This is perhaps one of North America's top 5 zoos for both cats and dogs, as Wild Dog Drive has a fantastic collection of canines and Cat Forest has 9 feline species in an area of 4 acres. The photo above is from neither, but it was taken from the equally outstanding Oklahoma Trails section of the zoo.
Wow, normally in North American exhibits Mountain Lions are given a crappy cage off to the side. Not here, this looks like an amazing habitat for the tan colored cats.
The only one that I've seen which appears bigger is at the National Zoo and Aquarium in Canberra - there's a panorama shot of the exhibit in the gallery for that zoo.
There's not much to climb here, but the enclosure is still quite good. The best puma exhibits that I've ever seen are probably White Oak (private facility in Florida), Oregon Zoo, Northwest Trek Wildlife Park and Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. Those are 4 above average cougar exhibits from off of the top of my head.
There's not much to climb here, but the enclosure is still quite good. The best puma exhibits that I've ever seen are probably White Oak (private facility in Florida), Oregon Zoo, Northwest Trek Wildlife Park and Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. Those are 4 above average cougar exhibits from off of the top of my head.
The one at White Oak, although good, is not technically an exhibit so its sort of unfair to compare it to zoos. It doesn't have to worry about the pumas being in view of visitors.
That's too bad regarding the lack of climbing, I actually think a lot of people who aren't that into animals aren't aware about mountain lions great ability to climb trees.
