The zoo has at least a dozen african wild dogs, which I think is the second most in North America. The Mountain View Conservation Centre in Langley (Canada) had exactly 32 when I visited early in 2008.
Looks like a really nice exhibit, but judging from pictures only, I think Woodland Park's wild dog exhibit does a better job of invoking the African savannah.
You are correct--there was no glass. The exhibit was designed for gerenuk, but never housed them. Originally home to slender-horned gazelle, then okapis, now expanded and improved for wild dogs.
You are correct--there was no glass. The exhibit was designed for gerenuk, but never housed them. Originally home to slender-horned gazelle, then okapis, now expanded and improved for wild dogs.
Oh, what I would give to see those gerenuks there today... Have they ever been exhibited at the Bronx before?
And what about the slender-horned gazelles? I saw them on my visit this past April, but sometimes there's nothing in the exhibit, and from videos I've seen on YouTube, n'yalas are occasionally in there... Anyone know why?
