Has anyone heard of any plans for the old polar bear exhibit. I know it requires a significant and probably costly rehab effort. Just wondering if...
AZA accredited facilities like the Detroit Zoo are exempt from Michigan's Large Carnivore Act. They can breed their bears if they want.
The San Francisco Zoo's big cat exhibits successfully contained the resident cats for decades. Then someone hopped over the guest railing and went...
The Zoo News feed no longer seems to be working, at least for me. This is the news feed on the right hand side of the page that displays recent...
If the Pittsburgh Zoo is currently holding specimens on loan from other AZA accredited facilities, would they be required to return those animals...
I don't necessarily agree with this, but I also don't think it is unprecedented. I thought many of the African elephants in zoos today came into...
You can't design exhibits with the assumption that an animal will not have the "stimuli" to get out of the exhibit. San Francisco Zoo's big cat...
I was surprised to here that LR had an open jaguar exhibit. Jaguars are such powerful cats with strong leaping ability. I would expect all outdoor...
One of the better collection of animals in the New England area, unfortunately they are not open to the public. They offer "basic safari" tours...
Pictures and text about the old abandoned Bear Dens in Boston's Franklin Park Zoo. Built in 1912 and abandoned in the 1970s. These are outside of...
A recent issue of the AZA's monthly magazine spoke about how these themed areas in zoos often take up a great deal of space. In addition to the...
yes, the net or mesh below the open portion of the observation deck is intended to catch dropped items like cameras, sunglasses, etc. Witnesses...
Here is the observation deck that overlooks the exhibit. It is screened on the sides, but open in front. [IMG]
Here are some plans and details of elephant facilities at Dickerson Park Zoo....
I too like the idea of Japanes Macaques for the island. I always feel kind of bad for the colobus. They seem out of place in such a rocky exhibit....
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