Best Cougar Exhibit in North America (1)

Cougar exhibit

  • Northwest Trek Wildlife Park

    Votes: 7 50.0%

  • Nashville Zoo

    Votes: 2 14.3%

  • Oregon Zoo

    Votes: 2 14.3%

  • North Carolina Zoo

    Votes: 1 7.1%

  • Calgary Zoo

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum

    Votes: 3 21.4%

  • Jackson Zoo

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Western North Carolina Nature Center

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Cincinnati Zoo

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • The Living Desert

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    14
Moebelle

Moebelle

Well-Known Member
10+ year member
The 10 best I could find. The '1' is for just in case I didn't choose the best ones and if I may need to create a number '2'. If you think there are 50-10 better one's, please PM me. You can vote for multiple options :)

1. Northwest Trek Wildlife Park- http://www.zoochat.com/592/cougar-exhibit-270055/
2. Nashville Zoo- http://www.zoochat.com/1129/bamboo-trail-cougar-exhibit-181900/
3. Oregon Zoo- http://www.zoochat.com/594/great-northwest-cougar-exhibit-206537/
4. North Carolina Zoo- http://www.zoochat.com/590/cougar-exhibit-179960/
5. Calgary Zoo- http://www.zoochat.com/525/canadian-wilds-cougar-exhibit-288184/
6. Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum- http://www.zoochat.com/541/cougar-exhibit-238328/
7. Jackson Zoo- http://www.zoochat.com/1136/mississippi-wilderness-cougar-exhibit-288803/
8. Western North Carolina Nature Center- http://www.zoochat.com/1546/view-cougar-exhibit-waterfall-225683/, http://www.zoochat.com/1546/long-view-cougar-exhibit-225682/
9. Cincinnati Zoo- http://www.zoochat.com/556/may-2012-left-side-cougar-exhibit-273935/, http://www.zoochat.com/556/may-2012-right-side-cougar-exhibit-273936/
10. The Living Desert- http://www.zoochat.com/915/cougar-exhibit-242566/
 
I see that 8 out of the 10 photos are ones that I took! You've made some great choices, and if I had to choose I'd perhaps go with Northwest Trek Wildlife Park as it is naturalistic, provides open viewing opportunities, and the cats have several tall trees that they have access to. Also, White Oak Conservation Center in northern Florida has a couple of enormous exhibits with tall trees for its panthers.
 
It was a tossup between Northwest Trek and Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. But I ultimately voted for the former because the first time I walked up to the exhibit there was a puma resting on the thin branch of a tall pine tree about thirty feet up in the air. Just fantastic.
 
It was an easy choice for me with Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum being the clear winner. With open air views and close up through glass viewing this exhibit beats out what is essentially just a fenced piece of Cascadian woodland with a single overlook at Northwest Trek.
 
Ituri said:
It was an easy choice for me with Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum being the clear winner. With open air views and close up through glass viewing this exhibit beats out what is essentially just a fenced piece of Cascadian woodland with a single overlook at Northwest Trek.
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You do realize that for those of us who live in the desert, seeing "just a piece of fenced woodland" is actually quite exciting!
 
Arizona Docent said:
You do realize that for those of us who live in the desert, seeing "just a piece of fenced woodland" is actually quite exciting!
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I've lived in both, and I'm telling you. I'd take the Sonoran Desert any day of the week!
 
I'd have to agree with snowleopard.

The Northwest Trek one looks great, with climbing structures set at both low and high elevations, easy access to said structures, a nice pool, and two dens. Fantastic.

Ituri argues that the Desert Museum exhibit is better, and I can not agree or disagree. I'd have to see more pictures.

Cincinnati looks very good as well. Mixes a mountain/stream area with some low woodlands with tall trees.
 
MrOkapi said:
I'd have to agree with snowleopard.

The Northwest Trek one looks great, with climbing structures set at both low and high elevations, easy access to said structures, a nice pool, and two dens. Fantastic.

Ituri argues that the Desert Museum exhibit is better, and I can not agree or disagree. I'd have to see more pictures.

Cincinnati looks very good as well. Mixes a mountain/stream area with some low woodlands with tall trees.
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The large trees in Northwest Trek also handily disguise the fact that the exhibit is much, much smaller than it looks.
 
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