The elephant calves have been named, Yasmin's calf is called "Kavi" meaning poet and Anak's son is now known as "Ashoka" (after a famous emperor) Dublin Zoo's elephant calves names revealed - RT Ten
Dublins sealions have been sent to UK zoo? while the exhibit for them and also the flamingo area is upgraded.( reopening spring 2015.) Red pandas are also off display while work is ongoing.
A third Elephant calf born!! Dublin zoo is turning into an elephant farm. They will have a similar reputation with elephants, that they once had with Lions! What zoo have the sealions gone to?
A female calf this time Elephant baby boom: Dublin Zoo welcomes third calf in ten weeks - Independent.ie
Tapir attack : Dublin Zoo facing criminal charges after Brazilian tapir attack on mum and 2-year-old daughter - Irish Mirror Online
The female Elephant calf has now been named Samiya Meet Dublin Zoo's adorable new arrival who finally has a name - Samiya - Independent.ie
Vulpes, I cant find any other detailed plans (those ones are off their website)and No i dont think so
It is planned to have underwater viewing, I believe. Dublin Zoo is certainly cleaning up and improving the last of the outdated enclosures but like the big city UK zoos, it is continuing to leak species. On the Zootierlist listing, there are at least a dozen listed species no longer held and with the current work there are no planned new additions. It seems to me that in the near future the average zoo fan will struggle to get a species fix. Even the great Tierpark is under threat.
If I may suggest something, better re-think this exhibit. Less than a half of space is actually available to animals. Why not put all this greenery and unused space inside exhibits, and let visitors eg. walk on a bridge over sea lions, or in a tunnel under sea lion rock, or whatever?
All recent exhibits are built to this type of plan. Huge areas of planting and relatively small space for the actual animal inhabitants. The overall effect of this design concept makes for a very pretty and modern looking zoo and it is a lovely place to visit for a nice long country walk, past two huge lakes and beautiful tasteful planting throughout. I would personally prefer to see more animal species and less planting, but the current management plan is definitely working well, as visitor numbers are growing year by year and the feelgood factor is there.
Lush vegetation can be put inside animal exhibits as green islands. It is not like flamingos or sealions eat plants. And maybe technical space can be smaller. There are three parallel roads/paths along the area.
Let's not forget the variable of cost. Salt water aquatic pools are extremely expensive, particularly if they are built in a naturalistic style (which Dublin clearly favors). Every square meter of these sorts of exhibits are costly to build and to operate. From that perspective, beautifully planted landscapes add to the guest experience but at a much lower cost than making the exhibit bigger (or adding another expensive animal enclosure). The inclusion of a cafe area in the project is no doubt being done in part to defray the costs of operating, and this is pretty typical of the reality of most major additions to zoos and aquariums today. From what I've seen, Dublin is focused on doing a few exhibits at very high level of quality, and it sounds like the public is responding positively.
