Only one I can think of off the top of my head is Omaha. I know both Philly and Brookfield had plans, but neither plan really got anywhere.
Vintage, undated postcard seen at a local antique store. The image shows an elephant seal and a sea lion being fed by a keeper, as guests watch on.
Brookfield was actually planning to renovate their elephant habitat years before they went out of the species (Strahl described the plans as...
For a brief time after elephants left the Brookfield Zoo, they were still included in the mural in the zoo's entrance tunnel alongside art of...
I think these five zoos have a good chance of keeping or bringing back elephants in the future.
Lincoln Park and Brookfield have many that I wish they still had. Among them: Lincoln Park - Mandrill, Drill, Arabian Oryx, Waterbuck (they were...
Just posted a list myself I forgot about the Arabian oryx, I want to say they also had Sable antelope as well while I know the old exhibits were...
I've mentioned in other threads that I'm used to thinking of eastern black rhinoceros as the most common rhinoceros species as almost every US zoo...
I would argue that the overall future of elephants in US zoos is one of uncertainty. In basically all metrics: legality, ethics, animal welfare,...
I'm trying to remain optimistic about elephants. The birth rate seems much higher than for some other struggling species and it feels like the...
It's crazy to think that I began this thread in January and already more zoos have gone out of elephants (or announced a decision). Just in 2024,...
I’m trying to find some data on the new Big Cat/Wolf area at Como but can’t find any. Do you have a link?
Brookfield's Baboon Island also had a family of Meerkats living in the exhibit too!
I've never been to the Brookfield Zoo, but some of these ideas caught my eye. 1. Isn't the Taxonomic Advisory Group recommending a decrease in...
I'm in a similar boat to you with how often I see rhinos- although almost exclusively due to a singular zoo. Rhinos as a whole are rare in...
IIRC, they really wanna but the logistics are intimidating
Now that we're only a few weeks away from the new year, this seems like a good time to post my annual list of upcoming US zoo exhibits slated to...
I feel you could almost meme how often I have brought up Brookfield Zoo's Aardvark House for this question on zoochat, but if that was all someone...
I mean, when Omaha acquired elephants again they still kept antelope - impala, bongo and sable antelope to name a few - and even acquired lesser...
I get the gist of your argument, but having all 4 of the big megafauna is far from being a need for a zoo to be financially salient. Most zoos do...
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