Philadelphia Zoo Philadelphia Zoo News 2020

The Bronx Zoo just announced that they will be opening their indoor exhibits pretty soon. This gives me hope that soon Philly will follow suit. The indoor exhibits I actually find far more interesting than the outdoor exhibits.

Don't get me wrong, I love the larger animals like the cats and hoofstock, but the indoor exhibits have more animals and are constantly changing and acquiring new species.

Let's hope that the Philadelphia Zoo will soon reopen their indoor exhibits and life will resume back to normal. (Though we'll still probably have to wear masks inside the exhibits. Take it step by step.)
 
Some things I recently found out about the zoo
There are emperor and swan geese in Bird Valley, and the common squirrel monkeys are living in the same exhibit with the spider monkeys outside.
And I'm sure everyone is aware, the zoo will soon only be open on weekends during the autumn and likely into the winter months.
 
ThylacineAlive said:
When I first visited in 2014 that enclosure was a beautiful lush field with Addax, Mhorr Gazelle, and Saddle-Billed Stork. The hogs were in an appropriately sized more dirt-based paddock towards the northeast corner of the zoo. On my last visit in 2017, the entire field was a torn up mess thanks to the hogs and all of the enclosures in their former section of the zoo were left completely empty.

Preferably it'd be nice to see them keep with the more arid African hoofstock theme and bring in Addra Gazelle and one more the "sand gazelle" species that are much in need of new holders: Slender-Horned, Speke's, or Red-Fronted. Guineafowl would make for a nice addition to that mix as well. I don't have much faith that any of the above will happen anytime soon...

~Thylo
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The lone male addax, Bruce, moved to another zoo a while back. Not sure about the other addax that the zoo had a long time ago, the zoo has only had two addax I know of. For mhorr gazelle, I think all the others died and there is now only one remaining geriatric female named Moira Abby. For saddle billed stork, when I last checked the zoo still has one lone male stork named Will who is at least 34 years old. The lifespan in captivity is 30s so 34 is already old, he may be older since he came from the wild. We do not know his age since he was hatched in the wild, he came along with his female companion Grace in 1986. Grace passed away shortly before the Covid-19 shutdown.
And I totally agree about bringing in the new animals, it really takes up more of the space. I don’t have faith either.
 
Kevin2342 said:
The lone male addax, Bruce, moved to another zoo a while back. Not sure about the other addax that the zoo had a long time ago, the zoo has only had two addax I know of. For mhorr gazelle, I think all the others died and there is now only one remaining geriatric female named Moira Abby. For saddle billed stork, when I last checked the zoo still has one lone male stork named Will who is at least 34 years old. The lifespan in captivity is 30s so 34 is already old, he may be older since he came from the wild. We do not know his age since he was hatched in the wild, he came along with his female companion Grace in 1986. Grace passed away shortly before the Covid-19 shutdown.
And I totally agree about bringing in the new animals, it really takes up more of the space. I don’t have faith either.
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So a gazelle, a stork and three red river hogs tearing up the grass... I'm really getting tired of saying this in the manner I do, but, *whoopee*. I genuinely hope they get some new gazelle species and move the hogs in either with the hippos, the giraffes, or the rhino/zebra.
 
Wyman said:
So a gazelle, a stork and three red river hogs tearing up the grass... I'm really getting tired of saying this in the manner I do, but, *whoopee*. I genuinely hope they get some new gazelle species and move the hogs in either with the hippos, the giraffes, or the rhino/zebra.
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Or give the hogs their old space back and actually fill that area of the zoo with something.

~Thylo
 
Wyman said:
So a gazelle, a stork and three red river hogs tearing up the grass... I'm really getting tired of saying this in the manner I do, but, *whoopee*. I genuinely hope they get some new gazelle species and move the hogs in either with the hippos, the giraffes, or the rhino/zebra.
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And the 3 new white storks. I hope they put the hogs in with hippos to create a river theme or put them in one of the other African plains enclosures. The storks don’t really eat the grass it’s mainly the gazelle and hogs. I really would like the zoo to get more gazelles/antelopes. Maybe some other animals like wildebeest or warthogs.
 
ThylacineAlive said:
Or give the hogs their old space back and actually fill that area of the zoo with something.

~Thylo
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Their old space is now the kangaroo and emu habitat, called "Outback Outpost". The hogs could be well-mixed with the hippos, provided an extension of the bollard system currently there is done.
 
Wyman said:
Their old space is now the kangaroo and emu habitat, called "Outback Outpost". The hogs could be well-mixed with the hippos, provided an extension of the bollard system currently there is done.
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Oh so I see it is, I'm glad something has finally been done with this space then. What's become of the old kangaroo habitat that was nearby then? With the hippos I worry about potential aggression between the species, especially in such a small enclosure.

~Thylo
 
ThylacineAlive said:
Oh so I see it is, I'm glad something has finally been done with this space then. What's become of the old kangaroo habitat that was nearby then? With the hippos I worry about potential aggression between the species, especially in such a small enclosure.

~Thylo
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The old kangaroo habitat was used for a summer event (Winter at the Zoo or something like that), and I believe is currently not in use. Personally I would love to see that area become a walkthrough aviary for Rodriguez flying foxes and Jamaican fruit bats (along with a repurposing of the Small Mammal House as a Nocturama/Nocturnal House).
 
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