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Neil chace said:
A new Bear Exhibit would serve the exact same purpose as phasing out- more so what I meant was no more bears in that Exhibit. Really I have no problems with some of Stone's wasted space, as the wolves are a hugely successful conservation program. My two big issues with Stone are the two inadequate exhibits they have left- Black Bear and river otter. Get new Exhibits for these two species, and you would then have an extremely solid zoo. I know some people also dislike Windows to the Wild, but I have no problem with those Exhibits as they are adequate housing for the small animals displayed there.
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Is Windows to the Wild still open? I thought they did away with it for the new Caribbean exhibit.

~Thylo
 
ThylacineAlive said:
Is Windows to the Wild still open? I thought they did away with it for the new Caribbean exhibit.

~Thylo
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It's still open. The old flamingo exhibit now has African spur-thigh tortoises. The other Exhibits in there are for inca tern, bali mynah, rhinoceros hornbill, cottontop tamarin, linneaus two-toed sloth, rock hyrax, and possibly a few other things I'm not remembering at the moment.
 
Otters were supposed to be in Sawmill Creek exhibit as well. I would also like to see the old monkey house(Windows to the Wild) gone as well. Last time I talked to someone there, I was told the expense to tare it down would be pricey, hence it still being in existence.
 
PSO said:
Otters were supposed to be in Sawmill Creek exhibit as well. I would also like to see the old monkey house(Windows to the Wild) gone as well. Last time I talked to someone there, I was told the expense to tare it down would be pricey, hence it still being in existence.
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What is this Sawmill Creek exhibit you talk about? I don't think I've ever heard of this plan.
 
It was a part of master plan that came out around mid 2000s-2010. Stone was to build the Sawmill Creek exhibit which tied into the preexisting Yukon trail (eagles,lynx, fox etc.) Highlights were to be brown bear (possibly black as well), otters, beaver and moose. FPZ was to build a new children's zoo (which they did) Asia gardens (move around current asian species and add komodo and orangs) and expand the giraffes to have white rhino added. There was additional plans but that's what I can remember off the top of my head. I also remember it was further split the two zoos zoogeographically, stone being the Americas and FPZ being Asia, Africa and australia
 
Looking at the first post on this thread it has some info on it. Forgot they wanted to add nile crocs to FPZ
 
Does anyone know what animal is in the indoor spider monkey exhibit now that the two spider monkeys they had passed away?
 
I was at Stone Zoo the other day, and the macaws from the Caribbean Coast exhibit were in the old spider Monkey exhibit. The macaws will probably go back outside in the summer. Maybe a new animal will go in that exhibit in the summer.
 
Animallover360 said:
I was at Stone Zoo the other day, and the macaws from the Caribbean Coast exhibit were in the old spider Monkey exhibit. The macaws will probably go back outside in the summer. Maybe a new animal will go in that exhibit in the summer.
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The macaws make sense as a temporary use of that enclosure, as they'd otherwise be off Exhibit. Personally, I don't think it's a smart idea to choose a longterm resident for that space. Windows to the Wild is easily the worst quality exhibit in the zoo, and now that the flamingos aren't in it I see no reason for it to stay. Ideally, the zoo's next project should be demolishing that building and opening a new Exhibit in that space, ideally something indoors.
 
Animallover360 said:
I do not believe that Zoo New England has kept this species before, and I am not sure which zoo this individual came from.
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There has been at least one silvery cheeked hornbill at Stone at least since September 2019, when I first visited the Zoo. It was formerly displayed in one of the interior exhibits of that building.
 

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Okapi Lover said:
There has been at least one silvery cheeked hornbill at Stone at least since September 2019, when I first visited the Zoo. It was formerly displayed in one of the interior exhibits of that building.
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Thats definitely a silvery-cheeked hornbill. Probably the same bird that is now on exhibit. It wouldn't surprise me if its the same one we used to have at Capron. Our two hornbills got in a fight a few years ago and one then left the zoo- and I never learned where it went to, could've been the Stone Zoo.
 
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