gotillas are coming, in about 10 years
The redevelopment of the zoo will proceed as planned, for the next 5 years anyway.
The new penguin enclosure and the tree kangaroo/pademelon exhibit both open in the spring of 2018. The lemur walkthrough with a breeding group of ring-tailed lemurs will open in the Autumn, as will the fossa exhibit.
In 2020 the Asian lions will be moved to a new enclosure on undeveloped land north of the canal. The lions do not like building sites and the rehoming of them will allow the redvelopment of the maintenance yard as a retail and food area. This will possibly the first time that this section of the zoo has been open to the public since the 1940s. Red-vented cockatoos and Philippine spotted deer move to Islands.
2023 first phase of grasslands opens with giraffes, zebras, vultures and tortoises.
the giraffe, cattle and tropical houses will be demolishedand, work will begin on new accommodation for pygmy hippopotamus and western lowland gorilla, expected to arrive in 2024.
2026 New chimpanzee house, enclosure to remain where it is
2030 Elephant paddock built north of the house, on park of the land currently used as part of the car park.
The monorail is going in 2020. It is unreliable and costly to maintai. Furthurmore giraffes need to move to west zoo and they cannot pass under the track.