Bharal or Blue Sheep exhibit, also had Japanese macaques. I think that the Bharal are no longer here, leaving it to the macaques, but has the species left the Cincinnati Zoo for good?
Monkey Island was, but not the actual island. I've seen postcards of this in 1875. Also Thayne Maynard says it was, he says a lot of false facts but this seems to big of one to make a mistake on. So I believe him.
This is slightly confusing now. In one of your posts above, you stated that this exhibit was the first bar-less monkey exhibit. Then you stated it was built in 1875 - but are now stating that it was in fact built in 1930?
I haven't seen any early (pre 1900) postcards of a barless monkey enclosure at the zoo. If you can find it, would you be willing to link it to this thread?
And you might want to find a better source than the man who states that Okapi are antelope.
This is slightly confusing now. In one of your posts above, you stated that this exhibit was the first bar-less monkey exhibit. Then you stated it was built in 1875 - but are now stating that it was in fact built in 1930?
I haven't seen any early (pre 1900) postcards of a barless monkey enclosure at the zoo. If you can find it, would you be willing to link it to this thread?
And you might want to find a better source than the man who states that Okapi are antelope.
I never said it was built in 1930, and yeah I know haha. We need to make the zoo's know about this website so they can understand what the people are happy with and unhappy with. Maybe Thayne just gets nervous.
Yeah, you may want to stop depending on Mr. Maynard for your zoo facts if that is your main source. There are a couple of good Cincinnati Zoo history books available and a good google search will almost always help you find information.
Next time you hear an interesting fact from the zoo director, do a little fact-finding to make sure its true.
