Never been to Omaha, but at least they are redoing theirs. Denver is just disgusting and I have heard of no plans to fix it. I cannot believe Denver has not been cited for this on their five year AZA inspections (or maybe they have?).
I visited both within a week last year so I can say without hesitation that Denver's is worse. I can barely think of anything good to say about it.
The funny thing though, or maybe not so funny, is that for years I have listened to people tearing Cincinnati Zoo's Cat House to pieces, while, far as I remember, Denver's, an almost idendical one (just less all the interesting rarities) has hardly been mentioned.
I've personally ripped into Denver's atrocious cat house on many an occasion, and it is perhaps the worst feline building in all of North America. I think that people sometimes forget about it as between Predator Ridge, Primate Panorama, Northern Shores and Tropical Discovery there are 4 excellent complexes at Denver Zoo. Plus there is a terrific bird collection, loads of hoofstock enclosures and the upcoming $50 million Asian Tropics zone. All of that overshadows the poor sections.
If Denver has the worst cat house on the continent then here are 5 more American zoos that also have terrible feline buildings: Cincinnati, Milwaukee, Cleveland, Birmingham and Omaha.
Well Cincinnati is in the process of redoing their Cat House. Hopefully it can be removed from that list when Night Hunters opens, but we'll have to wait and see.
Well Cincinnati is in the process of redoing their Cat House. Hopefully it can be removed from that list when Night Hunters opens, but we'll have to wait and see.
I know the cat house doesn't house the number of rarities it used to, but, assuming from the name that 'Night Hunters' will contain a species or two of cats after it opens, do you know what small cats will be exhibited in the zoo afterwards?
