Birmingham Zoo has an impressive list of predators, but the building that they are in is out of touch with modern day zoological reality and it is like a shabbier version of Cincinnati Zoo's old Cat House. I'd be curious to find out if Birmingham losing its accreditation in the past had anything to do with this structure.
An excerpt from my 2010 review:
Predators – An outdated building that has these species: African lion, Indochinese tiger, Pallas’ cat, black-footed cat, bobcat, Arabian wild cat, tayra, meerkat, cinereous vulture, small-clawed otter, a future beaver enclosure (under construction) and a mixed-species exhibit with 3 prevost’s squirrels and 2 red pandas. Of those 12 enclosures only the lions, tigers, vultures and beavers have access to the great outdoors, while all the other animals are indoors in glass tanks. There aren’t even that many fancy murals on the walls, and instead there is peeling paint and an air of apathy. This building should be bulldozed!
