Asia Exhibits 2021-2023 (USA only)

CheeseChameleon2007 said:
Wow! Why was production ceased? At least-I'm assuming so?
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I believe it was because of budget cuts, deferred maintenance or the zoo going out of elephants altogether until they can devote 15 acres of land to such a project. (Personally rather than seeing orangutans in the Great Ape Passage, I would rather see them in the Monsoon Forest section taking up Grizzly Gulch).
 
Westcoastperson said:
it the more it makes sense. Not to me obviously but for zoos to use the temple theme. The temple theme is supposed to identify with average visitors
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Just using the very same motive again and again is not just boring and a capitulation to commercialism, it's a sign of lack of originality. Furthermore, it enforces a stereotype among the visitors that is far from reality. Mock temple ruins apparently left over from a Lara Croft movie set fail to represent the true diversity of what Asia is. In the same motion, you could present American animals in mock Walmarts, shooting ranges or churches. Or among mock ruins of an abandoned shopping mall...Americans already have the reputation to be ignorant of the rest of the world; making them believe that simplified decals are representative of the real world isn't helping.

Westcoastperson said:
It could be used to introduce more South Asian River Dolphins into captivity.
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Given the public resistance against ceteacea in captivity (even among Zoochatters), extremely unlikely.

CheeseChameleon2007 said:
For instance, Indian rhinos. A fairly common species in captivity, but in a large flooded forest exhibit? That would be a super cool unique Idea.
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Indian rhinos are far from "common" in captivity. And you might ask yourself why nobody has realized this "super cool unique idea" . Hint: the maintenance afforts and costs would be beyond reasonable.
 
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I haven't heard an update since the pandemic started but Birmingham was supposed to have Asian Forest up and running by 2022.

The plan consisted of remodeling the Predator building with outdoor exhibits for Tigers, Orangutans, Siamangs, Gibbons, Komodo Dragons, Sun Bears (in the design but I don't think they would actually be included), and their smaller Asian predators/primates (Fishing Cat, Pallas Cat, Prevost Squirrel, Red Panda etc,)
 
Batto said:
Indian rhinos are far from "common" in captivity. And you might ask yourself why nobody has realized this "super cool unique idea" . Hint: the maintenance afforts and costs would be beyond reasonable.
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It was just an Idea. So you don't need to go around reminding us that costs would be beyond measure.
 
CheeseChameleon2007 said:
It was just an Idea. So you don't need to go around reminding us that costs would be beyond measure.
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It was a silly idea. There's plenty of room for that kind of ideas in the fantasy zoo section, where money and reality are often of little concern for all the enthusiastic armchair zoo directors, and that's perfectly fine there.
 
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Still crossing my fingers that STL will start work on their Silk Road area once they’re done with Primate Canopy Trails and remaking the Children’s Zoo. But who knows if anything from their 2016 Master Plan is still in the works at this point.
 
imaginarius said:
Still crossing my fingers that STL will start work on their Silk Road area once they’re done with Primate Canopy Trails and remaking the Children’s Zoo. But who knows if anything from their 2016 Master Plan is still in the works at this point.
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What is STL?
 
Arizona Docent said:
Okay, thanks. I hope you don't take this the wrong way (I mean no offense), but abbreviations like that are not helpful on an international forum like this.
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STL is no different than LA or NYC; a recognizable abbreviation to most people. If you know zoos, you should know the STL zoo, which is undoubtedly one of the very best in the country.
 
groundskeeper24 said:
I'm down with more Asian exhibits, I just wish they weren't all seemingly filled with the same animals. It's very predictable. Get some birds or lorikeets. Build a temple and a waterfall. Find requisite primate species, maybe orangs if you're fortunate, maybe not. Get some komodos, which are awesome, but fairly prevalent since zoos leaned how to breed them back in he 90s. Then, bam, big tiger exhibit and you're done.

Would be nice to see some hoofed stock like blackbuck or gaur, maybe nilgai. Also would be nice to see more muggers, or gharials if you want to go big. I realize tigers are in need of zoos to house them in this country, but I'd love to see a zoo use leopards as a main focus predator species. San Diego is about the only zoo I can recall with a really interesting exhibit for leopards.
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Brookfield has clouded leopards and Fishing Cats as the main attraction of their southeast Asian complex (called Clouded Leopard Rainforest).
 
birdsandbats said:
I would even most Americans are not familiar with the abbreviation STL.
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Sigh, how far we have fallen. A century ago, St. Louis was the third-largest city in the country, and now we’re laughed at by everyone else. There is so much money (old money) and potential here, and yet year on year, it gets wasted. But I digress. The Silk Road exhibit was planned to completely overhaul the Red Rocks portion of the zoo, having habitats for snow leopards, Amur leopards, Amur tigers, red pandas, giant pandas, Russian sea otters, a dozen or so Asian ungulates, and even a new nocturnal house with small rodents, bats, and pangolins. But there has been no news on it or any of the other major plans (Acacia Grasslands, Legends of the Forest, gondola lines, multistory hotel, restaurants, and parking facilities) for four years now. Here’s hoping it eventually gets built.
 
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