Cincinnati Zoo - Small Cat House

July 2008.

Great! Is this a new exhibit? I don't remember this. Is it in the Jungle Trails exhibit or in the old Cat House?

This is the cat house, which is the building that has about 15 species of feline in tiny glass enclosures. If you check out the thread "snowleopard's epic road trip" you'll find an extensive review of the Cincinnati Zoo, and I was highly critical of some of the exhibits. The extensive number of species is highly impressive within the cat house, but the cages are ancient and that building should either be renovated or demolished.

this was the old Slender-tailed meerkat exhibit

Before that it was home to the black Pampas Cats

And now its the Fennec Fox exhibit

snowleopard said:

...that building should either be renovated or demolished.

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Looks like your wish came true.

Arizona Docent said:

Looks like your wish came true.

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Mostly by just lowering the light levels, it appears.

This exhibit now contains fennec fox kits. Sand was added and now covers the ground.