The zoo has updated its map to say "new exhibit coming soon" in the place of the polar bear exhibit. I will be visiting the zoo friday and will report back on what I see. I am trying to think of options that would not cost a lot but there are not many. The exhibit should mot hold any bear species anymore. Maybe it could hold a species of wolf as none of the WCS zoos have that. Maybe it could hold a seal, but it has to much land area. Something really cool would be a combination exhibit of Mountain goat to use the hilly terrain and river otter to use the water area. It is a hard exhibit to work with but would be better with extensive planting and returfing. I just hope that whatever goes in there is something that will appeal to the public as the zoo has few charistmatic mammals. The zoo has not had a new exhibit since 2009 with the snow leopards.
I will give the zoo much credit for its bird collection. For a five acre site it has so much variety. Something like 20 species of duck live at the Zoo. Thinking of major bird groups they are only lacking ratite's (improbable with space constirctions), flamingo's and most notibly birds of prey. I would love for the zoo to add in a sea eagle avairy or something like that.
The zoo has updated its map to say "new exhibit coming soon" in the place of the polar bear exhibit. I will be visiting the zoo friday and will report back on what I see.
Will be very interested to hear what you find out. The polar bears were obviously one of their star attractions and it will be interesting to see what animal they replace them with.
When I visited on March 15 that area was blocked off so you can't really see into the enclosure. The only way was through the underwater viewing window but that didn't show much apart from the fact that the water is obviously drained.
And as for birds of prey, the zoo has a Eurasian Eagle-Owl on-show and on my first visit there was also a Peregrine Falcon.
When I visited on March 15 that area was blocked off so you can't really see into the enclosure. The only way was through the underwater viewing window but that didn't show much apart from the fact that the water is obviously drained.
And as for birds of prey, the zoo has a Eurasian Eagle-Owl on-show and on my first visit there was also a Peregrine Falcon.
I knew that they had the eagle but where was the falcon located? or was it in the off display area behind the rainforest house. I just would love to see the zoo add an eagle or condor exhibit.
I knew that they had the eagle but where was the falcon located? or was it in the off display area behind the rainforest house. I just would love to see the zoo add an eagle or condor exhibit.
It was being shown around by a keeper. Is there a way to see the off-show area behind the house from the public footpath? If the zoo added a high enough mesh and renovated it a bit, the old bear enclosure could made a good condor enclosure.
It was being shown around by a keeper. Is there a way to see the off-show area behind the house from the public footpath? If the zoo added a high enough mesh and renovated it a bit, the old bear enclosure could made a good condor enclosure.
Consider that the life support/water purification existing for this exhibit is substantial and costly. One would think the zoo's first thinking would be about how to make best use of that.
Besides, as to visitor appeal, can an iconic famous polar bear be succeeded by a condor who won't even fly?
It was being shown around by a keeper. Is there a way to see the off-show area behind the house from the public footpath? If the zoo added a high enough mesh and renovated it a bit, the old bear enclosure could made a good condor enclosure.
The Condor idea would be good if this zoo were not so small. This exhibit really needs to be one of the star animals like the sea lions and snow leopards. It is a fenced off area behind the turtle pond and rainforest, which i believe is where they keep some animals off exhibits (probably a few species of bird).
