A king penguin
Posted: Thursday, February 19, 2015
Penguin
& Puffin Coast at the Saint Louis Zoo will re-open to the public on
Thursday, March 5 at 10:30 a.m. with a parade of king and gentoo
penguins leading the way. Immediately following the parade, the exhibit
will once again be open to the public every day.
The
exhibit has been closed since Sept. 2013 for construction of McDonnell
Polar Bear Point, which is next door to the penguin habitats. The
Humboldt penguins have been receiving visitors at their outdoor habitat
since Oct. 2014; however, the indoor portion of the exhibit has remained
closed to the public. Major construction of Polar Bear Point will be
complete by this spring, and the exhibit is expected to open in summer
2015.
“We know our visitors have missed the
penguins and we’re happy to bring them back,” says Jeffrey P. Bonner,
Ph.D., Dana Brown President and Chief Executive Officer of the Saint
Louis Zoo. “Our spectacular new Polar Bear Point will be well worth the
wait.”
Penguin & Puffin coast opened in
2003 and is home to about 100 oceanic birds —penguins from the Southern
hemisphere and puffins from the Northern hemisphere. The Dennis &
Judy Jones Family Humboldt Haven is the outdoor habitat for the Humboldt
penguins, a threatened species found only along the rugged Pacific
coast of Peru and Chile. The 45-degree indoor Lichtenstein Penguin Cove
is home to rockhopper, king and gentoo penguins. Horned and tufted
puffins live in the Taylor Family Puffin Bay. Visitors can see these sea
birds on land and underwater in this unique walk-through exhibit.
Visitors can also continue to view the Zoo’s live penguin and puffin webcams at www.stlzoo.org/penguincam.
The Zoo is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
daily. Admission to the Zoo and Penguin & Puffin Coast is free. For
more information, visit www.stlzoo.org.
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