It seems as if every year another American zoo announces the opening of a new tiger exhibit, and so I spent some time putting together a list of more than 30 tiger habitats that have already opened (or will open) within a span of 16 years. That is quite a few! What ones are missing from this list?
The list includes renovated existing habitats.
Disney’s Animal Kingdom – 1999
Blank Park Zoo – 1999
Dallas Zoo – 1999
Fresno Chaffee Zoo – 2001
Oakland Zoo – 2001
Zoo Boise – 2002
Bronx Zoo – 2003
Houston Downtown Aquarium – 2003
Point Defiance Zoo – 2004
Denver Downtown Aquarium – 2005
Topeka Zoo – 2005
Columbus Zoo – 2006
Philadelphia Zoo – 2006
Utah’s Hogle Zoo – 2006
Franklin Park Zoo – 2006
Dakota Zoo – 2008
Busch Gardens Tampa Bay – 2008
Louisville Zoo – 2008
Erie Zoo – 2008
Sedgwick County Zoo – 2009
Baton Rouge Zoo – 2010
Jackson Zoo – 2010
Zoo Atlanta – 2010
Indianapolis Zoo – 2011
Virginia Zoo – 2011
Cincinnati Zoo – 2012
Kansas City Zoo – 2012
Phoenix Zoo – 2013
San Diego Zoo Safari Park - 2013
Woodland Park Zoo – 2014
John Ball Zoo – 2014
Tulsa Zoo – 2015
The list includes renovated existing habitats.
Disney’s Animal Kingdom – 1999
Blank Park Zoo – 1999
Dallas Zoo – 1999
Fresno Chaffee Zoo – 2001
Oakland Zoo – 2001
Zoo Boise – 2002
Bronx Zoo – 2003
Houston Downtown Aquarium – 2003
Point Defiance Zoo – 2004
Denver Downtown Aquarium – 2005
Topeka Zoo – 2005
Columbus Zoo – 2006
Philadelphia Zoo – 2006
Utah’s Hogle Zoo – 2006
Franklin Park Zoo – 2006
Dakota Zoo – 2008
Busch Gardens Tampa Bay – 2008
Louisville Zoo – 2008
Erie Zoo – 2008
Sedgwick County Zoo – 2009
Baton Rouge Zoo – 2010
Jackson Zoo – 2010
Zoo Atlanta – 2010
Indianapolis Zoo – 2011
Virginia Zoo – 2011
Cincinnati Zoo – 2012
Kansas City Zoo – 2012
Phoenix Zoo – 2013
San Diego Zoo Safari Park - 2013
Woodland Park Zoo – 2014
John Ball Zoo – 2014
Tulsa Zoo – 2015
. Hybrid only refers to crosses between full species. And, actually, there may be a few 'pure' Bengals, the stuff Doc Antle has may be pure (if his origin story is correct, and I have no idea if it is), but of course they are so inbred, and those grotesque color mutations would also make them useless for conservation purposes. Also, there may be a few groups of privately held cats in Texas which MAY be as high percentage Bengal as, for example, our Amur leopards are high percentage Amur. I have seen some which certainly looked a lot like photos I have seen of Bengals, and nothing like Sumatrans or Amurs, which with I am intimately familiar. Of course, a, say 90% Bengal would probably look like a pure Bengal, and I of course make no claim to being an expert on the taxon. And, to be honest, the older I get and the more I see, the more of a 'lumper' (as opposed to a 'splitter' ) I become, as regards to mammals.
