Bronx Zoo Bronx Zoo News 2023

The scenes from New York look utterly dystopian. What has caused this? Of course it’s a storm but on this scale, so quickly? Utterly mental. I wonder how the aquarium is holding up. If there is any serious damage to any of their institutions I do worry about how the WCS will be able to bounce back; I know Sandy was a decade ago now but that required significant investment into the aquarium.

Praying for the safety of all the animals, keepers and all New Yorkers.
 
News from today's visit:

. The Amur Leopard exhibit was blocked off and appeared to have work being done on it. Hopefully they don't put Amur Leopards back into that puny enclosure and are able to find a more suitable replacement.

. The entire left wing of the daylight section in the Mouse House is now one attached enclosure for the zoo's Black & Rufous Elephant Sengis. The Degu and Northern Tree Shrew can still be found in the Children's Zee and Jungleworld respectively.

. The Fat-Tailed Gerbil Exhibit was unsigned and appeared to be vacated from it's exhibit.

. Unfortunately, it appears the zoo has lost their last Malagasy Giant Jumping Rat :(. The signage on their old exhibit in the Mouse House was removed, and the Rat was nowhere to be found.

On an unrelated notes does anyone know if the Emu & Crane yards are still visible around WoB? I wasn't able to find them on my visit today, but it would be useful for future reference!
 
News from today's visit:

. The Amur Leopard exhibit was blocked off and appeared to have work being done on it. Hopefully they don't put Amur Leopards back into that puny enclosure and are able to find a more suitable replacement.

. The entire left wing of the daylight section in the Mouse House is now one attached enclosure for the zoo's Black & Rufous Elephant Sengis. The Degu and Northern Tree Shrew can still be found in the Children's Zee and Jungleworld respectively.

. The Fat-Tailed Gerbil Exhibit was unsigned and appeared to be vacated from it's exhibit.

. Unfortunately, it appears the zoo has lost their last Malagasy Giant Jumping Rat :(. The signage on their old exhibit in the Mouse House was removed, and the Rat was nowhere to be found.

On an unrelated notes does anyone know if the Emu & Crane yards are still visible around WoB? I wasn't able to find them on my visit today, but it would be useful for future reference!

Was the second floor to World of Birds still closed?
 
News from today's visit:

. The Amur Leopard exhibit was blocked off and appeared to have work being done on it. Hopefully they don't put Amur Leopards back into that puny enclosure and are able to find a more suitable replacement.

. The entire left wing of the daylight section in the Mouse House is now one attached enclosure for the zoo's Black & Rufous Elephant Sengis. The Degu and Northern Tree Shrew can still be found in the Children's Zee and Jungleworld respectively.

. The Fat-Tailed Gerbil Exhibit was unsigned and appeared to be vacated from it's exhibit.

. Unfortunately, it appears the zoo has lost their last Malagasy Giant Jumping Rat :(. The signage on their old exhibit in the Mouse House was removed, and the Rat was nowhere to be found.

On an unrelated notes does anyone know if the Emu & Crane yards are still visible around WoB? I wasn't able to find them on my visit today, but it would be useful for future reference!
I believe that the leopard will unfortunately return as the renovations are apparently due to cracks in the glass.
Also I have checked nearly every angle near the WoB and I cannot find the Emu or Cranes. I believe that they will not be be able to be seen until the 2nd floor reopens.
 
News from today's visit:

. The Amur Leopard exhibit was blocked off and appeared to have work being done on it. Hopefully they don't put Amur Leopards back into that puny enclosure and are able to find a more suitable replacement.

. The entire left wing of the daylight section in the Mouse House is now one attached enclosure for the zoo's Black & Rufous Elephant Sengis. The Degu and Northern Tree Shrew can still be found in the Children's Zee and Jungleworld respectively.

. The Fat-Tailed Gerbil Exhibit was unsigned and appeared to be vacated from it's exhibit.

. Unfortunately, it appears the zoo has lost their last Malagasy Giant Jumping Rat :(. The signage on their old exhibit in the Mouse House was removed, and the Rat was nowhere to be found.

On an unrelated notes does anyone know if the Emu & Crane yards are still visible around WoB? I wasn't able to find them on my visit today, but it would be useful for future reference!

I also expect the work being done on the Leopard enclosure is to fix the glass rather than swapping inhabitants, though I'd really prefer it if their clouded leopard or Palawan Binturong were placed on-show there instead.

The zoo hasn't had a Fat-Tailed Gerbil in years now, I don't know why they've never removed that sign. The inhabitants I believe were more Pallid Gerbils.

That's really too bad about the giant rat. It was inevitable, though, and the last animal wasn't exactly very visible the past few years. It's really a shame that such a fantastic and endangered small mammal is on the verge of extirpation from US zoos :(

The Emu and crane yards are only visible from the second floor of WOB...

~Thylo
 
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