Pennsylvania Hyena and Mongoose Center
Located in rural Pennsylvania, the PHMC is a small, private, facility that focuses solely on hyenas, mongooses, and eupleridae. The facility would be quite simple and utilitarian, not many immersion experiences would be displayed, think of it like Hamerton in England. The center would profit off local revenue, private tours, and donations. The center also has one of the largest collections of these species in the world, with species obtained due to political collaborations and breeding programs from European Zoos.
The Zoo would be spilt into four sections
1.) Carnivore Cafe/Center
2.) Asia
3.) Africa
4.) Madagascar
1.) Carnivore Cafe/Center
A large modern building with a cafe/patio, education center and displays, a gift shop, and viewing of the veterinary center.
2.) Asia
Consists of a large hall with indoor and outdoor netted exhibits for Javan mongooses and small Indian mongooses (with appropriate signage of how the latter is an invasive species). A grassy yard with tall grasses near the back would hold striped hyenas.
3.) Africa
A very nice sand pit with a rocky sandstone mound with many hiding holes and underground viewing for children would house a large group of meerkats. A similar building to the Asian building would have indoor/outdoor netted exhibits with rocky cliffs for climbing or sandy floors for digging. Species featured would include Egyptian mongooses, yellow mongooses, white tailed mongooses, slender mongooses, banded mongooses, common kusimanses, and common dwarf mongooses. All species would have offshoot areas and some would have multiple exhibits. Outside, another netted exhibit, this one with shallow water and tall wetland plants would house a few marsh mongooses. Going down the path a little more, a small building would come into view. A connected netted exhibit with rocks and a sandy play area would be contained inside. The building would be dimly lit, with more sand and rocks and contain aardwolves. Two large grassy yards nearby, with tons of tall grasses and small ponds, as well as many rocks to climb on, would both contain brown hyenas and spotted hyenas. Both species would have indoor off-show accommodations
4.) Madagascar
Another grassy yard would be placed near the hyenas. This one would be smaller and contain many logs and fallen trees to climb on. It would be home to the fossa. After entering the adjoining Madagascar building, an indoor habitat for the fossas, complete with concrete trees would be displayed. After exiting the fossa room, another hall of glass fronted exhibits would come into view. Some would be a little more roomy than others but most would feature fake trees and hiding spots. All would contain netted exhibits that would feature grassy yards with mock trees and some hiding holes. The species lineup consists of Malagasy civets, ring tailed vontsiras, Grandidier's vontsiras, and northern narrow striped bokys.
Located in rural Pennsylvania, the PHMC is a small, private, facility that focuses solely on hyenas, mongooses, and eupleridae. The facility would be quite simple and utilitarian, not many immersion experiences would be displayed, think of it like Hamerton in England. The center would profit off local revenue, private tours, and donations. The center also has one of the largest collections of these species in the world, with species obtained due to political collaborations and breeding programs from European Zoos.
The Zoo would be spilt into four sections
1.) Carnivore Cafe/Center
2.) Asia
3.) Africa
4.) Madagascar
1.) Carnivore Cafe/Center
A large modern building with a cafe/patio, education center and displays, a gift shop, and viewing of the veterinary center.
2.) Asia
Consists of a large hall with indoor and outdoor netted exhibits for Javan mongooses and small Indian mongooses (with appropriate signage of how the latter is an invasive species). A grassy yard with tall grasses near the back would hold striped hyenas.
3.) Africa
A very nice sand pit with a rocky sandstone mound with many hiding holes and underground viewing for children would house a large group of meerkats. A similar building to the Asian building would have indoor/outdoor netted exhibits with rocky cliffs for climbing or sandy floors for digging. Species featured would include Egyptian mongooses, yellow mongooses, white tailed mongooses, slender mongooses, banded mongooses, common kusimanses, and common dwarf mongooses. All species would have offshoot areas and some would have multiple exhibits. Outside, another netted exhibit, this one with shallow water and tall wetland plants would house a few marsh mongooses. Going down the path a little more, a small building would come into view. A connected netted exhibit with rocks and a sandy play area would be contained inside. The building would be dimly lit, with more sand and rocks and contain aardwolves. Two large grassy yards nearby, with tons of tall grasses and small ponds, as well as many rocks to climb on, would both contain brown hyenas and spotted hyenas. Both species would have indoor off-show accommodations
4.) Madagascar
Another grassy yard would be placed near the hyenas. This one would be smaller and contain many logs and fallen trees to climb on. It would be home to the fossa. After entering the adjoining Madagascar building, an indoor habitat for the fossas, complete with concrete trees would be displayed. After exiting the fossa room, another hall of glass fronted exhibits would come into view. Some would be a little more roomy than others but most would feature fake trees and hiding spots. All would contain netted exhibits that would feature grassy yards with mock trees and some hiding holes. The species lineup consists of Malagasy civets, ring tailed vontsiras, Grandidier's vontsiras, and northern narrow striped bokys.
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