New Developments in Ireland 2018

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This thread will detail all upcoming projects in Irish zoos. Those in bold have been completed this year. Any mistakes noticed or additional information will be welcomed. I have Belgian,Dutch and German versions of this thread nearly completed.

Dublin Zoo

Wolves in the Woods (Grey Wolf)- 2019

Fota Wildlife Park

New Red Panda enclosure – February 2018
New South American enclosure (Tapir, Capybara, Rhea, Macaws)– August 2018
New Drill island
Renovation of Monkey islands (Mangabys, Rollaways)
New Bear enclosure

Tayto Park

New Eagle aviaries (Bald Eagle, Golden Eagle, Stellers eagle, White tailed eagle, African fish eagle, Eastern Imperial eagle, Grey buzzard eagle) – March 2018
New Vulture enclosure (Griffon Vultures, White Backed Vultures, White Headed Vultures) – March 2018
New Golden Jackal enclosure – July 2018
 
I know its not an animal exhibit but Dublin Zoo opened their new Discovery and Learning Centre this week. Where did you hear about Wolves in the Woods and have you anymore news on it?
Also is Belfast Zoo and other smaller collections (Example, Tropical World) going to be talked about in this thread, or is it just for these three zoos
 
squirrelmonkey said:
I know its not an animal exhibit but Dublin Zoo opened their new Discovery and Learning Centre this week. Where did you hear about Wolves in the Woods and have you anymore news on it?
Also is Belfast Zoo and other smaller collections (Example, Tropical World) going to be talked about in this thread, or is it just for these three zoos
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I have mentioned Belfast in the UK equivalent of this thread. Any collection can be mentioned that is in Ireland (not Northern Ireland).
 
That's alright. I always feel that Belfast gets lost and forgotten about in the UK forums. Where did you hear about wolves in the woods?
 
That's exciting news. Also for your list i'm not sure if this was 2017 or 2018, but there were two new aviary's built for Citron-Crested Cockatoo.
 
tom_bear said:
Wolves in the Woods (Grey Wolf)- 2019
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Kind of disappointing as it more than likely just means knocking down the fence between the current enclosure and the old artic fox one. The old artic fox enclosure plus where the otters used to be had great potential.
 
ArboLowe said:
Kind of disappointing as it more than likely just means knocking down the fence between the current enclosure and the old artic fox one. The old artic fox enclosure plus where the otters used to be had great potential.
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That is more than likely what will happen, but hopefully there will be better viewing windows. The fact they never did anything with the otter enclosure has always annoyed me. Has been sitting empty for years.
 
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