Hattiesburg Zoo to open new giraffe exhibit May 15 An expanded Africa exhibit featuring two new giraffes will open on May 15. (Source: WDAM) By Charles Herrington | April 15, 2021 at 7:30 PM CDT - Updated April 15 at 10:08 PM
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - The Hattiesburg Zoo has announced the date it will open a major new exhibit that will have some very tall tenants.
On May 15, the zoo will host the grand opening and ribbon-cutting for an expanded Africa exhibit, which will feature two giraffes, as well as several hyenas and colobus monkeys.
It’s a $3.6 million addition, which increases the size of the exhibit area by 25 percent.
Hattiesburg Zoo to open new giraffe exhibit May 15
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Hattiesburg Zoo to get giraffes, will seek accreditation in 2021
Hattiesburg Zoo to get giraffes, will seek accreditation in 2021 By Charles Herrington | January 23, 2021 at 8:14 PM CST - Updated January 24 at 6:31 AM
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - 2021 is shaping up to be a big year for the Hattiesburg Zoo.
Visitors will see some new and very tall animals in the late spring or early summer when the zoo receives two giraffes for a new exhibit.
“The giraffes we are going to start with will be a female giraffe and her juvenile offspring,” said Rick Taylor, executive director of the Hattiesburg Convention Commission.
“That sets the stage for our future, which is to bring in a male,” Taylor said. “Our exhibit is designed to be a giraffe breeding facility, so, we will increase that and we have the capacity to go up to possibly six giraffes, that would be our long term goal.”