A new five-acre elephant habitat is coming to the Cincinnati Zoo this year.While the elephants will be the habitat’s key attraction, the zoo is boasting another unique coming to the new Elephant Trek; the habitat’s sustainability.According to the zoo, all water elements will come from stormwater tanks buried under the habitat.”We’re capturing the rainwater that falls on the Zoo and reusing that to fill the quarter-million-gallon pool that our eight elephants will be swimming in every day and for waterfalls and streams throughout the habitat,” Cincinnati Zoo’s VP of facilities and sustainability, Mark Fisher, said in a press release. “We like to joke that our elephants will walk on water, since we’re catching rainwater in tanks under Elephant Trek.”The zoo says the stormwater tanks aren’t just providing water for habitats, but are keeping water and sewer overflow out of the zoo’s neighbors’ basements and the Ohio River.A few bucks will also be saved on utility bills, the zoo says.”We’re working to promote coexistence, especially in areas where Cincinnati Zoo animals’ wild counterparts live,” Dr. Lily Maynard, director of global conservation at the Cincinnati Zoo, said in a press release. “As Elephant Trek opening approaches later this year, we’re advancing our active involvement in Asian elephant conservation efforts to ensure they thrive in the wild as much as they do in our care here.”Along with the water conservation efforts, Elephant Trek will be mostly powered from solar panels that come from over the zoo’s parking lot and a new 165 kW array that will be installed on top of the elephant barn.In addition to sustainability efforts, the zoo has also worked with Conservation Initiatives to create a mobile game, Welcome To Harmony: Heroes of Elephantia, that’s now available on in the Android store.For more information on the zoo’s conservation efforts and new mobile game, click here.
A new five-acre elephant habitat is coming to the Cincinnati Zoo this year.
While the elephants will be the habitat’s key attraction, the zoo is boasting another unique coming to the new Elephant Trek; the habitat’s sustainability.
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According to the zoo, all water elements will come from stormwater tanks buried under the habitat.
“We’re capturing the rainwater that falls on the Zoo and reusing that to fill the quarter-million-gallon pool that our eight elephants will be swimming in every day and for waterfalls and streams throughout the habitat,” Cincinnati Zoo’s VP of facilities and sustainability, Mark Fisher, said in a press release. “We like to joke that our elephants will walk on water, since we’re catching rainwater in tanks under Elephant Trek.”
The zoo says the stormwater tanks aren’t just providing water for habitats, but are keeping water and sewer overflow out of the zoo’s neighbors’ basements and the Ohio River.
A few bucks will also be saved on utility bills, the zoo says.
“We’re working to promote coexistence, especially in areas where Cincinnati Zoo animals’ wild counterparts live,” Dr. Lily Maynard, director of global conservation at the Cincinnati Zoo, said in a press release. “As Elephant Trek opening approaches later this year, we’re advancing our active involvement in Asian elephant conservation efforts to ensure they thrive in the wild as much as they do in our care here.”
Along with the water conservation efforts, Elephant Trek will be mostly powered from solar panels that come from over the zoo’s parking lot and a new 165 kW array that will be installed on top of the elephant barn.
In addition to sustainability efforts, the zoo has also worked with Conservation Initiatives to create a mobile game, Welcome To Harmony: Heroes of Elephantia, that’s now available on in the Android store.
For more information on the zoo’s conservation efforts and new mobile game, click here.
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