Milwaukee County Zoo leaders have described Adventure Africa as their biggest physical change since 1961. Parking fees still apply with the exception of Zoo Pass Plus and Platypus Circle members who get free parking. Fourteen years later, a new, 190-acre, $12.6 million zoo was opened in the Milwaukee County Zoo's current location. But many still fondly recall the old zoos monkey island and sheep mountain, and so we are happy to share these photographs taken during the earliest years of the zoo, before 1920, by photographer Joseph Brown, whose photos can be seen in a Wisconsin Historical Society collection. [10] In 1900, West Park Zoo became Washington Park Zoo and two years later, the zoo was expanded to 23 acres (9.3ha). Follow her on Twitter at@chelseylewand@TravelMJSand Facebook atJournal Sentinel Travel. Cinder, who is almost 4 months old, was born June 12 at the zoo to mom Dr. Erin and dad Dash. 11 animal personalities you need to meet at Milwaukee County Zoo This summer, visit Dino Dons Journey to the Ice Age, sponsored by Sendiks Food Market. Spend the day at a wildlife sanctuary right in the heart of Milwaukee near Lake Michigan. "She will gladly use her large beak as a weapon if we don't heed her warning.". The complex included a cow barn, education center, and dairy store. Richard Raasch, first superintendent of West Park, and his family feeding the deer at the park in the 1890s. Cresnshaw said Mira yes, that's short for "Miracle" responds to commands and will not clamp up when handled like most other armadillos. Stroll through the Zoo on a guided tour designed specifically for you and your child to explore the Zoo together! In February, the zoo will erect its barn facade, where Gordy will get the chance to look for his shadow. Migration, all that stuff.". Ages 6-14 As students grow in our programs, our classes go deeper into animal behavior, zoo careers, ecosystems and conservation concepts. Daily Schedule Milwaukee Schedule Hershey Schedule Host an Event Shoutouts & Hangouts Interactive Programs RELATED: Milwaukee County Zoo's 100-year-old Amazonian turtle Onassis gets a spa day, ARCHIVE: Onassis celebrates her anniversary in 2015, "Back in the 40s, 50s, 60s, zoo collection was very different," Miller said. Stay up to date with everything weve got going on here at the Zoological Society of Milwaukee! Shawn Miller, the curator at the aquatic and reptile center at the zoo,said the Amazon river turtle gets "spoiled rotten" when she's in her own tank behind the scenes, away from the 55,000-gallon Amazon River exhibit. They have a huge family (in the gray squirrel lineage). Houdini'sfoster parents died of the virus shortly after his egg hatched (his biological father, Farley, was in quarantine at the time and still lives at the zoo today at age 25), so he was hand raised. Male bears can weigh up to 1,000 pounds going into hibernation, with females at 500-700 pounds. The Milwaukee County Zoo welcomed two new additions to their Primates of the World habitat in December: De Brazza's monkeys, whose white facial hair resembles a beard that Santa Claus would be . Did you know? What keepers didn't know when she arrived was that she was pregnant with triplet cubs.
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