Waterhaven Zoo and Aquatic Center

[zoo_tycoon2]

As far as I am concerned, your whole story of the hippo at GVZ (greater van. zoo) is EDITED FOR LANGUAGE

There are many flaws in your 'story'. First off, the zoo is not in a metropolitan area, it is about an hour outside of Vancouver, in Aldergrove. 'We' had two deaths. One in '84 when one of our hippos managed to fall through the ice one of their ponds (very cold winter, usually little to no ice). The other death occurred in '96 if I recall, when a baby hippo was stillborn (if you include that being the zoo's fault). The mother was healthy... I live in Langley, pretty close to the zoo.

If this is the story that you heard, so be it. I am just clearing this up...

-brett

Ps: i think your pics and zoo are awesome, escpecialy the new enterance!!

[Nique]

As far as I am concerned, your whole story of the hippo at GVZ (greater van. zoo) is EDITED FOR LANGUAGE

There are many flaws in your 'story'. First off, the zoo is not in a metropolitan area, it is about an hour outside of Vancouver, in Aldergrove. 'We' had two deaths. One in '84 when one of our hippos managed to fall through the ice one of their ponds (very cold winter, usually little to no ice). The other death occurred in '96 if I recall, when a baby hippo was stillborn (if you include that being the zoo's fault). The mother was healthy... I live in Langley, pretty close to the zoo.

If this is the story that you heard, so be it. I am just clearing this up...

-brett

Ps: i think your pics and zoo are awesome, escpecialy the new enterance!!

Hey Brett -

Not trying to upset anyone. Like I said in the beginning of my zoo 'story' - I'm using news articles as my 'inspiration.' Just so you can see the original story, I'm including the link from Zoo Animal News -
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=22&art_id=qw1149124865613B253

And I'm glad you like the pics and the zoo entrance - that was a lot of fun to play with.

[zoo_tycoon2]

mkay....well i dont even know if this is 'the' gv zoo...the article doesn't make sense to me though...

the Greater Vancouver Zoo, a private amusement park in this west coast metropolis

it's in the middle of nowhere, and its more of a 'wild animal park' not an amusement park.

It is not a 'commercial zoo' as the story claims...

But, this all depends if they are talking about the old zoo. The Vancouver Metropolitan Zoo, they closed down around 10 years ago...

[Koala Komander]

well the zoo doent have to be exact...its just a zoo tycoon zoo not a report or somthin !:D
nique,your zoo looks awesome1i love the pics and the whole zoo idea thingy! keep up the good work

[wasabipeas]

good lord who cares if it is a little, nique said shed use real stories for *hem* "inspiration" sooooooooooooooo if it isnt exact it doesnt matter!

[penguinman]

Ya, I think this topic is wonderful and I love the pics I don't mind if it isn't exact.

[tinkerbell71]

the pics are great

[zoo_tycoon2]

csleesburg....why did my post come up in the stars??? i said poop...
and I'm sorry for interupting this awesome thread, i just felt the story was odd.

Because this is a family-friendly forum and there is no reason to call Nique's work that. - Penguinman

sorry about thinking the allogations (sp?) were false. and no offence was intended.

[Nique]

Wow... thanks everyone for the support... heehee... I'm feeling the hugs all around :blushing:  

Of course, I'm sure there was no offense meant - and none taken... and the story will continue tomorrow because :IloveZA:

[Nique]

Dateline: June 21, 2006

Great news here at NAZRRA this morning!

The question on the lips of zoologists at NAZRRA is will it turn into love, holy matrimony and offspring.

Right now, Snowflake, an 11-month female snow leopard and the latest addition to our animal collection, simply has a crush on Makalu.

And Makalu, the object of her affection and a male deemed a suitable life partner, doesn’t mind being followed around by the snow leopard kitten.

“That’s a start,” according to Marie-Josée Limoges, a veterinarian at the zoo who cares for the pair of snow leopards.

“They're buddies,” she added. “The zoo’s hope is that next year at this time we are raising little snow leopard cubs.”

Call it courtship in captivity, dating zoo-style, the NAZRRA twosome are part of an international program aimed at saving the endangered cat from extinction.

The program run by the American Zoo and Aquarium Association has determined Snowflake and Makalu to be a good genetic match and, now, the rest is up to them, Limoges said.

So please welcome Snowflake and Makalu and keep your fingers crossed that this will be the start to a very long and loving relationship for the two of them.

Here is Snowflake exploring her home while keeping Makalu in sight.


And Makalu checking out the swimming hole - I'm sure looking for something tastey to eat.


Also, just to recap. We still have animals available for adoption, so if you would like to help support and/or name any of our animal friends – please speak up! Or if you have heard any news stories where you like us to step in and investigate or help out, keep us in mind. We would love to hear from you!

Our Animal Guests available for Adoption:
4 Bongos
4 African Buffalo
4 Drom. Camels (Felix (m), 2 females, and Hammie (son)
3 Caribou (male, female, daughter – Morgan)
3 Addra Gazelles
4 Thomson’s Gazelles
2 Moose
4 Musk Ox
2 Scimitar Horned Oryx
5 Peafowls
3 Zebra
2 Hippos (Hazina (f) and Harry (m) – named but not adopted)

Until next time,
Team NAZRRA

(Just in case anyone is interested in reading the original story, I will be including a link to the articles that I use for inspiration from now on. http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=cbf04574-3988-4656-9739-371689a25c96&k=31275)

[RhinoRapter]

I would like to adopt the moose and are they male and femal or male amd male or femal and female

[Nique]

Hey RhinoRaptor,

We would love to let you adopt any or all of our family of Moose. Though the staff have given them 'nicknames' you may certainly give them an official name. So far we have:

Jake: male, 5 years old
Loralei: female, age unknown
and their two sons, Wade and Billy

Thanks again!
Team NAZRRA

[RhinoRapter]

awsome

[Red-Panda-Freak]

This is a great story!  It's really cool that you use real events as your inspiration.  The pics are amazing!

[Nique]

Congratulations to RhinoRapter!

The first to adopt one of our animal guests here at NAZRRA! You can pick up your adoption certificate Here

Both Jake and Loralei are doing wonderful:




And still very "lovey-dovey" even after their first two children!


And here is a family photo take this afternoon:


Thanks again, RhinoRapter!
Team NAZRRA

[Nique]

DATELINE: June 28, 2006

Good morning! Sorry for the lack of updates lately, but I have been out of town at a Zoo Animal Welfare conference in Washington state for the last few days. We had a great turnout with more than 200 zoo-related personnel and scientists from around the world – all in an effort to preserve, conserve, and educate the world about our animal friends.

The facility where we met was amazing! One of our nation’s best zoos - with an amazing reputation due to how well they care for their animals and the research that is constantly going on there.

The day of our arrival we were treated to a helicopter tour of the facility and it was simply breathtaking! Of course, as time allowed in between all of the conference activities, I walked the zoo as well and it was even better from the ground than flying above it.

I took about 200 photos, but here are just a few…

Here is an overhead shot of the Desert exhibit, taken from the helicopter.


And the entrance from the ground:


In this exhibit, they had camels and wild burros all living very happily together. The camels were originally on loan to the zoo but recently, this became their permanent home.

[Nique]

Next up, is the Alpine Exhibit with a beautiful pair of Snow Leopards and about 4 of their offspring.

Again, from the helicopter:


And from the ground:


They also had these wonderful statues in each exhibit –


Taken from behind the glass wall:

[Nique]

Next up was the Asian Elephant exhibit, again from overhead:


Such a majestic animal!


The Boreal Exhibit was interesting. It had a mix of grizzly and wolverines. Both seemed to really enjoy running around almost teasing each other.

From overhead:


Here you see one female grizzly just leaving the swimming hole and a wolverine running around nearby:

[Nique]

Next we come to the Grassland exhibit starring the Secretary Birds  - they are so fun to watch!

From overhead:


The entrance from the ground:


Here you can see one Secretary Bird eating his lunch – when they were eating was the only time I could try and catch these fast little guys with a camera!



More pictures to come later... Have you spotted anything 'special' about the zoo layout yet??? :wink:

[steven90]

yeh i did! i did! are some of the exhibits exactly the same? oooo have you made the zoo semetrical? : :

[alpharaptor1990]

0looks really good

[Budgielover101]

Wow I love the form of the exhibits (mine never look that good) You sure concentrate a lot on the overall 'look' of your exhibits! They are great! Good work!
Are they supposed to be symetrical or just the same sort of design? They look very nice though :original:

[Nique]

Thanks everyone, glad you are enjoying this one.

Next up is the Desert Oasis: a covered building featuring four exhibits inside:






On to the Savannah exhibit – again from the air:



From the entrance:

[Nique]

A close encounter of the Giraffe kind…



And finally, we come to the last exhibit – the Tundra:

[Nique]

Ok, did you guess the right pattern? Did you notice?

Here is a copy of the zoo map –


Welcome to the Tic Tac Toe Zoo!