Northeastern Wisconsin Zoo & Adventure Park What's New at the N.E.W Zoo?

On December 21st, it was reported that the zoo will be expanding its snow leopard and reticulated giraffe exhibits, with the former getting a new 912-square-foot building and an adjoining outdoor area with a rock formation that will be 2x bigger than the current size, and the later expanding the giraffe building to include 3,640 square feet of indoor space. With a cost of $1.7 million, the zoo will start construction on both projects on January 2nd and finishing May 1st.

NEW Zoo to build new snow leopard exhibit, expand giraffe building
 
Updates from my visit today:

-The sheep have moved into the exhibit between the pigeons and the cows, the former Wild Turkey exhibit. Their former enclosure now only contains the chickens.
-The Alpacas have moved into the former fallow deer exhibit. Their old exhibit remains empty.
-The bearded dragons are no longer on exhibit, not sure if they are still present in the collection or not.
-The former Satanic Leaf-tailed Gecko exhibit is now home to an Emperor Scorpion, a new species for the zoo.
-The Snow Leopard and Blue Duiker are all off-exhibit while the new Snow Leopard exhibit is being constructed.
-There was some sort of construction going on in the Laughing Kookaburra/Tawny Frogmouth exhibit.
-They Mayan Restaurant has re-opened.
-There were a bunch of Convict Cichlid fry that appeared to be less than a day old.
-The former alligator winter quarters are now the Cape Porcupine winter quarters. The alligator presumably winters off-exhibit now.
-I did not see any peafowl, not sure where they went.
-The Sandhill Crane has moved back into the deer exhibit. I can confirm that there are two Wattled Cranes again.
-The Pronghorn has been separated from the bison and elk again.
-An Eastern Tiger Salamander, a new species for the zoo, has replaced the Long-tailed Chinchilla. I wonder if this is the salamander from Bay Beach?
 
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EsserWarrior said:
Glad to see they will be expanding their herd in the future! I've never visited, so I'm not sure how the outdoor exhibit looks, but does it look large enough to house more individuals or will they need to expand that as well?
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It would need to be expanded, it's a bit on the small side for the two individuals they have as it is. Luckily there happens to be a big empty space next to the yard.
 
Updates from my visit today:
  • Despite what the above article states, the new giraffe house is now open yet (although it appears to have been completed).
  • All of the signage around the zoo has been replaced.
  • After years, the chickens are now allowed to free roam the zoo again (peafowl were back, too).
  • The off-exhibit indoor area for the Snow Leopard exhibit is complete, the outdoor area has not been started yet.
  • A new aviary is being constructed between the Hyacinth Macaws and the kookaburra/frogmouth exhibit.
  • The old kookaburra/lorikeet and Galah exhibits have been removed, and the Blue Duiker exhibit has been expanded to include this area and the path that used to be there.
  • The Pied Crow has been moved to a new exhibit where the Galah exhibit was (yes, that means this exhibit is now completely surrounded by the duiker exhibit). There appeared to be construction of something new where the Pied Crow exhibit used to be.
  • The old alligator/Cape Porcupine winter holding is now being used for the Prehensile-tailed Porcupine, the usual exhibit for that species was signed for Galah but was empty.
  • I happened to notice that there are now Common Goldeneyes in the aviary instead of Barrow's Goldeneyes. I don't know exactly when the zoo switched over, but it is entirely possible it happened some time ago and I did not notice.
  • The Blue-and-yellow Macaw was not on exhibit, but was still signed.
  • I think the Pronghorn might be gone.
 
birdsandbats said:
Updates from my visit today:
  • Despite what the above article states, the new giraffe house is now open yet (although it appears to have been completed).
  • All of the signage around the zoo has been replaced.
  • After years, the chickens are now allowed to free roam the zoo again (peafowl were back, too).
  • The off-exhibit indoor area for the Snow Leopard exhibit is complete, the outdoor area has not been started yet.
  • A new aviary is being constructed between the Hyacinth Macaws and the kookaburra/frogmouth exhibit.
  • The old kookaburra/lorikeet and Galah exhibits have been removed, and the Blue Duiker exhibit has been expanded to include this area and the path that used to be there.
  • The Pied Crow has been moved to a new exhibit where the Galah exhibit was (yes, that means this exhibit is now completely surrounded by the duiker exhibit). There appeared to be construction of something new where the Pied Crow exhibit used to be.
  • The old alligator/Cape Porcupine winter holding is now being used for the Prehensile-tailed Porcupine, the usual exhibit for that species was signed for Galah but was empty.
  • I happened to notice that there are now Common Goldeneyes in the aviary instead of Barrow's Goldeneyes. I don't know exactly when the zoo switched over, but it is entirely possible it happened some time ago and I did not notice.
  • The Blue-and-yellow Macaw was not on exhibit, but was still signed.
  • I think the Pronghorn might be gone.
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Forgot to mention this, the snake exhibit in the Children's Zoo was empty.
 
Piece of 2023 News Not Mentioned:

On August 15th, it was announced that the zoo transferred a (1.0) cotton-top tamarin named Dillinger to the Denver Zoo in Colorado.

Denver Zoo - Today is Day of the Cotton-Topped Tamarin, a...

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On October 8th, the zoo announced that a (0.0.1) trumpeter swan hatched.

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Male snow leopard, Rajan, was humanely euthanized after battling a kidney disease. He was 16. A three year old female, Ahaha, remains at the zoo:
Rajan, the male snow leopard at the NEW Zoo in Suamico, has died
The article also includes that a male snow leopard will eventually come to the zoo, but it is unknown how soon, and that the new snow leopard exhibit is on track to be completed and open in December.
 
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