Editing Bronx Zoo (section)

====African Plains====
[[File:Giraffa camelopardalis at the Bronx Zoo 001.jpg|thumb|left|Giraffes (''Giraffa camelopardalis'') at the zoo]]
African Plains allows visitors to walk past [[lion]]s, [[African wild dog]]s, [[Grévy's zebra]]s, and [[spotted hyena]]s, and see herds of [[nyala]]s, [[Thomson’s gazelle]]s, and [[rhim gazelle|slender-horned gazelle]]s, It also includes hybrid [[giraffe]]s ([[Rothschild's giraffe|Baringo]] × [[reticulated giraffe]]) sharing their homes with [[common ostrich]]es. The exhibit originally opened in 1941 and was the first in the country to allow visitors to view predators and their prey in a naturalistic setting as well as allowing large predators such as lions to be exhibited cage-free.<ref name="nydailynews.com"/> This success was achieved through the creation of a series of deep moats, a set-up which can still be found at the zoo today.<ref name="newyork.com"/> The wild dogs, however, can be viewed close-up from a glass-fronted viewing pavilion.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bronxzoo.com/animals-and-exhibits/exhibits/african-plains.aspx |title=African Plains |publisher=Bronx Zoo |access-date=May 31, 2010 |archive-date=January 9, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150109035048/http://bronxzoo.com/animals-and-exhibits/exhibits/african-plains.aspx |url-status=live}}</ref> The zoo has bred their lions on multiple occasions, including one male and two females born in January 2010 and three males and one female born in August 2013. The zoo, in partnership with the New York ''Daily News'', held a contest to name the 2010 cubs, which made their public debut in April 2010. The winning names were Shani, Nala, and Adamma.<ref>David Rooney: "Bronx Zoo's New Lion Cubs Are Impossibly Cute". ''The New York Times'', 2010.</ref> The 2013 cubs were named Thulani, Ime, Bahata, and Amara<ref>{{cite web |url=http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/05/01/african-lion-cubs-come-out-to-enjoy-sun-at-bronx-zoo/ |title=African Lion Cubs Come Out To Enjoy Sun At Bronx Zoo |date=May 2014 |access-date=February 29, 2016 |archive-date=March 6, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306182104/http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/05/01/african-lion-cubs-come-out-to-enjoy-sun-at-bronx-zoo/ |url-status=live}}</ref> and the three males can still be found on-exhibit at the zoo.

The '''Carter Giraffe Building''', a section of African Plains, features indoor/outdoor viewing of the zoo's giraffes and [[South African ostrich]]es, and is also home to [[common dwarf mongoose]]s, [[Von der Decken's hornbill]]s, and [[northern white-faced owl]]s. In June 2009, two [[aardvark]]s imported from [[Tanzania]] joined the exhibit.<ref name="nydailynews.com"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://newsroom.wcs.org/News-Releases/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/6359/Wildlife-Conservation-Societys-Bronx-Zoo-Opens-New-Aardvark-Habitat.aspx |title=Wildlife Conservation Society's Bronx Zoo Opens New Aardvark Habitat |access-date=March 3, 2016 |archive-date=March 7, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307012615/http://newsroom.wcs.org/News-Releases/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/6359/Wildlife-Conservation-Societys-Bronx-Zoo-Opens-New-Aardvark-Habitat.aspx |url-status=live}}</ref> In September 2010, the pair gave birth to a male named Hoover, the first to ever be born at the zoo.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.zooborns.com/zooborns/2010/12/bronx-zoo-debuts-hoover-the-aardvark-baby.html |title=Bronx Zoo Debuts Hoover the Baby Aardvark! |work=ZooBorns |access-date=March 3, 2016 |archive-date=March 7, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307152528/http://www.zooborns.com/zooborns/2010/12/bronx-zoo-debuts-hoover-the-aardvark-baby.html |url-status=live}}</ref>

Until 2009, the southwestern corner of African Plains was home to the endangered [[Arabian oryx]] and [[blesbok]]. Due to budget cuts and the unpopularity of the species with visitors, they were phased-out of the collection.<ref name="dailyfinance.com"/> This section of the exhibit is replaced by the Nature Trek. In 2017 they received two baby [[cheetah]]s from the [[San Diego Zoo]]. Cheetahs are now part of their animal encounter programs.<ref>[https://bronxzoo.com/unique-experiences "Unique Experiences"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180219090601/https://bronxzoo.com/unique-experiences |date=February 19, 2018}}. ''Bronx Zoo''. Wildlife Conservation Society. Retrieved February 19, 2018.</ref> They were replaced by the hyenas.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/06/denver-zoo-gives-pair-of-hyenas-to-bronx-zoo/ |title=Denver Zoo Gives Pair of Hyenas to Bronx Zoo |work=The New York Times |first=Jennifer |last=Lee |date=August 6, 2009 |access-date=March 5, 2016 |archive-date=October 27, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151027015630/http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/06/denver-zoo-gives-pair-of-hyenas-to-bronx-zoo/ |url-status=live}}</ref>