The original elephant house refurbished above and the new elephant exhibit/Wild Asia exhibit below.
Reportedly Wild Asia was constructed at a cost of over 31 million Australian dollars. It is insane to believe that the best they could come up with for "environmental enrichment" in this beautiful exhibit is a truck tire chained to a tree. All that money, and they transform you back to the old "road side" menagerie gorilla/primate exhibits. Inconceivable!!!!! 
Friday, January 23, 2009
Elephant Exhibit--Taronga Conservation Society--Sydney
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Wade G. Burck
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2 comments:
Wade, I think it's great that like Cincinnati, they kept and refurbished the historic elephant house for the new exhibit.
Mary Ann
Mary Ann,
I to think it is the greatest way to go. Most of the exhibits can't be used, unless they expand them from 10 to 2. But the beautiful historic buildings can be used for so many other purposes. I applaud all the organizations that have retained the old architectures.
Wade
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