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Wild Utah Update:

The Norma W. Matheson Education Animal Center is nearing completion with flooring and theming in progress.

Rescued cougars Puma concolor have arrived at the zoo and are residing in Asian Highlands. They will be making appearances in Asian Highlands before they prepare to move to Wild Utah.

The zoo has acquired a young yellow-bellied marmot Marmota flaviventris that has joined Maisey, the zoo's resident female marmot, in the Desert Zone of the Small Animal Building. Both will move to Wild Utah when it opens.
 
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I'm just glad no one, animal or human was harmed. That said, this is just an awful situation- who in their right mind would want to break the glass? This is why we can't have nice things, and to the galaxy-brains who thought breaking the glass AT A ZOO is a good idea... bruh. Just... bruh.
 

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I'm just glad no one, animal or human was harmed. That said, this is just an awful situation- who in their right mind would want to break the glass? This is why we can't have nice things, and to the galaxy-brains who thought breaking the glass AT A ZOO is a good idea... bruh. Just... bruh.
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I'm more so surprised that someone had the physical strength to break exhibit glass. Is it known if it was accidental or deliberate?

Ironically enough, this article about the zoo's black-footed cats was published nine hours ago, probably not too long before the incident took place.

Adorable black-footed cat Gaia whose species is world's deadliest feline gives her best Blue Steel looks in new videos from her Utah zoo home | Daily Mail Online
 
When we say "broke the glass", what are we talking about here? There's obviously a big difference between the entire window shattering, like what happens to that snake exhibit in the first Harry Potter, and just a small crack forming in the crack? Both are bad, of course, but one is a whole lot worse than the other!
 
Now that the $22 million project Wild Utah has opened, and we have some excellent photos via @zoocentral, it's interesting to sit back and see how the zoo's land has developed since 1931 on its current location. There was a long period of stagnancy for Hogle Zoo, but in the last 18 years the zoo has built Asian Highlands (2006), Rocky Shores (2012), African Savanna & Lions (2014), the popular Creekside playground (2016), Meerkat Manor (2019) and Wild Utah (2024). Also, Primate Forest still holds up very well and that opened in 1997.

The zoo still needs to figure out a long-term plan for its White Rhino/Hartmann's Mountain Zebra/Przewalski's Horse enclosures (now that the elephants are gone), but that's nothing major as they are adequate for the current inhabitants. That essentially leaves two major complexes that will surely be addressed in the upcoming Master Plan that is due out in the next year. The Small Animal Building has 4 different biomes and is a hodgepodge display of mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians, but the structure opened in 1971 and the zoo has acknowledged in the past that the building needs a modern overhaul. Great Apes, with Gorillas and Bornean Orangutans, is also outdated and it will be fascinating to see what the zoo does there. The obvious answer would be to go down to one ape species, but in a top-notch habitat, rather than the mediocre current space.
 
zoocentral said:
*Information from monthly member newsletter

Wild Utah Update:

The Norma W. Matheson Education Animal Center is nearing completion with flooring and theming in progress.

Rescued cougars Puma concolor have arrived at the zoo and are residing in Asian Highlands. They will be making appearances in Asian Highlands before they prepare to move to Wild Utah.

The zoo has acquired a young yellow-bellied marmot Marmota flaviventris that has joined Maisey, the zoo's resident female marmot, in the Desert Zone of the Small Animal Building. Both will move to Wild Utah when it opens.
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I am so glad the zoo is investing in this fascinating rodent taxon.
 
snowleopard said:
Now that the $22 million project Wild Utah has opened, and we have some excellent photos via @zoocentral, it's interesting to sit back and see how the zoo's land has developed since 1931 on its current location. There was a long period of stagnancy for Hogle Zoo, but in the last 18 years the zoo has built Asian Highlands (2006), Rocky Shores (2012), African Savanna & Lions (2014), the popular Creekside playground (2016), Meerkat Manor (2019) and Wild Utah (2024). Also, Primate Forest still holds up very well and that opened in 1997.

The zoo still needs to figure out a long-term plan for its White Rhino/Hartmann's Mountain Zebra/Przewalski's Horse enclosures (now that the elephants are gone), but that's nothing major as they are adequate for the current inhabitants. That essentially leaves two major complexes that will surely be addressed in the upcoming Master Plan that is due out in the next year. The Small Animal Building has 4 different biomes and is a hodgepodge display of mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians, but the structure opened in 1971 and the zoo has acknowledged in the past that the building needs a modern overhaul. Great Apes, with Gorillas and Bornean Orangutans, is also outdated and it will be fascinating to see what the zoo does there. The obvious answer would be to go down to one ape species, but in a top-notch habitat, rather than the mediocre current space.
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This new project unveiled by Hogle zoo is one that piqued my curiousity. It’s alway fun when zoos do their take on local/native wildlife and reminder how close we are wildlife even in urban environments. It appears to be a great addition to this zoo and wish the best for the future projects!
 
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