Elmwood Park Zoo Begins Work On Jaguar Exhibit

Images courtesy Elmwood Park Zoo.

Big cats are on the way to the borough, thanks to a huge donation.

A $3 million donation from the Carmen A. Danella Foundation and the Howarth Family has officially set into motion work on the Elmwood Park Zoo’s newest exhibit: jaguars.

“Majestic Predators: On the Trail of the Jaguar” has already begun groundbreaking, the zoo said in a statement.

The new exhibit will house four jaguars, Inka and Zean, as well as provide homes for our yet-to-be-acquired ocelots and jaguarondi, both wildcats native to Central and South America, according to the zoo.

Designed by the same team that created Disney’s Animal Kingdom, “Majestic Predators” will bring guests “closer than ever” to these predators and their natural habitats.

Learn more about “Majestic Predators” and the rest of the Zoo’s Capital Campaign by visiting epzcapitalcampaign.com.

Proposed exhibit model