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And what became of the 2 females ACE and HUNTLEY, leaving only FRANCES as the lone female Sumatran tiger at Nashville? And which of RAZA, CHLOJO and SHANTI born at Topeka were renamed ACE, HUNTLEY and FRANCIS (as it appears to be now) in the first place!
 
Two female Masai giraffes have arrived:

Nashville Zoo gets two new giraffes

Violet and Amira are two-year female Masai giraffes that arrived at the Nashville Zoo team last month on March 27th.

As of last week, they have officially joined the other female giraffes Nasha and Tazama and the Zoo said all four of the ladies are getting along great. Nashville Zoo says the new giraffes are half-sisters and the pair love being together.
 
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The Nashville Zoo has opened a new exhibit on this Juneteenth (The first time the holiday is federally recognized). They have refurbished a previously closed cabin on the zoos grounds that was home to a black tenant farmer, Frank Morton, as well as his family. He worked the land where the zoo is now located for much of last century, with exhibit telling the story of black tenant farmers, who after slavery often entered a new form of economic enslavement. The cabin prior to housing tenant farmers, housed the slaves for the plantation on which the zoo now sits.

Nashville Zoo's new Morton Family Exhibit shares piece of Black history
 
nczoofan said:
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The Nashville Zoo has opened a new exhibit on this Juneteenth (The first time the holiday is federally recognized). They have refurbished a previously closed cabin on the zoos grounds that was home to a black tenant farmer, Frank Morton, as well as his family. He worked the land where the zoo is now located for much of last century, with exhibit telling the story of black tenant farmers, who after slavery often entered a new form of economic enslavement. The cabin prior to housing tenant farmers, housed the slaves for the plantation on which the zoo now sits.

Nashville Zoo's new Morton Family Exhibit shares piece of Black history
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I'm so glad they did this. Thank you for sharing it!
 
Okay so this is in no way shape or form confirmed by any means, however I think I may have found out what the next big construction project is at the Nashville Zoo! I was there yesterday, and noticed something that I did not notice during my visit several weeks ago. I noticed that in a shady and wooded area near their Giraffe habitat (in the savanna loop) there were sections that were taped off in two different colors (orange and pink). I walked down the path a bit, and I noticed that one of the pieces of pink tape had the phrase “primate building” written on it (“building”was abbreviated). Could this mean possible construction of an African Primate facility at the zoo in the near future? It sure seems that way! I don’t have any photo proof because I didn’t think to take a photo at the time, but if you go to the zoo in the near future, chances are you’ll notice it if you are observant!

(Though I have truly no idea what the orange tape was meant to represent)
 
BrettTheAardvark said:
Okay so this is in no way shape or form confirmed by any means, however I think I may have found out what the next big construction project is at the Nashville Zoo! I was there yesterday, and noticed something that I did not notice during my visit several weeks ago. I noticed that in a shady and wooded area near their Giraffe habitat (in the savanna loop) there were sections that were taped off in two different colors (orange and pink). I walked down the path a bit, and I noticed that one of the pieces of pink tape had the phrase “primate building” written on it (“building”was abbreviated). Could this mean possible construction of an African Primate facility at the zoo in the near future? It sure seems that way! I don’t have any photo proof because I didn’t think to take a photo at the time, but if you go to the zoo in the near future, chances are you’ll notice it if you are observant!

(Though I have truly no idea what the orange tape was meant to represent)
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By the way, for those who may have been curious about what potential species could be in this area that I mentioned earlier, I have no idea. I don’t know the exact size of the area that was taped off, but I can tell you that what I saw looked to be a size that would work for a smaller African Primate, and certainly not Gorillas/Chimps/Bonobos/Baboons!
 
I am happy to confirm through an email from the zoo that the next big development will be an African rainforest!! The first phase will be a leopard forest exhibit, featuring leopards, two species of monkeys and a small antelope. This is scheduled to open in Spring of 2023. I’m hoping to make my debut Nashville visit at that time!
 
animalman0341 said:
I am happy to confirm through an email from the zoo that the next big development will be an African rainforest!! The first phase will be a leopard forest exhibit, featuring leopards, two species of monkeys and a small antelope. This is scheduled to open in Spring of 2023. I’m hoping to make my debut Nashville visit at that time!
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Hopefully the next "big" development is bringing elephants back to the zoo...
 
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