Link to a brochure of the zoo's greenhouse. It is dated 2004.
http://www.clemetzoo.com/pdf/Greenhouse Final.pdf
http://www.clemetzoo.com/pdf/Greenhouse Final.pdf
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what ever happened to the malayan tapirs?
One of them went to a zoo in FL while the other went to a zoo in VA
Cruz went to Florida and Nicole went to Virginia?
I am not sure which one went to VA and which one went to FL
She is off exhibit with a male at richmond. I think they will end up at virginia zoo for the new asia exhibit.
I was at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo yesterday. This was my 2nd visit; my 1st visit was 6 yrs ago. I went primarily to see the rhinos, koalas and wolves. I saw the baby rhino 6 yrs ago and since my last visit, a sister was born 2 yrs ago.
When I visited Cleveland 6 yrs ago, it was the fall and most of the Australia section was closed. We visited the koala and rhinos as planned and visited the immersion wolf exhibit. The hilly walk was kind of a detriment plus we wanted to see the Tropical Rain Forest by our 5 pm pick-up by cab. So, we didn't see the primates.
This time, I spent 6 hrs at the zoo by myself. Loved seeing the koalas, kangaroos, wallabies, wallaroos and lorikeets at Australian Adventure, the large Masai giraffe herd (which were mostly at the fence looking towards their indoor stables) at the African Savanna and the black rhinos.
I also enjoyed the Rain Forest. I loved the reptile exhibits. The bat exhibit is wonderful. They have a reticulated python. And, a gharial. The langurs are in a mixed species exhibit with a Prevost squirrel. The squirrel was very active and the langurs were watching it. I wondered, tho, if they ever used the bottom of their exhibit? It's deep and narrow like a well. Very nicely decorated, tho, like ancient Cambodian stone temples. I enjoyed the Orangs, too, but a couple of visitors were engaging them with their lollipop so I didn't stay long. The Goeldi's had mesh on their exhibit and, boy, were they pungent!
I loved the rhino exhibit and spent almost an hour with them. They were a lot of fun to watch.
I was surprised to see Mexican wolves instead of the gray wolves in the wolf immersion exhibit (this exhibit was truly magical when I first saw it). I totally understand the need to breed Mexican wolves. It was still a disappointment to not see gray wolves in this exhibit. I will always remember how beautiful they were when I 1st saw them.
I was kind of dismayed by the primate house. It's not only a primate house, it's also a big cat house and an aquarium. It was kind of jarring. It seemed disorganized. In fact, big cats are displayed all over the zoo, not just in this house.
The gorilla exhibit was also disappointing. It's a 2 bachelor gorilla group in an outdoor enclosure dominated by boulders and a small rocky pool. No climbing structures. Only one gorilla seemed to be outdoors and he was almost invisible laying in front of the black exhibit door.
Another neg was the bear line. The polar bear, sloth bear and sun bear all exhibited stereotypic behavior.
Cleveland Metroparks Zoo is a beautiful zoo. The setting is gorgeous. It was quite a hike to the primates but the zig-zag walk down after seeing the gorillas was like being suspended in the middle of a forest and very refreshing even with all of the traffic. It's one of the oldest zoos in the U.S. but unlike Lincoln Park Zoo and St Louis Zoo, it has absolutely no old buildings.
I look forward to returning to see their Elephants Crossing when it opens. I loved their elephant exhibit the 1st time I visited. I hope Cleveland undertakes a capital campaign to renovate their primate house.
They have docents! I saw 6 docents during my visit! Yay!
When I visited Cleveland 6 yrs ago, it was the fall and most of the Australia section was closed. We visited the koala and rhinos as planned and visited the immersion wolf exhibit. The hilly walk was kind of a detriment plus we wanted to see the Tropical Rain Forest by our 5 pm pick-up by cab. So, we didn't see the primates.
This time, I spent 6 hrs at the zoo by myself. Loved seeing the koalas, kangaroos, wallabies, wallaroos and lorikeets at Australian Adventure, the large Masai giraffe herd (which were mostly at the fence looking towards their indoor stables) at the African Savanna and the black rhinos.
I also enjoyed the Rain Forest. I loved the reptile exhibits. The bat exhibit is wonderful. They have a reticulated python. And, a gharial. The langurs are in a mixed species exhibit with a Prevost squirrel. The squirrel was very active and the langurs were watching it. I wondered, tho, if they ever used the bottom of their exhibit? It's deep and narrow like a well. Very nicely decorated, tho, like ancient Cambodian stone temples. I enjoyed the Orangs, too, but a couple of visitors were engaging them with their lollipop so I didn't stay long. The Goeldi's had mesh on their exhibit and, boy, were they pungent!
I loved the rhino exhibit and spent almost an hour with them. They were a lot of fun to watch.
I was surprised to see Mexican wolves instead of the gray wolves in the wolf immersion exhibit (this exhibit was truly magical when I first saw it). I totally understand the need to breed Mexican wolves. It was still a disappointment to not see gray wolves in this exhibit. I will always remember how beautiful they were when I 1st saw them.
I was kind of dismayed by the primate house. It's not only a primate house, it's also a big cat house and an aquarium. It was kind of jarring. It seemed disorganized. In fact, big cats are displayed all over the zoo, not just in this house.
The gorilla exhibit was also disappointing. It's a 2 bachelor gorilla group in an outdoor enclosure dominated by boulders and a small rocky pool. No climbing structures. Only one gorilla seemed to be outdoors and he was almost invisible laying in front of the black exhibit door.
Another neg was the bear line. The polar bear, sloth bear and sun bear all exhibited stereotypic behavior.
Cleveland Metroparks Zoo is a beautiful zoo. The setting is gorgeous. It was quite a hike to the primates but the zig-zag walk down after seeing the gorillas was like being suspended in the middle of a forest and very refreshing even with all of the traffic. It's one of the oldest zoos in the U.S. but unlike Lincoln Park Zoo and St Louis Zoo, it has absolutely no old buildings.
I look forward to returning to see their Elephants Crossing when it opens. I loved their elephant exhibit the 1st time I visited. I hope Cleveland undertakes a capital campaign to renovate their primate house.
They have docents! I saw 6 docents during my visit! Yay!
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Here is some information on the African Elephant Crossing exhibit opening in Spring 2011. The zoo launched a new website:
African Elephant Crossing |
and this page, the case for support, is filled with a lot of great information about the exhibit, and it even compares the size of the old exhibit with the new one:http://www.clevelandzoosociety.org/pdf/CZS_CaseForSupport_AfricanElephantCrossing.pdf
African Elephant Crossing |
and this page, the case for support, is filled with a lot of great information about the exhibit, and it even compares the size of the old exhibit with the new one:http://www.clevelandzoosociety.org/pdf/CZS_CaseForSupport_AfricanElephantCrossing.pdf
mstickmanp
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Thanks for posting this!
Here is an in depth update on how the new elephant exhibit is coming along. It should be fantastic!
Construction Update, Part 1 | African Elephant Crossing
Construction Update, Part 1 | African Elephant Crossing
Here is another update on the new elephant exhibit:
Construction of the South Pool | African Elephant Crossing
Construction of the South Pool | African Elephant Crossing
Does anyone know the details of Blackie's, the Nile Hippo, retirement. The website says he was moved into the giraffe barn out of view from the public. I haven't really studied the building, but I would think that be a small location to put a hippo and to have a pool for him as well. I never knew if it was code that they'd keep him there until he eventually passed away since he's an older hippo.
Here is another article on our upcoming elephant exhibit for those who are interested:
Elephants will return in May to expanded home at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo | cleveland.com
Elephants will return in May to expanded home at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo | cleveland.com
team tapir
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While the exhibit is looking awesome we are still very upset that Cleveland cut ,hippos,tapirs and warthogs out of the exhibit in order to save 10 million dollars.
It's not like the zoo is hard up for money.This is typical in Cleveland afterall it took 10 years to build the rainforest.
It's not like the zoo is hard up for money.This is typical in Cleveland afterall it took 10 years to build the rainforest.
Zooplantman
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Especially if the resulting reduced exhibit came in at $25million!
Besides, if hippos, tapirs (!?!) and warthogs are not on that site then elephants have more space.
team tapir
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The problem we have is that this has the money.As far as room goes just to the right of the current project is the former site of the Bird Building which is prime location and currently has nothing but one of those 3-D safari rides and a jungle gym.This could all be a world class pachyderm exhibit.Once again we stress that this zoo has money it is just misused.