On the zoos website it says that both Trumpeter Hornbills and Lady Ross' Turaco are in the enclosure and have been told by keepers that they do exist, but has anyone actually seen them?
A new $9 million capital grant from the state of New York will go towards 17 new projects for the zoo.
https://www.wnypapers.com/news/article/current/2025/01/31/162159/esd-announces-buffalo-zoo-moving-forward-with-projects-to-improve-safety-animal-welfare-visitor-experience
"Empire State...
I have been a member of Zoochat for a bit but never commented so here we go!
Next year I am planning on taking my family on a zoo vacation. My plan was to go to a zoo every day beings my two children are obsessed with them (mostly venomous snakes). How I see it we could go 1. Buffalo Zoo
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I didn't see a species list for this place. Thought I'd throw one up.
The Buffalo Zoo is fascinating for mostly the wrong reasons. Half of it is decent and clearly was updated in recent decades. The back half is a series of courtyards around a WPA era building. It's a fascinating piece of...
As you can probably tell by my name, I'm based out of Buffalo, NY, USA. Does anyone have old photos and maps of the Buffalo Zoo? Older the better and I would love some old maps to compare what the zoo looked like before as to now.
I've been lucky to visit a number of zoos in the US northeast and midwest recently and I'm a bit surprised at how many great ape exhibits I've come across that are entirely indoors.
Recently I've seen Buffalo (Gorillas), Pittsburgh (Orangutans), Cleveland (Orangutans), and Brookfield...