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The title just deserves a separate thread. Elephants are not people, rules Colorado Supreme Court I think we really need a shame prize for the worst animal-related charity in 2025. I hope the Cheyenne zoo did not lose much money on this silly lawsuit.

Longleat is closed this January till 1st February. “Thank you to those who joined us for The Festival of Light! To allow us to prepare for the 2025 main season, we are now closed for the rest of January and will reopen for weekend dates from 1 February.” Log in to Facebook

This thread will contain all news from Zoo Antwerpen in 2025. I will start off the thread with some updates from my visit yesterday. Zoo Antwerpen now has bearded emperor tamarins again (they previously kept this species until 2016), in one of the former lemur exhibits in the small monkey...

Happy new year everyone! Since I visited in the last week, I'll start this year off with a few updates from Monday's visit 1. The Tomato Frogs have been phased out :(. 2. Roseate Spoonbills, Scarlet Ibises, and Andean Cock-of-the-Rocks have all been phased out. This leaves the South American...

Well, the 2024 thread sure was fun. Another eventful year came and went (I don't remember a year in which the thread had more more posts). The park also published a video where you can see some of the new species, births and other developments. Unfortunately, as with other cherished traditions...

Discovery Place Nature is a small nature museum in Charlotte, NC that is a sister facility to the larger Discovery Place Science. It mostly features native species, primarily herps. I visited last year and thought it was nice for what it was. A few months ago Discovery Place broke ground on a...

The aquarium officially reopens this Wednesday June 26, 2024. It has been closed since 2020. Log in to Facebook The facility has also "officially" been renamed the Gulf of Maine Discovery Center. Although, they are still calling themselves by the old name on social media so not sure if this...

This reptile-specialist facility near Detroit is planning on opening another facility across the street from their building called the LegaSea Aquarium. I've heard of this plan for a while now but there is no opening date as far as I'm aware. and the owner of Reptarium recently passed away from...

A few observations from my last visit on Sunday: There are now 2.1 Cape Parrots in the former African Dwarf Crocodile exhibit. Most of the birds in the Mekong Aviary have been removed, and there are only a few miscellaneous storks, lapwings and an Oriental Pied Hornbill The River Gems exhibit...

A Victorian Crowned Pigeon Chick hatched in early January. Philadelphia Zoo on Instagram: "BABY ALERT! Everyone say hello to our Victoria crowned pigeon chick! This little one hatched at the Zoo in early January inside McNeil Avian Center. Not only are these the largest pigeon species in the...

A 380,000,000 dollar measure has been approved for a local election ballot in May. Hopefully this passes and they can diversify the collection a little bit more. "'The penguin exhibit, the tiger area, that whole vicinity is really outdated and we’re going to be able to take that down and...

Yesterday a new giraffe female arrived from Basel 3 year old Rohaya. Today she was already introduced. Introduction seemed to be going well, I haven't seen her go outside but no conflicts or so. The bushdog female has arrived the introduction is happening indoors, more info will follow out of a...

The Zoo has officially announced the arrival of their rescued American Marten. The Marten has been named Marty McFly and is a male. I'm really hoping to see him next time I visit the zoo, as I have yet to see his species before! Log in to Facebook

The nocturnal house at Memphis Zoo is closed for the entire January for maintenance. Log in to Facebook

New year, new thread. Visited today - not too much to report but: The little side enclosure at the far end of the Blackburn walkthrough (formerly oriole aviary) has been done up and is apparently awaiting new inhabitants. Given the great work done by the bird curator in recent times, hopeful...

In case you don't know, an oceanarium is being built in the new expansion area for Bintaro XChange, replacing the old park and jogging track. Their aim is to finish building by the end of 2021, but it won't open until 2022. Aside from the oceanarium, there will also be a new park, another mall...

I went for a short afternoon visit to the zoo on the first of the year, for the second year in a row. It was pretty quiet, except for a small group of annoying teenage boys that always seemed to be where I was. Aside from their disruptions, it was a very nice visit. There was a zookeeper...

Let's start the new Tierpark year with a look back at some of last year's highlights: I hope they'll publish an official outlook on 2024 shortly, but for now that's what I am looking forward to: 1) The Asia enclosure likely will open this Spring (Asian Small-Clawed Otters, Babirusas, Black...

Thought it might be a good idea to separate out news about the East Coast Zoological Society's new Aquarium Project going forward, as they will be two distinct facilities. They have updated the website and now include a site plan with more details for what is planned. The Future Aquarium...

The Children’s Museum in Hartford, CT, is one of the oldest children’s museums in the country. The place is relevant on ZooChat because they also have around 50 live animal taxa, ranging from mammals to herps to arthropods (and here’s a species list from their website). Recently, the museum's...