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In its [[Frozen zoo|Frozen Zoo]] plays a major role. In it are stored over 2,500 specimens representing approximately 60 animal and 65 plant species. |
In its [[Frozen zoo|Frozen Zoo]] plays a major role. In it are stored over 2,500 specimens representing approximately 60 animal and 65 plant species. |
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The Cincinnati Zoo was the first zoos to breed an [[Indian Rhinoceros]], [[Pallas's Cat]]s from Artificial Insemination, and was the first zoo to breed the first [[Sumatran Rhinoceros]] in captivity in over 112 years. |
The Cincinnati Zoo was the first zoos to breed an [[Indian Rhinoceros]], [[Ocelot]]s, and [[Pallas's Cat]]s from Artificial Insemination, and was the first zoo to breed the first [[Sumatran Rhinoceros]] in captivity in over 112 years. All this activity has given the zoo the name, ''The Sexiest Zoo in America''. |
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| 39°08′42″N 84°30′29″W / 39.145°N 84.508°W | |
| Date opened | 1875[1] |
| Location | Cincinnati, Ohio, USA |
| Land area | 65.4 acres (26.5 ha)+ |
| No. of animals | 1,896 |
| No. of species | 500+[1] |
| Annual visitors | 1.2 million+[1] |
| Memberships | AZA,[2] WAZA[3] |
| Website | www |
The Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden is located in Cincinnati, Ohio, and opened in 1875 on 65.4 acres (26.5 ha). The zoo is the second oldest zoo in the United States opening just 14 months after the Philadelphia Zoo.The Cincinnati Zoo was the home of Martha, the last living Passenger Pigeon, which died in 1914. The zoo was also the home of the last living Carolina Parakeet, which died 1918. The zoo is an accredited member of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA), and a member of the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA). The Zoo has breading programs for Western lowland gorillas, Bearcats, Tayras, Pottos, Fishing Cats, Sand Cats, Ocelots, Pallas's Cats, and so much more.
History
In its first 20 years the zoo experienced many financial difficulties, and despite selling 22 acres (8.9 ha) to pay off debt,[4] the zoo went into receivership in 1898. The Cincinnati Traction Company purchased the zoo in 1901 and operated the zoo for 16 years. In 1917, the Cincinnati Zoological Park Association, funded by donations from philanthropists Mary Emery and Anna Sinton Taft, took over management of the zoo.
In 1932 the city purchased the zoo and now runs it through the Board of Park Commissioners. In 1931 the zoo procured what was at the time the only trained gorilla in the world. Suzie was originally captured in the Belgian Congo, and brought to the United States on Graf Zeppelin in August 1929. When she arrived at the zoo, Suzie had just finished a tour of North America.She lived for 21 years and died at the Cincinnati Zoo on October 29, 1947. Her body was donated to the University of Cincinnati where her skeleton was used for many years until it was destroyed in a fire in 1974.[5]
In 1987, the zoo was designated as a National Historic Landmark due to its significant architecture featured in the Elephant House, the Reptile House, and the Passenger Pigeon Memorial. The zoo's Reptile House is the oldest existing Zoo building in the country, dating from 1875.[1]
Animals and exhibits
Wildlife Canyon
In 1875 this opened with two large Elk and Deer yards until it was renovated and turned into the Deer Line and again in 1989.
Features hoofed and other animals like: Emu, Humphrey and Sari the Bactrian Camels, Bellatessa and Raison the Przewalski's Horses, Takin, Red River Hog, and Suci and Ipuh the only Sumatran Rhinos on display at a major zoo in the nation. The Cincinnati Zoo was the first zoo to put Przewalski's horses on display in 1905.
Eagle Eyrie
The exhibit features an observation deck that is actually inside the flight cage, so nothing can come between the visitor and the birds.
Features: Andean Condors and Steller's Sea Eagles
Reptile House
Built in 1875. One of the Zoo's original buildings, it first housed monkeys, but is now home to the Zoo's reptiles. The Reptile House is the oldest designed zoo building in America.
Center Exhibit: Chinese alligator, Red-eared slider, Common snapping turtle
Top exhibits: Angolan python, Green Tree Python, Desert Grassland Whiptail Lizard, Madagascar giant day gecko , Razo Island Skink, Aruba Island rattlesnake, Eyelash Viper, an albino California Kingsnake, Brazilian Rainbow boa , an albino Nelson's Milksnake, and a Ball python.
Bottom exhibits: Reticulated Gila Monster, Solomon Islands skink, Blue Tree Monitor, 6 Galápagos tortoise babies, Pancake tortoise who had Zoo Babies born on March 6, 2010, the only Yucatan Neotropical Rattlesnakes on display in the world, a female also had Zoo Babies in 2010, Asian Vine Snakes, a Black rat snake, Brazil's lancehead, Caatinga Lancehead, Jameson’s Mamba, Terciopelo, Gaboon Viper, Rhinoceros Viper.
Large exhibits: Beaded Lizard, Ornate Monitor, Mexican West Coast Rattlesnake, King Cobra
Amphibians: Cave Salamanders, a Gray tree frog and Spring Salamanders
Major Mitchell's Cockatoo- Is a small island connected to the Reptile House that is home to Henry the Major Mitchell's Cockatoo and Sammy the Salmon-crested Cockatoo. They rotate every other day.
Monkey Island
Built when the zoo opened in 1875, renovated 1930 and renovated again in 1985. This island is also North America's first bar less monkey exhibit
Features: 11 Japanese macaques.
Gorilla World
Opened in 1978 as a naturalistic, rain forest habitat for the Cincinnati Zoo's popular gorillas. The Cincinnati zoo leads the country in gorilla births with 49. Because of the success of our gorilla breeding program, Newsweek called the Cincinnati Zoo the "sexiest zoo in the country."
Features: 10 Western lowland gorillas (7 females and 3 males), Eastern colobus monkeys, and Grey's crowned guenons.
Night Hunters
The building was opened in 1952 as the Carnivora House and was renovated in 1985 as the Cat House and then again in 2010-2011. The Cincinnati Zoo has bred more species of rare cats than any other zoo in the world. This is the newest attraction at the zoo when it opened to the public on May 21, 2011. It contains 12 of the animals from the Cat House, 6 from the Nocturnal House, 2 species from Jungle Trails, one species from the Reptile House, and 3 species from different zoos.
Nocturnal animals: Eurasian Eagle-owl, the only Aardwolves on display in the nation, Common Vampire Bats, Pygmy slow loris, Potto, Aardvarks, Greater bushbabies, Giant fruit bats, Bearcats with a Zoo Baby, Fennec fox. The Pallas' cats had the first ever Pallas' cat kittens born from Artificial Insemination in June 2011.
Cats and Other Predators: Pallas' Cat, Fossa, Clouded leopards, Southern Brazilian Ocelots, Burmese python, Black-footed cats, Sand cats, Caracal, Tayra with a Zoo Baby born on May 24, 2011, Bat-eared fox, Fishing Cats, and a Bobcat. The Cincinnati zoo is also the only zoo breeding Tayras. The offspring are current in the CREW building.
Outdoor exhibits: Cougars and a Siberian lynx
World of the Insect
Opened in 1978, this is the largest building in North America devoted to the display of live insects. The Cincinnati Zoo has been given four awards by the American Zoo and Aquarium Association for successful propagation of insects, and Insect World received the prized American Zoo and Aquarium Association exhibit award in 1979.
Ants- Bullet Ant, Leaf-cutting ant. The longest Leafcutter ant exhibit in the world
Beetles-American Burying Beetle, Emerald beetle, Flamboyant flower beetle, Hercules beetle, Jade-Headed Buffalo Beetle, Sunburst diving beetle, Taxi-Cab Beetle, Tin-Foil Beetle, Yellow-bellied beetle.
Cockroaches- Bat Cave cockroach, Green-Leaf Cockroach, Madagascar hissing cockroach.
Grasshoppers- Eastern Lubber Grasshopper, Grey Bird Grasshopper.
Scorpions- Giant desert hairy scorpion, Vinegaroon, Water Scorpion.
Spiders- Black Widow Spider,Brown recluse spider, Chilean rose hair tarantula
Walking Sticks- Australian Walking Stick , Giant Jumping Stick, Giant Walking Stick
Other Various Bugs and Insects- Giant African Millipede, Giant Water Bug, Spiny leaf insect, Red-Eyed Assassin Bug, Tri-Colored Backswimmer, Two-spotted assassin bug, Water Strider, Zebra Bug.
What Eats Insects: Naked mole rat, which had Zoo Babies in early 2011, Spiny Blue Lizard, Black tree monitor, Rough Green Snake, Yellow and Blue Poison Dart Frog, Henkel's Leaf-tailed Gecko, Ornate Horned Frogs, Emperor tamarin.
Butterfly Garden: African helmeted turtle, Blue Ground Dove, Peruvian Pigeon, Golden-headed Manakin, Spangled Cotinga, White-naped Pheasant Pigeon, and African Pygmy Goose. The only species of butterfly in this area is the Passion Flower Butterfly.
Lemur Lookout
Built in 1875 as Baboon Island and renovated in 1962 as Ibex Island, and today guests can see 3 Ring-tailed lemurs. The Cincinnati zoo is the Lemur capitol in North America with 3 species: says the Director of the zoo, Thane Maynard.
Dragons!
This building feature the longest, smallest, and some of the most colorful monitor lizards in the world. Chia-Chia, the Giant panda that went around America to different zoos, stayed at the zoo for 6 weeks in 1988, until it was renovated in 1990. The zoo then zoo attained the largest Komodo dragon to ever live in captivity until he died in 2005 (he was a gift from George H. W. Bush). It was renovated in 2010 and opened in June 2010.
Features: Ackie's Dwarf Monitor, Green Tree monitor, Quince Monitor, Jasper the Crocodile monitor, and Hudo the Komodo dragon.
Otto M. Budig Family Foundation Manatee Springs
This building originally opened as an aquarium for various sharks and other saltwater fish, until a fire burnt it down in 1997 and then it was renovated and opened on May 21, 1999. This exhibit interprets swamp and river habitats of Florida and the species that inhabits these areas. Close-up viewing on both dry land, as well as dramatic underwater viewing of magnificent animals, including charismatic manatees, provide an exciting experience for every zoo visitor.
Greenhouse- American Alligator, Spotted gars, Florida cooters , Alligator snapping turtle, Leslie a American Crocodile.
Featured exhibits: Land Hermit Crab, Alligator snapping turtle, Black Crappie, Channel Catfish, Golden shiner, Largemouth Bass, Redbreast sunfish, Redear sunfish, Knight Anole, Golden Silk Spider
Manatee exhibit: This large tank has 3 viewing areas including a bubble area, it also allows you to literally come face-to-face with the zoo's 3 Florida Manatees, Wooten (300lbs), Illusion (900lbs) and Betsy (1800lbs). Betsy is the largest manatee the zoo has ever had and because of her size and weight she will be freed in the near future. This is also the first time they've had 3 manatees at one time. The Cincinnati Zoo and the Columbus Zoo are currently the only zoos that are part the Manatee Rescue, Rehabilitation and Release Program.
Other fish in the tank- Alligator gar, Chain pickerels, Channel catfish, Grass Carp, Florida Gars,a Florida softshell turtle, Longnose gar, Spotted gar and Golden shiners.
Stories of the Manatees- Wooten was rescued as a calf from the wild in February 2010. He appeared to be suffering from cold stress and his mother was no where in sight. The Miami Seaquarium took care of him for a few months before he came to the zoo in November 2010. Illusion injured by a boat strike, she was rescued in March 2010. The Miami Seaquarium also took care of her until she was ready to make the trip to the Zoo in November 2010. Betsy was born in 1990 in Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park. When she arrived at the zoo in 2010, she weighed 1800 pounds, which is average for an adult manatee. These stories can also be read on a sign by the manatee exhibit.
Infamous Plant Invaders-Banded dwarf cichlids, Green Severum, Oscar, Red piranhas, Red Devil Cichlids and Tilapia.
Florida Biodiversity- Florida Water Moccasin, Two-toed Amphiuma, Margarita Snail, Royal Gramma Basslet, Florida Decorated Crab, Peppermint Shrimp, Royal Coral Shrimp, Scarlet Hermit Crab, Turbo Snail, Southern Copperhead, Mangrove Water Snake, Loggerhead musk turtle, Eastern mosquitofish, Eastern Gulf Coast Waterdog.
Palmetto Scrub- is one large exhibit for a Corn Snake, Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnakes, Everglades Rat Snakes, Timber Rattlesnake, Yellow Rat Snakes.
Siegfried & Roy's White Lions of Timbavati
Opened as Big Cat Canyon in 1975, containing three 1-year old White tigers. Today, come see the rare African White Lions (Panthera leo krugeri), 4 out of the only 300 White lions are at the zoo. Walk over the Canyon bridge to view the lions unobstructed in a natural setting.
Rhino Reserve
This attraction originally opened as the African Veldt built in 1935, with yards for Zebras, Elands and African birds, Blesboks, Ostriches and a Hippo exhibit, then in 1997 it became Rhino Reserve.
Features: Nikki an Indian Rhinoceros, Kuvua an Okapi, Eastern Bongos, Grey-crowned Cranes,Greater Flamingos, Grevy's Zebras, Klyde a Black Rhinoceros from the Columbus Zoo.
Nikki had a miscarriage in October 2010, but she made history. Nikki gave birth to the first Indian Rhino born from AI. Kuvua is currently pregnant and will give birth in December 2012. Greater flamingo chicks hatched in July 2011 but the babies are currently not on exhibit. Marty the zebra was born in September 2009. Even though the zoo doesn't have a black rhino baby, they do rank as a U.S. leader in breeding Black rhinos with 18 births. After Labor Day guests will not be able to view Kuvua, the bongos and the cranes, and the zebras for the construction on Cat Canyon opening early summer of 2011.
Tiger Canyon
This attraction is closed for the construction of Cat Canyon and it will re-open in June 2012. It will be home to Malayan tigers and Snow leopards. These 3 grottoes were also the first bar less exhibits at the zoo for lions, tigers and African Birds.
Features- White tigers and Cheetahs
Jungle Trails
Jungle Trails received the American Zoo and Aquarium Association's prestigious exhibit award in 1994. It is a naturalized rain forest habitat, teeming with rare and exotic wildlife and hundreds of plant species from Asia and Africa. The exhibit, with both indoor and outdoor viewing areas, and has become the home for the Zoo's collection of rare primates.
Asian Animals Trails- Mueller's gibbons, Lesser Adjutant Stork and Lana the Sumatran orangutan.
Tropical Asian Animals (building)- Slender-tailed cloud Rat, Banded palm civet, Sugar gliders, White-handed gibbons with a baby named Possum who was born at the zoo in 2010, Francois' langurs and Lion-tailed macaques. The langurs and the macaques rotate indoor and out.
African Animals Trial- Pink-backed Pelicans, Saddle-billed Stork, Black-and-white ruffed lemur, Bonobo, White-naped Ravens, and Angolan colobus monkeys. There were two baby bonobos born at the zoo in March and then another one was born in May of 2010.
Tropical African Animals (building)- African Striped Weasel, Garnett's galago, Grey Bamboo Lemurs, Diana monkeys, Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill, Golden-breasted Starling, Hamerkop, Ruddy Shelducks, Bonobo, Aye-aye, and Dumeril's Ground boa.
Kroger Lords of the Arctic
Opened in the year 2000, this is a palatial 21,000-square-foot exhibit, featuring a 12-foot-deep, 70,000-gallon pool.
Features- Polar bears, Barred Owl
Bear line- Built 1937 called the Bear Line which it was originally called Bear Pits, is two very small and outdated grottoes for Spectacled bears, and American black bears
Wings of the World
This was originally the Reptile House that opened in 1937 and was converted into the Bird House in 1961 and then later expanded and renovated into Wings of the World in 1996. It features 9 exhibits that display birds and their habitats from all over the world.
Outdoor exhibits: Blue-throated Macaw, Blue-and-Gold Macaw, Southern Screamer, Laughing Kookaburra
Amazon: Crested Screamers, Opal-rumped Tanager, Paradise Tanager, Red-capped Cardinal, Elegant Crested Tinamou, Guira Cuckoo, Golden Conure, Northern Helmeted Curassow, Northern Lapwing, Red Shoveler, Saffron Finch, Scarlet Ibis, Sunbittern, Yellow-rumped Cacique
Australasia: Raggiana Bird-of-paradise (outside the actual aviary), Giant Fruit Bat, Nicobar Pigeon, Asian Fairy-bluebird, Bali Mynah, Blue-crowned Laughingthrush, Jambu Fruit Dove, White-naped Pheasant Pigeon, White-throated Ground Dove
Montane: Masked Bobwhite Quail and Thick-billed Parrot
Grasslands: Black-winged Red Bishop, Blue-breasted Kingfisher, Blue-naped Mousebird, Four-banded Sandgrouse, Golden-breasted Starling, Northern Carmine Bee-eater, Violet-backed Starling
Wetlands: Double-crested Cormorant, Tri-colored Heron, Ruddy Duck, Red-bellied Cooter, Peninsula cooter
Featured Wall Exhibits: Bourke's Parakeet, Red-flanked Lorikeet, Scarlet-chested Parrot, Gouldian Finch.
Arctic Islands: Crested Auklet, Harlequin Duck, Least Auklet, Whiskered Auklet, Smew
Arctic Sea Cliffs: Common Murre, Harlequin Duck, Horned Puffin, Spectacled Eider, Pigeon Guillemot who had a Zoo Baby in June 2011.
Sub-antarctic Coast- Opened in 1969 as a penguin exhibit but today it isn't just for penguins. Now it features the only Black-faced Ibis species on display in the world, Chiloe Wigeon, Blue-eyed Cormorant, Inca Tern, 7 King Penguins, 2 Magellanic Penguins and 10 Southern Rockhopper Penguins which one of them had a Zoo Baby.
Spaulding Lorikeet Landing
The Walk-Through Flight Cage opened in 1962 until it was turned into Lorikeet Landing during the temporary Adventure Down Under attraction that took over the Children's Zoo in the summer of 2006. This walk-through aviary allows guests to feed the birds for only 1$.
Features: Black-capped Lory, Rainbow Lorikeet, Ornate Lorikeet, Red Lory, Nicobar Pigeon, Pied Imperial-pigeon, Kea, Cape Barren Goose, Magpie Goose, Ruddy Shelduck, Victoria Crowned Pigeon.
Wolf Woods
This exhibit opened in 2005 when it was originally called Otter Creek and there were Cheetahs in today's wolf exhibit.
Features: Grey Fox, North American river otter, Eastern box turtle, two sister Mexican wolves who were born at the zoo in 2006, Thick-billed Parrot, Masked Bobwhite Quails
Sea Lions-At the entrance of Wolf Woods, guests will see Callie and Duke, the California Sea Lions. Before the sea lions came to the zoo, there were three Pacific Walrus', until they all died of sickness by 2002.
Penguin Walkabout
This is also the entrance to the Children's Zoo and it is one large yard for 3 African Penguins and 24 Little Penguins. There is a Little Penguin Zoo Baby named, Hershey, who was born at the zoo on January 10, 2011. She was the 22nd little penguin hatched at the zoo.
Spaulding Children's Zoo
The Children's Zoo opened in 1938 and renovated in 1984-1985. 55,000 square feet of exhibits that feature rare cousins of common barnyard animals, animals of the eastern U.S. woodlands, and animals of the southwestern U.S. desert. The statue of Joseph H. Spaulding Jr. at the entrance is by Lazlo Ispansky.
Nursery: Padmae the Aardvark, Adams the Parma Wallaby, Lucy the Bearcat, Rocko and Jaz the Bennett's Wallabies, and Watson the Coatimundi. The animals in the nursery are trained to go around the zoo and interact with guests.
Featured exhibit: Homing pigeon
Play Area: Radiated tortoise, Red-footed tortoise, Gopher tortoise, Six-banded Armadillo, Screaming Hairy Armadillo (which had Zoo Babies on January 13, 2011) , Southern Three-banded Armadillo (the three armadillo species rotate every other day).
Petting Zoo: allows guests to get to pet and feed Nigerian Dwarf Goats and Baby Doll Sheep.
Featured exhibits- Hali a Tawny Frogmouth, Domestic Chicken, Junglefowl
Blakeley's Barn- Jacob sheep , and Dexter cattle, Miniature cattle (Texas Longhorn and a Dexter cattle cross), Nigerian Dwarf Goat, Alpaca , Miniature donkey, Llama.
Gibbon Islands
Completed in 1972, Gibbon Islands occupies the former location of the old Opera Pavilion. (From 1920-1971, the Cincinnati Zoo was home to the Cincinnati Opera Summer Festival.) These two islands are surrounded by water that flows from Swan Lake. Bamboo exercise bars are the stage for gibbons who entertain visitors with their acrobatic antics and loud whooping calls.
Features: Siamangs, and Buff-cheeked gibbons
Red Panda Exhibit- Naturalistic woodland landscape includes many unusual Chinese plant species to simulate the natural forest habitat of the Red panda. One pair of pandas is a gift to the Cincinnati Zoo from the Beijing Zoo, China.
Swan Lake
This big body of water takes up a lot of the zoo's ground, in the early zoo days, when the animals passed away, they would throw their carcass' into the lake, the Elephant skull in Jungle Trails was recovered from the lake.
Features: Mallard, Canada Goose, Mandarin Duck, [[Northern Pintail, Redhead, Trumpeter Swan, Wood Duck and a separate island home to Red-crowned Cranes.
Wetland Trails- Wetland trails is on the other side of the lake and it is home to a Sandhill Crane and other birds from Swan Lake.
Dobsa Giraffe Ridge
This attraction opened on June 6, 2008 and is also a favorite, mainly because it allows guests to feed crackers to the giraffes. The zoo originally had 5 Masai Giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi) when it first opened but 2 of them went to a different zoo and one of them died in November of 2010 of cardiac arrest because it's horns got stuck in a netted fence and it freaked out too much and later died, her name was Akilah and she was only 3 years old. The netted fencing was then later removed. Now the zoo is home to 2 giraffes, their names are Tessa and Kimba. Tessa gave birth to a beautiful baby girl named Zuri on April 2, 2011, and Kimba was the father. The word zuri means "beautiful" in Swahili. Zuri was everyone's favorite animal at the zoo until she somehow broke her leg just 2 months after she was born. Her leg wouldn't heal correctly, so they very sadly had to euthanize her.
Phase II of Africa- Greater Flamingo, Grey-crowned Crane and Cheetah Encounters. Where guests will see the fastest Cheetah in captivity, a Red River Hog, and a Serval.
Marge Schott-Unnewehr Elephant Reserve
Designed by Cincinnati-based Elzner and Anderson Architects and built in 1906. This is an early example of pour-in-place reinforced concrete. The building is a blend of Islamic design influences, giving a Taj Mahal-like appearance, and it went on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. This attraction opened as Vanishing Giants in the year 2000, until Giraffe Ridge opened in 2008. Elephant Reserve is home to 3 cows and 1 bull. The species of elephants at the zoo are Indian elephants (Elephas maximus indicus) and Malaysian elephants (Elephas maximus hirsutus). The cows' names in order from oldest to youngest are Schottzie II, My-Thai, and Jati, the bulls name is Sabu. Jati and Sabu are the only elephants at the zoo that are in the breeding program and they are also both Malaysian elephants. The zoo has been trying to breed the two by putting Jati in Sabu's yard, but they never have mated since Sabu came back to the zoo in 2008. The last elephant born at the zoo was in 1995, his name was Gemseh, he was born from Jati and Sabu, the zoo didn't have the right space for a baby so they transferred Gemseh to the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium where he then died of herpes.
P&G Discovery Forest
Renovated in 1989. This outdoor classroom, located near the Education Center, has seating for the public near animal holding areas. Live animal demonstrations for school groups and Zoo visitors are presented regularly during the summer. In 1989 it was called the Frisch's Discovery Center until it was converted into animal exhibits. this building is also home to animals that are off display.
Features- Cane toad, Leroy a Blue-and-gold macaw, Boa constrictor and Moe (short for "Slow mow") a female Linnaeus's two-toed sloth
Center for Conservation and Research of Endangered Wildlife (CREW)
In 1981 the zoo established the Carl H. Lindner Jr. Family Center for Conservation and Research of Endangered Wildlife for the purpose of using science and technology to understand, preserve, and propagate endangered flora and fauna and facilitate the conservation of global biodiversity. In its Frozen Zoo plays a major role. In it are stored over 2,500 specimens representing approximately 60 animal and 65 plant species.
The Cincinnati Zoo was the first zoos to breed an Indian Rhinoceros, Ocelots, and Pallas's Cats from Artificial Insemination, and was the first zoo to breed the first Sumatran Rhinoceros in captivity in over 112 years. All this activity has given the zoo the name, The Sexiest Zoo in America.
The future
Africa
Kroger and Pepsico teamed up together to donate a check to the zoo for $1,000,000, to go towards the Africa. The next phase, which is phase III, which is a wider vista that will offer visitors the opportunity to see African primates such as Olive Baboons, Africa’s most endangered predator, the African Wild Dog, and a mixed herd of antelope, with some of Africa’s most spectacular birds, such as theOstrich, Grey Crowned Crane , and Marabou Stork. Overlooking Africa will be a new dining concept that will be without rival in the region. This indoor and outdoor facility will include group rental facilities as well as an African-themed restaurant for visitors. With $4.3 million still needed to complete Phase III, the Zoo expects Africa to open in 2014.[4]
A final $7 million phase IV will bring Nile Hippos, one of the most remarkable and fearsome creatures in all of Africa. The hippo area will give visitors a dramatic experience by providing both above- and below-water viewing – a much anticipated and desired exhibit by Zoo visitors.[4]
Cat Canyon
The expanded Cat Canyon will link the Night Hunters experience with the current Tiger Canyon exhibits and will include a watering hole for the tigers. There will also be a new facility for snow leopards. Cat Canyon aims to further commitment to the conservation of threatened species through education and scientific research and support of conservation in the wild. It will feature Malayan Tigers and Snow leopards[5]
See also
Notes
- ^ a b c "History, Mission, and Vision". cincinnatizoo.org. Cincinnati Zoo. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
- ^ "Currently Accredited Zoos and Aquariums". aza.org. AZA. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
- ^ "Zoos and Aquariums of the World". waza.org. WAZA. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
- ^ a b "Africa". /cincinnatizoo.org. /cincinnatizoo.org. Retrieved 30 August 2011.
- ^ "Night Hunters". cincinnatizoo.org. Cincinnati Zoo. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
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