Woodland Park Zoo Woodland Park Zoo News 2014

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The zoo had 1.26 million visitors last year, an all-time record. That total was helped considerably by all of the high-profile babies on show: sloth bears, lions, jaguars, small-clawed otters, a giraffe, etc.

http://www.zoo.org/document.doc?id=1027
 
After a 6-month study the zoo has decided to maintain elephants in its long-term plans. The female African elephant Watoto will be moved to another zoo and additional Asian elephants will be brought to Seattle. Also, between $1.5 and $3 million will be spent on numerous upgrades both to the actual exhibit and to interactive elements involving visitors at the zoo.

Woodland Park Zoo Blog: New strategic vision for elephant program)
 
Vip and Amanda have become grandparents again in January when Ngozi had her second baby in Toronto. It's a girl and there's a naming contest running for the baby for those of you Ngozi, Amanda and Vip fans.

Toronto Zoo | Baby Gorilla
 
snowleopard said:
More information on the zoo's decision to maintain its elephant program:

http://www.zoo.org/document.doc?id=1210
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Does anybody know how big (how many acres) the elephant exhibit at WPZ is and how it compares to newer exhibits like the National Zoo and SDZ? Every time I see the elephant exhibit at WPZ it looks rather spacious, but this could be an optical illusion due to the way it is spatially arranged. The New National Zoo exhibit is fantastic! The one at SDZ not so much, given that asian elephants don't live in arid deserts. The exhibit at the Houston Zoo definitely sucks, too. At least the WPZ exhibit gives the impression that it is situated in a "forest" where one would most likely encounter a wild Asian elephant.
 
TerraFera said:
Does anybody know how big (how many acres) the elephant exhibit at WPZ is and how it compares to newer exhibits like the National Zoo and SDZ? Every time I see the elephant exhibit at WPZ it looks rather spacious, but this could be an optical illusion due to the way it is spatially arranged. The New National Zoo exhibit is fantastic! The one at SDZ not so much, given that asian elephants don't live in arid deserts. The exhibit at the Houston Zoo definitely sucks, too. At least the WPZ exhibit gives the impression that it is situated in a "forest" where one would most likely encounter a wild Asian elephant.
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Woodland Park's elephant exhibit is just over an acre in size, although the zoo's website and various press releases claim that it is 1.5 acres including the barn and all of the outdoor areas that are accessible to the elephants.
 
The summer 2014 map made its debut this week and it includes the new cheetah exhibit within the "Wildlife Survival Zone". A porcupine icon has been added, no doubt to highlight the recent birth, and the 5 parking lots have all been named for the first time that I can remember.

http://www.zoo.org/document.doc?id=1259
 
snowleopard said:
The summer 2014 map made its debut this week and it includes the new cheetah exhibit within the "Wildlife Survival Zone". A porcupine icon has been added, no doubt to highlight the recent birth, and the 5 parking lots have all been named for the first time that I can remember.

http://www.zoo.org/document.doc?id=1259
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Is there more to the zoo than the map suggests? I'm hoping that there are a lot of species missing from the map.

Why did they put the Cheetahs there and not in the African section?

And they call the individual car parks "stalls"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D:eek::D:eek: Hilarious.
 
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