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Zoo Boise to open renovated small-animal exhibits Oct. 23; education center due next spring
Summary
Zoo Boise told the Parks and Recreation Commission at its October meeting that a renovated small-animal kingdom will open Oct. 23, with new exhibits for meerkats, cotton-top tamarins, sand cats, a porcupine and a Grand Cayman blue iguana, and a new conservation and education center planned for next spring.
Zoo Boise will open a renovated small-animal section Oct. 23, with a public ribbon-cutting slated to begin about 9 a.m. and the grounds opening to visitors at 10 a.m., Zoo Boise Director Gene Decox said at the Boise Parks and Recreation Commission’s October meeting.
“The animals will be able to dig and climb,” Decox said while presenting photos and construction updates on the new spaces. “It will look great for next week.”
The small-animal kingdom project reconfigures a 1999 building and surrounding outdoor space. Decox said the meerkat enclosure now includes a roughly 400-square-foot indoor space divided into two rooms and about 700 square feet of outdoor natural substrate. Cotton-top tamarins will move into a roughly 300-square-foot indoor space with 15-foot-high climbing area and a more than 500-square-foot outdoor area. A renovated building will house sand cats and a day room…
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