Jacksonville Zoo to expand Asia exhibit

[Captain Zissou]

ExZooberation is coming up, which is one of their biggest fundraisers. They are probably planning to bring in some good revenue from that. It's a little out of my price range, but I hope to attend in the future.

[FSBA]

The one thing I think the zoo drops the ball on is not hitting up members for donations. If they sent a mailer to every member saying "We want to build the best tiger exhibit in the world, can you send $20/$50/$100 to help make it happen" they would see a solid return.

[I-10east]

The Zoo's Tiger exhibit will be set to open in March in time for the centennial.

www.news4jax.com/news/jax-zoo-celebrates-100-years/-/475880/23843744/-/h0nywd/-/index.html

[Keith-N-Jax]

Good news.

[Noone]

Love the Zoo. Very positive.

[Rynjny]

Any chance Jacksonville Zoo getting a Panda?

[edjax]

Panda would be cool but from what I can tell only 4 zoos n the US currently have pandas:  Atlanta, Memphis, San Diego and Washington DC.

[FSBA]

Pandas are about 5x as expensive to house as an elephant. They require alot of specialized nutrition, medical care (particularly for reproduction), and $1 million yearly fee to China.

[copperfiend]

Maybe red pandas.

[blizz01]

JPMorgan Chase is sponsoring the giveaway of 100 individual zoo memberships to Chase cardholders (beginning Thursday).  As of Friday @ lunchtime, there were still ~70 remaining.

http://www.jacksonvillezoo.org/membership/chase_card_holders/

[FSBA]

The zoo will also be building a manatee rehab center thanks to the capital improvement fund, though it won't something regular guests will see

http://staugustine.com/news/2014-01-25/jacksonville-zoo-build-critical-care-center-endangered-manatees#.UuTJARAo7IU

[FSBA]

Anyone else getting off work early to attend the member preview Tuesday or Wednesday?