Later, when the cubs are a little older, they and their foster mother are shown engaging in a tug-of-war for Zoo visitors. (They are inside of a large outdoor cage. Does anyone know if it is still there and in use?) |
Monday, November 15, 2010
Bronx Zoo #11 (From Eric Beheim)
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This is the old Lion House, built, I believe, between 1904 and 1914.
A few years back it was totally restructed on the inside and is now used to exhibit animals from Madigascar. haven't seen it since it reopened; perhaps Richard Reynolds knows more.
Paul Gutheil
PS I should have mentioned that for many years the Lion House also housed a portion of what used to be the NY Aquarium originally in Battery Park, at the southern end of Manhattan. As one entered the building one could see, over the years, lions tigers, jaguars, leopards, and even hyenas. Feeding time was quite an experience for a young child. I remember a big male lion who, as feeding time approached, used to rumble like a locomotive getting up steam, the bare brick walls reverberating the sounds to quite a level.
On the aquarium side there was quite a variety of fish, but all I can really recall right now was a tank with pirahnas and the most fun part...an electric eel who was agitated at regular intervals by a keeper wearing a heavy rubber glove. When agitated the eel created an electric jolt that, as far as I know, actually flashed a set of lights above the tank that read "Electric Eel". There was always a good crowd for this.
I joined the then New York Zoological Society, now Wildlife Conservation Society. when I was 12 and was devestated awhile back when the Society, which runs the Bronx and other city zoos announced that when their current elephants passed away they would not be replaced.
Paul Gutheil
Several years ago, when we were back in Ohio, we visited the Toledo Zoo. The old “Carnivore House” had been turned into a restaurant, with some of the tables located inside of the outdoor cages (the bars for which were still intact!)
I believe for sometime that the Lion House also was home to one of the very few living Platapus ever seen outside of Australia.
Toby Styles
Paul,
You should be happy that the Bronx made that wise decision. They don't have a habitat suitable for them. The animals will be relocated to an institution that is suitable for them, like someone moving to a bigger house or a new city with better opportunities.
Regards,
Wade Burck
Wade, not to correct an expert, but as far as I know the Zoo's 2 or is it three Asians are comfortably ensconced in the Wild Asia Exhibit (seen only by a monorail ride) on several acres of forested and open land, also a large pond. Where/when did you hear they were being relocated?
Best, Paul
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