Bowmanville Zoo (Closed) Bowmanville Zoo

[TZFan]

I haven't heard anything about them being relocated. Bowmanville isn't releasing info anymore. I think the only reason we know about other moves is that the receiving zoo is announcing their new arrivals. Since it is spring more animals should be on the move.

 

[tiffanyanddave]

Bowmanville Zoo has done a swift name/branding switcheroo.
Link: Clarington Eco-Adventure Camp – A Production Of Clarington Family Outdoor Adventure Park

 

[tiffanyanddave]

Sorry folks, I had posted the wrong link in my previous post.

Correct link: Clarington Family Outdoor Adventure Park – Clarington Family Outdoor Adventure Park

Anyway, this zoo is very much open for business therefore the title of the thread needs to remove the 'closed' indication'. Nothing has changed with the exception of the name and the web site. The vast majority of the animals are still there. They are suggesting only 25% of the animals remain but the percentage is far higher..

 

[Tim Brown]

Yes, this place is still very much a zoo(theres even a very nice Malayan Tapir with a decent enclosure and pool - though she is leaving in September).Without going into past circumstances this place is FAR from being any kind of hell hole and actually was the best of three places i visited that day(the other two being Oshawa "Zoo"[just about a zoo ,more a petting farm] and Jungle Cat World ). As for the change to an "adventure" park..I will state here and now that it wont work,its just too vague a concept requiring massive investment(which my guess is that the new owners dont have).Best thing they could do would be to keep it as a zoo,one specializing in Canadian fauna(they already have a good wolf wood).

 

[cypher]

@Tim Brown what animals do they have at this "new" zoo have?

 

[tiffanyanddave]

Apparently there have been 4 (four) new African Lion cubs born at the Bowmanville Zoo in the past few weeks, with photography encounters/experiences already available.

Source: Book A Cub Encounter – Clarington Family Outdoor Adventure Park

@cypher All animals are still there at the present time, with the exception of a select few which were sent off.

 

[TZFan]

New name but nothing else has changed.

New business at Bowmanville Zoo property criticized for selling lion ‘cub encounters’

 

[Yi Qi]

Question: how many elephants did the zoo have in its history, and what were its names?