Cat Walk – This area is sad, as there are two large but dull grottoes for Bengal tigers and lions, and the tiger exhibit is the larger of the two but it also features a tremendous amount of concrete for the cats to walk on. There is a long row of exhibits that all have brutal viewing areas, as cage after cage has black metal wiring across the front of it. Species here include: jaguar (two enclosures with one yellow cat and one black cat); mountain lion; snow leopard (I saw a mother with 3 cubs that were only 9 weeks old); ocelot; bobcat; red panda; binturong; rock hyrax and meerkat. There is also an emu/red kangaroo yard, and the entire area lacks a decent exhibit and is really a mish-mash of different animals. Whatever the zoo has extra of they probably just chuck into one of the cages whenever one of the former occupants dies.
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Ugh, the Cat Walk has been around since my childhood, and your description is very accurate.
@snowleopard Since your review, the lion grotto has been repurposed as an extension of ABQ Biopark's polar bear exhibit, and the tiger grotto has been repurposed for Andean bears. Seemingly this zone will focus on carnivores from the Americas, though with the cheetahs supposedly moving to the Cat Walk, I'm unsure whether it will end up remaining a hodgepodge.
