San Diego Zoo Trip Questions and help

[yangz]

I am going to visit San Diego Zoo this summer. But I have some questions about some the animals. On ISIS, they listed Darwin's Rhea (0,1), Dhole (3,2), Tree Pangolin (1,0), bearded vulture (0,1), and Douc Langur (9,7). I wonder if they still have these animals on display. I know there were older threads about douc langurs and I suspect they might be in the back holding. Unless this is another one of those ISIS errors, I just want to make sure if they still have these animals. They are just some of my favorites. Any information would be greatly appreciated.

 

[mstickmanp]

The douc langurs is an isis error. They used to have one female, but she was recently sent to the Philly Zoo. They do have pangolins (i think i heard that they had 1.1), but they were not on display when i visited last year, as well as the darwin's rhea, dholes, or bearded vultures.

 

[Ituri]

no dholes at the zoo, bearded vulture is either off exhibit or gone, haven't been able to find out for sure, and I don't know about the rhea

 

[geomorph]

I remember that in the 80's they had more rheas than you could shake a stick at! They were in a gently sloped hillside habitat where the Ituri Forest is now located.

 

[MikeG]

The zoo has Tree Pangolin, but not on permanent exhibit. When I was there a few weeks back, one of their two pangolins was brought out in the Children's Zoo for a short period around noon so that interested persons could see it.
No sign of the other species you listed - but lots of other good stuff!

 

[polar bear]

The dholes are at the Wild Animal Park, but are behind the scenes at CRES. They are planning on putting them in the old lion exhibit, but I expect that they will not be on exhibit until the new Tiger Trails opens.

 

[yangz]

Thank you everyone for the info. This is still going to be a very exciting trip for me. I have been to Bronx Zoo, one of the best zoos on the east coast. Now I have a chance to see San Diego Zoo, one of the best on the west coast.