Exhibits
Cats of Africa, which features African lions and black-footed cats, opened in 2003. Built on a hillside, the area's black-footed cat exhibit is at the top of the slope, with the lion exhibit on the slope itself. The lions are visible from a platform near the black-footed cat exhibit.
The Forest's Edge houses two male western lowland gorillas. The exhibit opened in 1996 and has a glass-walled viewing area as well as an overlook from a replica ranger station.
California Trails exhibits California condors, Channel Island fox, desert tortoises and bald eagles. The condor aviary can be viewed from two sides, including on an elevated path lower on the hillside, past the bald eagles, and leading to The Forest's Edge.
Exhibiting animals from the savanna, African Veldt has Baringo giraffes, East African crowned cranes, and Sulcata tortoises in a multi-species enclosure as well as slender-tailed meerkats in a smaller exhibit.
The Crawford Family Penguin House opened in June 2006. It houses a colony of Humboldt penguins and has above- and under-water viewing. In the rest of the exhibit area are Inca terns and other coastal South American birds.
Elephant Walk opened in 1972 and houses Asian elephants. The exhibit was renovated in 2005, enlarging both the land area and pool size, and an area for Asian pond turtles was added nearby.
List of animals- Amazon tree boa
- American alligator
- Chinese alligator
- Desert rosy boa
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