Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden Cincinnati Zoo History

Moebelle said:
Lemur Lookout opened in the early 60's for baboons. Based on photos from back then, I'm guessing the structure survived and it looks identical to what it is today. Sometime 25-30 years later they were replaced by Ibexes until the turn of the century when Lemur Lookout was created.
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In addition to the ibex, that iteration of what is currently Lemur Island also hosted, for one summer in the 80's, a temporary "exhibit" showing koala and a wombat (this during the period when koalas were absent from non-California zoos and wombats were far more rare). I use quotation marks around the word exhibit because no effort was made to house these species - the wombat was released on the mock rock of the ibex exhibit, and a lone "tree" was erected in the center for the koala. Not a great first sighting of koala for me.
 
ZooBinh said:
That’s so sad:(.


Didnt the zoo have an Australia section back in the 2000s? And have Bharals in Monkey Island a while back, and didn’t they used to have walruses?
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Yes they did have Bharati (also known as blue sheep) they had a few, not a large herd that where display on current lemur island outside monitor lizard exhibit. I remember seeing them very delightful to see that species. Yes they had walrus es too!
 
Wyman said:
@Moebelle who do you think was (or is) objectively the best director of the Zoo? Ed Maruska or Thayne Maynard? (The only two I know of, there are definitely more)
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Maruska! They had at one time a Black Caiman too! Mugger crocodiles. Snider smooth fronted caiman breed in old bird building, America alligators, and I also believe one large Nile crocodile too. Also they exhibited a Marbled Cat, and golden cat too!
 
Zooplantman said:
What an odd question
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The only odd questions are really ones never asked. Many of zoo's have dark secrets covered up because of course not good pr. Anyone remember when the Bronx Zoo kept a dwarf African man on exhibit? Yes it did happen, and there was a book written about it. Brookfield Zoo caging ziggy indoors for years!
 
Other than the incident we don’t speak about in May 2016, I’m not aware of any “bad things” the zoo has done.
 
grandelover1 said:
Other than the incident we don’t speak about in May 2016, I’m not aware of any “bad things” the zoo has done.
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A 143 year old zoo will have many things in its history of which it is not proud today. Is any of it relevant except to illuminate how zoo ethics have changed and continue to evolve? This part of the thread feels to me more prurient than illuminating.
 
I didn’t mean anything by it lol. I just answered his question with the only event that people would consider “bad” that I knew of.
 
Moebelle said:
The indication of sea lions being mixed with the monkeys, the hoofed area was yet to be referred to as Wildlife Canyon, and the African Veldt ins't labelled, 'Rhino Reserve', my guess would be mid 80's.
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Yes. I can't remember the year but I was there so mid-80s
 
Moebelle said:
The indication of sea lions being mixed with the monkeys, the hoofed area was yet to be referred to as Wildlife Canyon, and the African Veldt ins't labelled, 'Rhino Reserve', my guess would be mid 80's.
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When was the last time that Cincy Zoo had walrus?
 
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