Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden What's Gnu at the Cincinnati Zoo? - 2012

The mixed-species aviary and the kingfisher aviary are brighter than the previous aviaries. The Feathertail Glider enclosure, of course, is not as it is a nocturnal enclosure.
 
Here's a little piece of information that I forgot about earlier:
The Pygmy Slow Loris did move back to Jungle Trails, and there are now two of them.
 
I had no idea that the Galapagos Giant Tortoise exhibit was going to be a walk-though exhibit prior to reading that publication a few days ago. How many other walk-through giant tortoise exhibits are there?

Starting on May 26th the zoo will be open from 9 o'clock in the morning until 6 o'clock in the evening. These new hours will run until September 3rd.
 
I'm sure you've seen the zoo on Google Earth, but here are some cool snapshots I made. There is now a timeline/time machine where you can view stuff from as far as 1994. So one of them is an overview of the African Veldt in 1994, and also one of them is a picture of the Elephant House/exhibits in 1994, where both yards looked more like Sabu's. The last one is Elephant Reserve in 2010 with a 3D view of Sabu, which happens to be an African elephant on here. (I would have gotten more photos from the past but 1. there are a lot of trees, and 2. it becomes blurry.
 

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Galapagos Encounter Open - Cincinnati Zoo - YouTube

Gives you a great idea of the exhibit, and it is 5X's bigger than what I imagined. The path to get to the back of the Reptile House in completely closed off and Cockatoo Island is gone. I'll be seeing it Saturday and I'll get photos.

Now I believe the zoo is starting to summarize all of their exhibits rather than just one sentence (my suggestion to them with provided info even though I know it wasn't because of me :p)

http://cincinnatizoo.org/animals-exhibits/exhibits/lorikeet-landing/
 
A pair of East African Crowned Cranes are now living with the giraffes in Giraffe Ridge.
 
A female Grevy's Zebra foal was born on May 23rd. The zoo is hoping that mare and foal will be on exhibit next week.
 
The zoo's own "Three Little Pigs."

"Trash talking" and "dumpster diving" at the zoo.
 
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There is a poll on the zoo's Facebook page to help name the zebra filly. The four choices are Akeelah (Swahili for wise), Leisha Lynn, Lemea Lynn, and Savanna.
 
Savanna's first day on exhibit:

A glimpse at the Cat Canyon gardens:
 
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DUMPSTER DIVING FOR ZERO LANDFILL CHALLENGE
Cincinnati Zoo Executives Talkin' Trash

CINCINNATI – (May 24, 2012) Nothing is too extreme for the Greenest Zoo in America! On Friday, May 25, Cincinnati Zoo executives, like Chief Operating Officer Dave Jenike and Senior Director of Facilities Mark Fisher, as well as numerous other employees, volunteers and friends of the Zoo sorted through tons of trash at the Zoo for 12 straight hours with the goal of “Zero Landfill.”

Participants sorted through approximately 1.5 tons of trash, collected over a 24-hour time span at the Zoo, and placing it in five categories - Marvin’s Gardens Organic Compost, Alternative Organic Compost, Rumpke Recyclables, Other Recyclables/Reusables/Preventables and Landfill).

Both visitor and employee waste was collected and then dumped on the future site of the Zoo’s new Africa exhibit, where the actual sorting process took place. Volunteers placed the trash into three different categories based on whether or not the waste is organic, recyclable or needs to be placed in a landfill. Once the trash is sorted, volunteers will be responsible for recording the percentages of each of the categories. By analyzing the percentages, the Zoo will be able to better understand how to organize waste deposits throughout the Zoo’s area and move forward toward its long-term goal of having no waste going into the landfill.

“The Cincinnati Zoo is continually looking for ways to challenge itself as the Greenest Zoo in America,” said Dave Jenike, Chief Operating Officer at the Cincinnati Zoo. “In an effort to truly understand what needs to be done to get to a zero landfill status, the Zoo must first understand the waste habits of its employees and its visitors. The findings of these dives will allow us to make deliberate and effective changes to our trash collecting methods, putting us one step closer to zero landfill.”

The first Zoo Dumpster Dive was held at Rumpke’s landfill and approximately 9.6 tons of trash was collected and sorted through. From this sorting process, 3.5% of materials sorted were recyclable, 49% were compostable and the rest was deemed landfill material.
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Dumpster Diving for Zero Landfill Challenge - The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden
 
The zoo is currently taking name suggestions for one of the new Malayan tigers: a male born on July 30th, 2007.
 
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