Talk:Denver Zoo

Photo requests

I know it's short notice, but I'll be going to the Denver Zoo in about half an hour. Any photo requests, besides the entrance area? --Ginkgo100 ^talk 17:18, 10 January 2007 (UTC) hi i was wondering if you had any information about lions tigers and leperds. i am doing a school science fair project and i need more info and i need to find an experiment on them too.to contact me please email me at babbypuzzle@yahoo.co and that is all in lowercase letters.

Monkey and the Plague

Seems notable enough to me... [1]. I'm don't think that monkeys getting the plague at zoos is that common (correct me if I'm wrong). Nationalparks 06:28, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

Hm. That article quotes various people as saying "...it shouldn’t be alarming to the public..." and "I’ve been kind of expecting questions, but I didn’t get any yet." It may be unusual enough for a newspaper article, but it doesn't seem significant enough in the context of history to make it into an encyclopedia article. --Ginkgo100^talk 20:59, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

The Phoenix Zoo has a "Controversies" section. Perhaps a separate section for "Adverse Events" (please pick a better title) that includes this and other "issues" over the years would be an appropriate way to present this. Right now I can't think of enough to go into such a section though (I'm sure there are things -- I just don't know of them).Donlammers (talk) 12:43, 6 October 2009 (UTC)

Expand this to include rare animals recently born?

Should we? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Allen649 (talk • contribs) 10:05, 16 June 2007 (UTC).

I'd say only if the birth is notable in some way. I'd say the recent Andean Condor hatching is notable enough to mention. --Ginkgo100^talk 00:03, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Hoping to reorganize a bit (2009)

I am currently working on another article, but when I'm done with that I'm hoping to reorganize this article a bit to make it more amenable to expansion, and start adding things. I am hoping to start this in mid-October (2009). Following are my thoughts for now.

• Change the Exhibits table into sub-sections so that each sub-section can be expanded more easily.
• Add photos for each exhibit. Some are already in the Gallery, and I plan to move them to the section for the exhibit. Others I will need to take.
• Add at least partial animal lists for each Exhibit.
• Add a section on conservation, to hopefully include SSP information. This could be a place to add specific notable births (like the recent Red Panda quadruplets).
• Add a section on annual zoo activities, like Boo at the Zoo and ZooLights.
• Add a section on the educational activities at the zoo, and the volunteer program.

Donlammers (talk) 02:05, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

I have done all of the above, at least in outline. Next steps I am planning include the following:

• A zoo map. I am working on this now.
• More pictures in the gallery. I would like to get more pictures that show things in context. For instance, I would like to replace the goose picture (though it is a good goose picture) with one showing geese with goslings, and children around them. I would like to replace the current winter pictures with summer pictures that include people. I need a good picture of ZooLights and Boo at the Zoo (and other events if anyone has them).
• More detail in animal lists relative to the exhibits. Mostly so far I have only put in species that I can remember from many visits with my 8-year old son.
• Add "daily events" to the events section. Bug toss, penguin feedings, flamingo walks, etc.

I'm targeting the end of 2009. If anyone wants to assist or add to this, please dive in. Donlammers (talk) 12:38, 6 October 2009 (UTC)

Velox

The edit made, in context (bold is added text), was "Originally it housed monkeys, but due to escape problems sea lions and Velox were housed there instead. Velox, a blind circus polar bear, delighted two generations of Denver children. He lived from 1934 to 1961. He is burried just a few feet east of the structure. Today coati reside in the southern section and grizzly bears and Asiatic black bears inhabit the other two sections."

Though apparently it's real, I want to do a bit more research before adding anything about this bear. I like items like this in the history section (as long as they can be cited) because it adds information about something besides the pure infrastructure of the zoo (and zoos are about the place, the animals, AND the people interacting). So far I have found only the following two items on the bear:

• "Glory Days of the Rocky Mountain News – Jack Foster – A Remembrance of Velox". georgeindenver. George in Denver. Retrieved 6 June 2010. {{cite web}}: |first= missing |last= (help)
• "Velox Polar Bear". findagrave.com. Find a Grave. Retrieved 6 June 2010.

If the marker is really "just a few feet East" of the structure, that's between Bear Mountain and the penguins, and I should be able to get a photo the next time I go to the zoo (within a couple of weeks, undoubtedly). Donlammers (talk) 12:43, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the response to my edit summary DL. I knew you would be able to research this and cleanup the edit (it felt like it was added by a young person who had just gotten home from a visit to the zoo.) I'm 90% sure that they have the location right. The Jack Foster remembrance was very interesting. Although I would have been very young when he died I have a vague memory of the restricted movement and the head shaking side to side. So thanks again for the research. MarnetteD | Talk 14:23, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

Article Violates NPOV

At times this article reads like descriptive, airy PR material from the Denver Zoo. Within the week, I will be providing examples and making changes. Mrs. Peel (talk) 22:54, 4 January 2012 (UTC)

It's been over a week. I don't necessarily agree with your assessment (being that I wrote a lot of it), but I'm waiting to see what you think is PR. I go to the zoo a lot because my son is a big animal fan, but I am not associated with the zoo in any other way. Don Lammers (talk) 12:25, 13 January 2012 (UTC)

Toyota Elephant Passage

I have made a first pass at bringing this up to date. In the next week or so I will try to update the map so that Asian Tropics is something besides a big gray blob. I found a lot of material, and if you read some of the links off this material there is even more about the zoo. The 2009 Westword article, for instance, includes a lot of history, some of which we already have but that is uncited. Also, at this time I'm still not sure what has happened to the old pachyderm habitat, except that most if not all of its inhabitants have been moved out.

I will be working on expanding this article on and off for a month or two, as well as trying to check every link that we already have, but please feel free to pitch in -- it will take less time if there are more contributors. Specifically, the big exhibits could use expansion. Predator Ridge, Tropical discovery, Primate panorama, etc. There must be articles about these in the Denver papers. Don Lammers (talk) 12:51, 5 June 2012 (UTC)

NRHP

I am going to remove the references to Bear Mountain as listed in the National Register of Historic Places until we can figure out its status a bit better. City Park (actually "Denver Park and Parkway System TR") is indeed listed (ref #86002190), so I guess Bear Mountain is too (as part of the park system). But if this is true, isn't everything in City Park at the time (1986) listed? For instance, Monkey Island? The Monkey House? If someone can provide something coherent to say, we can add it back. Don Lammers (talk) 18:57, 16 June 2012 (UTC)

Energy & conservation

This is a big deal with the zoo, and a bit more should probably be provided in the body (not just the last paragraph of the lead). I have added a bit of detail, plus citations, in the lead today. I've been on hiatus, but I am hoping to have some time to do this (plus some of the other items above) over the Christmas holidays. We'll see. Don Lammers (talk) 16:53, 28 November 2015 (UTC) Some possible URLs for reference (note that this item is not without its controversies, so we will need to be balanced):

• https://www.denvergov.org/content/denvergov/en/mayors-office/newsroom/2009/mayor-hickenlooper-denver-zoo-officials-sea-lion-announce-signif.html
• http://voices.nationalgeographic.com/2012/10/08/from-poop-to-power-the-denver-zoo-is-one-of-the-greenest-of-the-green/
• http://realestate.aol.com/blog/videos/green-living/517364947/
• http://glendalecherrycreek.com/2015/08/questions-linger-over-denver-zoos-plan-to-convert-trash-manure-to-energy/ (the project was not without controversy)
• http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/19/the-denver-zoo-wins-the-f_n_970442.html (additional citation for AZA award)
• http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-sej-elephant-dung-story.html (has it fallen through? Sept 2015)
• http://www.arcamax.com/currentnews/newsheadlines/s-1728694
• https://www.aza.org/Membership/detail.aspx?id=17624 (AZA Green Award - shows all winners)
• http://www.denverwater.org/WaterQuality/RecycledWater/RecycledWaterNews/DenverZoo/ (water conservation)
• https://zerowastedenver.wordpress.com/2015/09/01/questions-linger-over-denver-zoos-plan-to-convert-trash/ Don Lammers (talk) 17:25, 28 November 2015 (UTC)

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