Tulsa Zoo Breaks Ground On Major New Rhinoceros Exhibit

The zoo says the $3.1 million exhibit will replace the outdated 38-year-old exhibit with a state-of-the-art home for the zoo's resident white rhinoceroses, Jeannie and Buzbie.

Thursday, March 7th 2013, 1:54 pm

By: News On 6

Tulsa Zoo Breaks Ground On Major New Rhinoceros Exhibit

The Tulsa Zoo broke ground Thursday morning on its first major project since 2002. The event was for the new Mary K. Chapman Rhinoceros exhibit.

The zoo says the $3.1 million exhibit will replace the outdated 38-year-old exhibit with a state-of-the-art home for the zoo's resident white rhinoceroses, Jeannie and Buzbie.

The new exhibit will consist of a three-acre yard and an 8,925-square-foot barn.

It will take a year to construct.

Terrie Correll, CEO of Tulsa Zoo Management Inc., says this exhibit will help the zoo become a world class facility. Correll says they hope to add more rhinos and to one day participate in rhinoceros breeding programs.

The next item on the list will be a Lost Kingdom exhibit which will feature tigers, leopards and exotic birds.

The Mary K. Chapman Rhinoceros Exhibit was funded through a public-private partnership between the City of Tulsa, Tulsa Zoo Management, Inc. and private donors.