I think they should put the elephants in here and the rhinos and other animals in the elephant enclosure because this habitat is three times the size of the elephant one. Either that or expand the current elephant yard because in my opinion .75 acres is really pushing it for the size of an elephant enclosure. I would say that should be the minimum for a modern elephant habitat.
@BlackRhino: I agree wholeheartedly. The Jacksonville Zoo's elephant habitat is really lacking in size, and the 2.5 acre rhino paddock would be a perfect solution. However, a much larger, elephant-proof barn would have to be built, but a number of zoos have switched their rhinos into old elephant paddocks.
Its always nice though to see rhinos in a nice large savanna habitat though as they get shafted in many zoos and that goes for the three types that are common in zoos. All future zoo exhibits are mostly planned for elephants. It would really be shocking to see a zoo go out of the way to feature rhinos in a new, expensive state-of-the-art exhibit. Denver will feature rhinos in Asian Tropics and Columbus will have a new modernized Black Rhino exhibit in the African Savanna. Other than that I can't think of any other planned new rhino habitat.
Woodland Park Zoo could have a new greater one-horned rhino exhibit in the near future, and there are rumors of a possible 2010 or 2011 construction on an enclosure directly right next to the elephant forest at the zoo. But I agree that quite often there isn't a lot of money spent on rhinos in major North American collections.
San Diego Wild Animal Park has top-notch habitats for Indian, White, and Black Rhinos. The female Black Rhino recently gave birth over the summer. St. Louis has a nice Black Rhino habitat, Kansas City Zoo does, Bronx is nice for Indians and other than that there are not too many more.
