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The Zoo has faced a number of [[#Problems|problems]] in recent years, including extensive damage from [[Hurricane Ivan]], dying animals and dwindling attendance.
==Exhibits & animalsAnimal exhibits==:''List incompleteIn order of a roughly clockwise progression through the Zoo. Please correct missing or inaccurate information. Cost per year *'''Gibbon Island''' and '''Lemur Island''' – The first exhibit to feed each animal is listed in parenthesesgreet guests outside the gift shop, a pond with two islands inhabited by lemurs (including Omega) and gibbons (including Mai Lang).*'''The Farm''' and '''Petting Zoo''' – Featuring an assortment of barnyard animals.*'''Otters''' – Amphibious enclosure for otters Alex and Tsunami.*'''Giraffes''' – Colby and Gabby are the two current giraffe inhabitants.*'''Neo-Tropical Exhibit''' – At the southwest corner of the Zoo. Primates include mandrils (Ben and Ash)*'''Perimeter enclosures''' – Nyala, gazelles, kudu, muntjac, ostriches, cranes, impala.*'''Australian Outback'''<ref name="closing"/>– Kangaroos (including Calvin), emus, kookaburra, lorikeets and cockatoos.*Asia'''Cat Country''' – Includes African lions (Larry, Kit and Kat), a female Bengal tiger tigers ($3Raja and Asia),000leopard (Osiris) and cougar (Mexica).*Mwelu'''The 'Gator Hole''' – More than a dozen American alligators.*'''Wild Florida''' – Includes Amercian black bears (Kirby and Paddington), a Western lowland gorilla coyote ($2Sasha),500barn owl, opossum, barn owl, etc.*'''Asian Rhino Enclosure''' – Currently unoccupied. Formerly home to Jafar (died 2007)and Limpopo.*Gabby'''African Adventure''' – A wildlife preserve with large, open areas enclosed by water features. Three islands on a female giraffe central pond are inhabited by gorillas (Babuka, Rwanda and Husani), chimpanzees (Zachary and Patrick) and colobi. Other animals include hippos ($2Kiboko and Cleo), zebras, wildebeest, kudu,000elands, and African wild dogs (brothers Phoenix and Quatro).*Larry, a male African lion '''Dragon World''' – Kimodo Dragon ($3Ivan,000not named for [[Hurricane Ivan|the storm]])*Jafar'''Bats''' *'''Orangutans''' – Kerijan, Sarah and Indah.*'''Giant Snake Pavilion''' – Anaconda, boa constrictor, and several species of python. ==Facilities & other features==*'''Lion's Lair Gift Shop''' – Zoo entrance, ticket sales and gift shop, plus administrative offices and guest relations. Enclosures hold a male greater onevariety of animals including snakes (One-horned rhino Eyed Willy, Lucifer and One-Way), hedgehogs ($2Bubba,000Hedge and Snowball) and a Leopard Gecko (Pepe).*'''Karibu Restaurant''' and '''Serengeti Room''' – Currently filled with terrariums holding frogs, tarantulas, etc.*'''Nairobi Snack Bar'''*'''Wildlife Theater'''*'''Boardwalk''' – Overlooks the African Adventure wildlife preserve and terminates near Gorilla Island, with coin-operated telescopes for viewing the animals.*'''Camellia Walk'''*'''Japanese Garden'''
==Problems==