Giant Panda Construction From Canopy Bridge

So excited for the pandas returning!

It appears that both of the former giant panda exhibits as well as the takin exhibit have all been completely leveled.

@Kudu21 I might've missed it, but do you know where the Takins have been moved too? Wow it looks like they're going big for the new residents

@Northwest_FIsh_Keeping - The takin have been moved to the off-exhibit hillside hoofstock exhibits behind the Skyfari Station at the top of the Zoo.

@Kudu21 will the takin return?

@Brayden Delashmutt - I do not know if the takin will return to public display or not at this point. To me, it would make little sense for them not to return eventually, whether it be with the completion of the giant panda construction or at a later date, as the original 1.2 golden takin that were imported from Europe are on permanent quarantine — they cannot ever leave the zoo even if the zoo decided to phase out all of the rest of their other takin herds for whatever reason.

@Kudu21 can the calf leave the zoo?

@Brayden Delashmutt - Any of the calves born to the original 1.2 are able to be moved between facilities like any other zoo animal. Bovid import regulations only require the originally imported animals to be on permanent quarantine. That said, the golden takin (as well as the mishmi takin maintained behind-the-scenes) are all owned by a private facility, so if the offspring ever did leave, they would likely just go to the facility that owns them.

@Kudu21 what facility is it?