Zoos in Virginia - Mill Mountain Zoo, Bluebird Gap Farm, Metro Richmond Zoo, Virginia Zoological Park (Paperback)

Chapters: Mill Mountain Zoo, Bluebird Gap Farm, Metro Richmond Zoo, Virginia Zoological Park. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 22. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Mill Mountain Zoo - With its location atop Mill Mountain not being conducive to a major expansion, a proposal developed in 1984 to relocate the zoo to a 400-acre (1.6 km) tract adjacent to the Blue Ridge Parkway as the Blue Ridge Zoo. This proposal was later abandoned in favor of the development of Virginia's Explore Park at the location originally proposed for the zoo. After the failed relocation proposal, the Blue Ridge Zoological Society voted in 1988 to have the zoo permanently located atop Mill Mountain. As part of this decision, a 10-year master plan called Zoo 2001, was completed in 1991, with some of its suggestions successfully implemented over the course of the next decade. Recent additions (2008Present): New Holding/Quarantine Building (houses new animals and the aviary birds during the winter-not accessible to the publicNew Animal Clinic-not accessible to the publicRed Wolf ExhibitEurasian Black Vulture ExhibitBlack Tufted Marmoset Exhibit (Burmese Pythons were moved into the Reptile House)Canadian Lynx Exhibit (where Red Tailed Hawks were)Interactive AviaryReptile House The following are some of the more notable animals to be housed at the zoo: The zoo is host to 85 animals and 35 different species, including two species on the endangered list, the Red Panda, and Snow Leopard. It is constantly undergoing new changes with a variety of species being added including the opening of an interactive avairy in 2008 and a reptile house in 2009. Some of the favorite attractions are "Bo" the very loveable Wolverine, Nina the cougar, Tasha (who died at a very old age recently) and Boris the gorgeous snow leopards, No...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=16801495