Big Cat Country - Jaguar Exhibit

This complex is located in the Red Rocks zone and won the AZA Exhibit Award in 1976, one of the forst awarded.

geomorph said:

This complex is located in the Red Rocks zone and won the AZA Exhibit Award in 1976, one of the forst awarded.

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This exhibit actually houses jaguars--the only open-topped jaguar exhibit I am aware of in the US, with the exception of Milwaukee. The space is nice but viewing takes the form of a "pit" from all sides, unfortunately.

reduakari, thanks for the correction, I couldn't remember...I just corrected the title.

Blackduiker

I would have dated this entire area as more recent than 1976 when I visited last year. I found all the exhibits in this complex extremely spacious. Great display of a good variety of felines. Has aged well.

was this exhibit always an enclosure for jaguars?
The first open-topped exhibit should be in Rio de Janeiro's zoo. So this must be before 1976. It's amazing.