A large, 2-acre chunk of the zoo is closed due to upcoming construction projects, and thus a temporary pathway has been opened up between the patas monkey/lion exhibits and the gorilla trail. What astonished me is that on my visit today I strolled down that temporary path (following my own two little monkeys) and by peering through a side fence and peeling back the covering I could see into an off-exhibit area. Anyway, the old, metal, antiquated orangutan cage is still in existence and I'm shocked that the zoo never tore it down. I have vivid memories of seeing orangutans in that small metal dump back in 1995, just before they moved to their award-winning habitat in the Trail of Vines zone in 1996.
A large, 2-acre chunk of the zoo is closed due to upcoming construction projects, and thus a temporary pathway has been opened up between the patas monkey/lion exhibits and the gorilla trail. What astonished me is that on my visit today I strolled down that temporary path (following my own two little monkeys) and by peering through a side fence and peeling back the covering I could see into an off-exhibit area. Anyway, the old, metal, antiquated orangutan cage is still in existence and I'm shocked that the zoo never tore it down. I have vivid memories of seeing orangutans in that small metal dump back in 1995, just before they moved to their award-winning habitat in the Trail of Vines zone in 1996.
I remember that the orangs were in an indoor exhibit when I visited this zoo in 1989. It was awful. Were they moved out of that into the cage that you are talking about in a transition to the new exhibit?
I remember that the orangs were in an indoor exhibit when I visited this zoo in 1989. It was awful. Were they moved out of that into the cage that you are talking about in a transition to the new exhibit?
The cage that still stands is all harsh black metal and directly between the lion exhibit and the first gorilla habitat. My brief view of it yesterday makes me think that it is built into a concrete background, and the cage has a curved top and I believe that it is still full of several odds n' ends such as ropes and a couple of climbing frames. I seriously doubt that it is ever used for animal containment but then again I was shocked to see it still in existence!
