Wild Asia exhibit opens at Akron Zoo
Memorial Day weekend ushered in the unofficial start to summer and with it came the opening of a new exhibit at the Akron Zoo.
and last updated 2021-05-30 20:50:18-04
AKRON, Ohio â Memorial Day weekend ushered in the unofficial start to summer and with it came the opening of a new exhibit at the Akron Zoo.
The Lehner Family Foundation Wild Asia exhibit was supposed to open last year but was delayed due to the pandemic.
âThis is a very big project. We actually started the strategic planning for this process back in 2014,â said Akron Zoo marketing and PR manager Elena Bell. âWe open a big area like this every seven to eight years because itâs such a process of planning and construction.â
WKSU The new white-cheeked gibbons at the Akron Zoo, with Milo (left) and Parker (right), are a matched pair who the zoo hopes will mate in the future.
The Akron Zoo will unveil its new Wild Asia exhibit this weekend, the culmination of seven years of work and a $17 million investment.
Spokeswoman Elena Bell says the project offers different climate zones for some animals that are used to much different temperatures. We ll have a new home for our Sumatran Tigers and Red Pandas. If guests can remember, until 2018 we had a tiger and a Red Panda here so they ll be making their triumphant return. And then we re also going to be introducing a new primate species, the White-Cheeked Gibbon, Bell said.