in the last few years. I...
This article details the zoos plans further. It also mentions that the zoo has plans to expand across the highway, and likely add a new elephant...
Two of Ringling's elephants ended up with Lucky during her final years at San Antonio Zoo. After Lucky and Karen's deaths, their last elephant,...
Asian elephants, and they'll be the next development after the gorilla complex. San Antonio Zoo: building on a foundational year "We had an...
On December 16th, it was announced that the zoo acquired (0.3) Francois' langurs from the San Francisco Zoo in California on November 28th....
Even more recently, the Memphis Zoo acquired three African Elephants from circuses - two in 2018 (Daisy and Bambi from Circus Pages) and one in...
Yes, that is a nice extra tidbit. I love how local San Antonian Morrow is very ambitious for this little gem of a west-Texan zoo! Quite curious...
I also see they mentioned the safari park again, with San Antonio Zoo's rich history with hoofstock, could be something interesting. "Also in the...
The panelists at Brookfield's master plan symposium said that while they couldn't make any guarantees elephantwise, they do have an idea as to how...
San Antonio Zoo's Asian elephant Nicole moved to The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee in March of this year after Karen & Lucky's passing in 2022....
That is all very true. I think Nicole should have never left San Antonio in the first place because of this. *P.S Nicole was actually an Asian...
When did the San Antonio Zoo last have elephants? I didn't realize that they had no more.
PGAV Destinations: Celebrating the community and the zoo An interesting tidbit about this article from the zoo's director, Tim Morrow... “But the...
For fun, I decided to review this list and jot down some more more concrete change ideas based on further thoughts since posting. This time...
Thanks for starting this thread @pachyderm pro as it will be a nice guide for zoo nerds who are excited about future exhibits. Here are 5 that I'm...
As @robbare stated, the last one left in March 2023, though they MIGHT bring back (likely African) Elephants in a few years.
A few off of the top of my head is Phoenix(Komodo Dragon) at San Antonio Zoo and Houston Zoo Bowie(Asian Elephant) at Fort Worth Zoo and...
Nicole was in a really bad shape before her arrival at TES. She had bad front feet/joints and tried to shift her weight on her hind legs to avoid...
Absoloutly wonderful that they plan to hold Asians again! Nothing wrong with more African holders but there are not a massive number of facilities...
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