One animal that would improve a collection

London Zoo:
Amazilia Hummingbird; the greatest bird house in the country, Blackburn Pavilion, hasn't felt the same since the hummingbirds left. The sunbirds are a wonderful addition, but speaking personally, I do not see them as a replacement. As such, a hummingbird (of any species, although I opted for Amazalia as it is the species which has been present at London during my lifetime) is the species which I would most like to see at London.
 
For the Bronx, I sincerely think orangutans would be cool as hell to have. Maybe they can have an outdoor section around Jungleworld or even have it connected by an O line so they can climb up and see the NYC skyline. Kinda like how London's gorillas can technically see Big Ben
 
For me I'll say species for the zoos I've commonly been to:
Milwaukee - A canid of some type, ever since the wolves left, there hasn't been another canid in the park, I'd personally say either Manned Wolf since there isn't one I know of in the area or African Wild Dog since they're a pretty interesting species to see
Racine - Birds, I'm surprised how few birds are at this zoo compared to most of the others I visit, could really see them along with other species brought into a few of the empty areas of the zoo
Brookfield - Probably the hardest one for me to say an animal for here, since it's a pretty solid list that's going to likely improve more with the upcoming bird additions, but I'd say Kiwi would probably be one of the best species I could see being included
Lincoln Park - I'll just go the same way as others with this place since it makes sense, Antelope, preferably one that'd fit in the area with the Giraffes
 
Black Footed Beast said:
For me I'll say species for the zoos I've commonly been to:
Milwaukee - A canid of some type, ever since the wolves left, there hasn't been another canid in the park, I'd personally say either Manned Wolf since there isn't one I know of in the area or African Wild Dog since they're a pretty interesting species to see
Racine - Birds, I'm surprised how few birds are at this zoo compared to most of the others I visit, could really see them along with other species brought into a few of the empty areas of the zoo
Brookfield - Probably the hardest one for me to say an animal for here, since it's a pretty solid list that's going to likely improve more with the upcoming bird additions, but I'd say Kiwi would probably be one of the best species I could see being included
Lincoln Park - I'll just go the same way as others with this place since it makes sense, Antelope, preferably one that'd fit in the area with the Giraffes
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Doesn’t the zoo still have fennec foxes in the Small Mammal House?
 
ParathePineapple said:
Cincinnati: Gaur
Cincinnati is already going to make a new home for their elephants and I think it would be neat to add in other Indian animals in the area as well, of course it is unlikely there would be extra room left after making habitats for the elephants along with the monkey island and caprid exhibit but I think these mixed with some other Indian ungulates would be a nice addition. Gaur are also quite rare in the U.S so the addition of gaur would be a nice animal to add to the zoo.
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I love Indian Gaur! It's a shame that the only place to see them in the U.S. is the Bronx Zoo, hope I can go one day being that I live in California. Hopefully one day other zoos get Gaurs!
 
BenFoxster said:
I love Indian Gaur! It's a shame that the only place to see them in the U.S. is the Bronx Zoo, hope I can go one day being that I live in California. Hopefully one day other zoos get Gaurs!
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Gaur are also present at Gladys Porter, Miami, and Lee Simmons plus a couple private facilities afaik. Unfortunately it doesn’t look like any other zoos will be getting into the gaur program but Bronx has tons of them and is continuing to breed so if by some miracle, anyone decides to do so in the future, they should be able to get some.
 
The Lehigh Valley Zoo would feel more rounded out if they had a big cat species. Any of them would work though I think a tiger or Amur leopard would be good picks.
 
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Franklin Park: As cool as an Asian elephant would be, it seems impractical, so perhaps a better choice would just to get tigers back.
 
I think Toronto Zoo could handle a decent sized Chimpanzee troop and it would be a great addition to their collection as one of very few zoos up north to house chimps. My second thought was a California Condor in the Americas section as it'd add a much needed large(r) animal to that area. (The reason it's second is because it might not work as well in Canada's colder climate without an indoor section)
 
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