The region comes to life with a unique glass-encased underwater viewing tunnel as. New to the Zoo in 2020 is the state-of-the-art sea lion and seal habitat, Adventure Cove. The zoo has since cut ties with animal vendors who don’t meet certain standards of animal care.įormer president and CEO Dan Ashe told The Associated Press in an interview last month that assuming the zoo had to reapply for accreditation in September 2022, the facility would be inspected in the fall or winter of next year with a decision tied to a hearing in March 2023. As seen on National Geographic’s Secrets of the Zoo, the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium is home to more than 9,000 animals representing 650 species from around the globe. A recent documentary, “The Conservation Game,” raised questions about how celebrity conservationists, including Hanna, acquired exotic animals. The accrediting body also voiced concerns about the zoo’s acquisition of ambassador animals. Investigations and reviews by the Ohio attorney general’s office and the Ohio auditor are pending. The accrediting group had cited concerns about the zoo’s animal programs department and inappropriate business practices by its former leaders. “In the last nine months, the zoo team has moved mountains to make transformative changes that continue to make us a better zoo with new team members, new policies, and more oversights that were in place at the time of the AZA inspection in July,” sad Schmid, who took over a week ago and participated in the appeal. New president and chief executive officer Tom Schmid called Monday’s decision disappointing but said the zoo was “moving forward.”
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