llama exhibit

Back in 2024 this was meant to be a Malayan Tapir exhibit, but they couldn't acquire the animal

@Fargusno music to my ears.

Looks pretty small for llamas and tapirs, this used to be a porcupine exhibit right?

@Rizz Carlton Correct! A mixed exhibit for porcupines and peafowls!

@Rizz Carlton This exhibit now houses a Malayan tapir. Lembang Park & Zoo somehow obtained the animal, but its source is unknown.

@Fargusno WHAT?! I can't believe they actually had malayan tapirs. IMO, zoos that focused on entertainment instead of conservation like LPZ shouldn't acquired endangered animals like the malayan tapir. They should've let other zoos that focused on conservation instead of entertainment or really wanna breed them to acquired them. Where did you got the information that LPZ acquired the malayan tapirs?

@Caribbean Flamingo it's on their Instagram. Pretty unfortunate, you guys remember when they had the Asian golden cat? They acquired all these threatened faunas for nothing.

@Rizz Carlton yeah, I remembered they had asian golden cats during my visit back in 2022. Their exhibit was now occupied by chinese pheaseants and hell, LPZ recently acquired more komodo dragons. They should've phased-out their single komodo dragon and replaced it with savannah monitors. IMO, it would be better if their single komodo dragon was sent to another facility that really wants to breed the komodo dragons. Not only komodo dragons, LPZ should phased-out all their single threatened species such as their orang utan and sun bear to another facility that really wants to breed them.

@Rizz Carlton I see no info about the malayan tapirs on their instagram, that should be in an archived story right?

@Rizz Carlton Saw it back in 2022. IDK why they put them off display and converted the small carnivore/felidae complex into a phasianid complex.

@Fargusno they're already gone by now most likely, what a wasteful use of a precious specimen.