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A baby bison was born 15 days ago, but I haven't seen it out since and the zoo hasn't said a word, so I'm not sure if it survived. There is a sign out with a giraffe on it, they plan to get a Male and female next season and hope to have them out late summer/fall. And the chimpanzees have moved to a different zoo to be part of a bigger social group, their outside enclosure has a sign that says "watch out for our mane announcement, something loud is coming"
 
Snowleopardqueen said:
A baby bison was born 15 days ago, but I haven't seen it out since and the zoo hasn't said a word, so I'm not sure if it survived. There is a sign out with a giraffe on it, they plan to get a Male and female next season and hope to have them out late summer/fall. And the chimpanzees have moved to a different zoo to be part of a bigger social group, their outside enclosure has a sign that says "watch out for our mane announcement, something loud is coming"
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Gee, I wonder what it could be. Out of all the animals in the zoo and the incredibly subtle hint, I'm guessing it could be anything. ;):p (In all seriousness it'll be interesting to see how they retrofit the enclosure for that species).
 
Wyman said:
Gee, I wonder what it could be. Out of all the animals in the zoo and the incredibly subtle hint, I'm guessing it could be anything. ;):p (In all seriousness it'll be interesting to see how they retrofit the enclosure for that species).
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I thought the same thing, a family there Sunday told me they think orangutan because they're sometimes referred to as having manes (I've never heard of that but not super familiar with apes) and it was in the master plan (I see chimps in the master plan not orangutan) they're only remaining lion is onyo who is 18 and definitely starting to show his age so I imagine they will be getting at least 1 more lion in sometime in the near future.
 
The zoo is planning to raise $4.8 million in order to build a new giraffe exhibit. The enclosure will be located in the center of the zoo, cover 2.5-acres and include a 10,000 square foot barn.

Potawatomi Zoo announces campaign to build giraffe habitat

As well as the giraffe savanna, the zoo is going to convert the former chimpanzee exhibit into a lion habitat. The link below contains a video as well as almost a dozen images of the giraffe/lion projects:

Big & Loud Campaign - Potawatomi Zoo
 
snowleopard said:
The zoo is planning to raise $4.8 million in order to build a new giraffe exhibit. The enclosure will be located in the center of the zoo, cover 2.5-acres and include a 10,000 square foot barn.

Potawatomi Zoo announces campaign to build giraffe habitat

As well as the giraffe savanna, the zoo is going to convert the former chimpanzee exhibit into a lion habitat. The link below contains a video as well as almost a dozen images of the giraffe/lion projects:

Big & Loud Campaign - Potawatomi Zoo
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Looks pretty great. The giraffe barns already under construction so hopefully they can complete fundraising as soon as possible. Looked on the map and it is replacing the kangaroo walkthrough (no great loss :rolleyes:).
 
They have moved the the kangaroos near the alligator exhibit, they have a new female sloth, 5 new sand cats, the learning center is open again, they are hoping to have the giraffes end of summer or fall, they are also offering bison feed for $20 and a rhino experience for $50 on weekends. And they are hoping for the new lion area to be open and have new cats sometime in 2022. They are going to keep onyo the elderly lion in his same area because they dont want to stress him.
 
Other 2021 news:

On March 13th, the zoo announced that they have bought a new ultrasound machine.

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=260468932186027

On March 20th, the zoo announced that a (0.0.1) three-banded armadillo was born in the week of February 7th-13th.

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On March 27th, the zoo announced that their greater kudus have moved in with the plains zebras. The zoo also announced they have added a nursing room in the Learning Center and an outdoor booth to rent strollers and buy attraction tickets.

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On May 18th, the zoo announced that their howler monkeys have moved into the former chimpanzee exhibit.

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On May 25th, the zoo announced that they have acquired a (1.0) Sichuan takin named Caboose.

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On June 3rd, the zoo announced that they have finished building a domestic chicken exhibit and have acquired (0.0.5+?) Easter egger and golden comet breeds.

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=164702795539665

On June 18th, the zoo announced they have built outside exhibits for their cotton-top and golden lion tamarins. The outside exhibits are only publicly accessible by train.

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On July 10th, the zoo announced that they are building new aviaries for their blue-faced honeyeaters and laughing kookaburras.

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On September 30th, the zoo announced that their (1.0) American bison named Geronimo has passed away at age 20.

Celebrating Geronimo's life

On October 5th, the zoo announced that the flamingo chick that was born in July is named Rosé.

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On October 13th, the zoo announced that they have acquired a (0.1) North American porcupine named Juniper.

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On October 16th, the zoo announced that the red pandas that were born in June have been reintroduced to their mother on exhibit.

Red Panda Family Reunited
 
Other 2022 news

On January 31st, the zoo announced that they have moved their West African crowned cranes, marabou stork, and one of their emus into the giraffe barn to get the giraffes better acclimated to the sounds of the zoo.

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On March 9th, the zoo announced that for the first time in the zoo's history, (0.0.2) Eastern screech owls have been born.

Eastern screech owlet eating
 
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