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I came across a document that talks of some of the plans for the Detroit Zoo. Here's a copy and paste from the document.

"The National Invertebrate- Conservation Center (NICC), a first-of-its-kind facility similar to the award winning, highly acclaimed National Amphibian Conservation Center, will highlight the diversity of invertebrate life on earth, from marine forms such as jellies and sea stars, to land-dwelling tarantulas, ants, and dragonflies during FY 2006-07."

"The Turtle Conservation Center, a unique facility dedicated to preserving many of the seriously imperiled turtles and tortoises of the world is being developed for implementation during FY 2005-06."

This if from 2004-2005, but I've heard about all of them, so I think it's relevant.
 
MIZOOenthusiast070128 said:
Last I saw, the Master Plan included moving around species already at the zoo, as well as bringing in new ones, and some new construction like the boardwalk over the lake in the Conservation Campus portion of the zoo. The new species added that were on the Master Plan include North American beavers (Linden & Eve) and the gray wolves (Kaskapatew and Waziyata). I know the zoo plans on renovating the old Penguinarium into a new bat house, but the bat species to be displayed are/is yet unknown. Other animals listed to be added at a later time were snow leopards, bongos, black and white colobus monkeys, pygmy hippos, and jaguars. A turtle conservation building was also planned (sadly, it's supposed to go where the camels are now, and the camels were not anywhere in the Master Plan. They also plan to get rid of the large South American exhibit where the guanacos, screamer birds, and peccaries live to construct a massive playground). Though don't quote me, the master plan could change, although every project they've done so far was on the Master Plan I saw, so that's a really good sign.
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If that bit about them eventually bringing in snow leopards and jaguars turns out to be correct, then I’m really hyped. For the longest time, the only felines I can remember Detroit keeping have been lions and tigers (although I heard they had snow leopards until the early ‘90s), so I’m excited for them finally expanding their big cat collection. Pygmy hippos sound like a really neat addition as well, no zoos in Michigan (which is also my home state) currently exhibit them.
 
MIZOOenthusiast070128 said:
Has anyone heard news of whether or not more tigers will be moved to the zoo after they open their newly expanded tiger exhibit this summer?
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According to the keeper who gave a talk at the site, this is mostly up to the AAZA. In any case, the exhibit was supposed to open last summer and on my last visit a couple of weeks ago they didn't seem to have made a lot of progress--I don't know whether it's because of a cold winter or for some other reason--so I don't think this will come up right away.
 
evilmonkey239 said:
If that bit about them eventually bringing in snow leopards and jaguars turns out to be correct, then I’m really hyped. For the longest time, the only felines I can remember Detroit keeping have been lions and tigers (although I heard they had snow leopards until the early ‘90s), so I’m excited for them finally expanding their big cat collection. Pygmy hippos sound like a really neat addition as well, no zoos in Michigan (which is also my home state) currently exhibit them.
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Detroit did have a couple of snow leopards back in the nineties; I don't know what happened to them. I am old enough to remember when they had mountain lions...but you have to be of a certain age to remember that. I cannot recall them ever having jaguars or leopards.
 
evilmonkey239 said:
If that bit about them eventually bringing in snow leopards and jaguars turns out to be correct, then I’m really hyped. For the longest time, the only felines I can remember Detroit keeping have been lions and tigers (although I heard they had snow leopards until the early ‘90s), so I’m excited for them finally expanding their big cat collection. Pygmy hippos sound like a really neat addition as well, no zoos in Michigan (which is also my home state) currently exhibit them.
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I've been unable to find the master plan. Can you link?
 
MIZOOenthusiast070128 said:
Last I saw, the Master Plan included moving around species already at the zoo, as well as bringing in new ones, and some new construction like the boardwalk over the lake in the Conservation Campus portion of the zoo. The new species added that were on the Master Plan include North American beavers (Linden & Eve) and the gray wolves (Kaskapatew and Waziyata). I know the zoo plans on renovating the old Penguinarium into a new bat house, but the bat species to be displayed are/is yet unknown. Other animals listed to be added at a later time were snow leopards, bongos, black and white colobus monkeys, pygmy hippos, and jaguars. A turtle conservation building was also planned (sadly, it's supposed to go where the camels are now, and the camels were not anywhere in the Master Plan. They also plan to get rid of the large South American exhibit where the guanacos, screamer birds, and peccaries live to construct a massive playground). Though don't quote me, the master plan could change, although every project they've done so far was on the Master Plan I saw, so that's a really good sign.
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I don’t know where to find the master plan link, I only know of it through this post.
 
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