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Photo gallery: New elephant enclosure at Reid Park Zoo
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Photo gallery: New elephant enclosure at Reid Park Zoo

  • Apr 16, 2011
  • Apr 16, 2011

Hidden away behind screened fencing at the Reid Park Zoo, dozens of workers are reshaping former soccer fields into a state-of-the-art African elephant habitat — Expedition Tanzania.

Sculpture heralds elephants to come

Sculpture heralds elephants to come
Hidden from public view behind green fencing, workers are creating Expedition Tanzania, a $7.8 million state-of-the-art elephant habitat, at Reid Park Zoo. The enclosure will cover four acres and include a pool and mud wallow, among other amenities. PHOTOS BY BENJIE SANDERS / ARIZONA DAILY STAR

Sculpture heralds elephants to come

Sculpture heralds elephants to come
This is an artist rendering of the Expedition Tanzania elephant habitat. Construction began in January 2011 and is expected to be completed in January 2012 with elephants moving in by late February or early March. COURTESY OF THE REID PARK ZOO

Sculpture heralds elephants to come

Sculpture heralds elephants to come
Six weeks in the making, this sculpture stands at East 22nd Street and Randolph Way at the Reid Park entrance leading to the zoo. Submitted Photo

Sculpture heralds elephants to come

Sculpture heralds elephants to come
Cemrock landscapers are are spraying the mote wall with cement in one of the new elephant habitat areas of the "Expedition Tanzania" exhibit. Benjie Sanders/Arizona Daily Star

Sculpture heralds elephants to come

Sculpture heralds elephants to come
This is the new barn being built in the area of the new elephant habitat of the "Expedition Tanzania" exhibit. Benjie Sanders/Arizona Daily Star

Sculpture heralds elephants to come

Sculpture heralds elephants to come
Construction of the "Expedition Tanzania" exhibit. Benjie Sanders/Arizona Daily Star

Sculpture heralds elephants to come

Sculpture heralds elephants to come
Construction of the "Expedition Tanzania" exhibit. Benjie Sanders/Arizona Daily Star

Sculpture heralds elephants to come

Sculpture heralds elephants to come
Rick Farough, with Cemrock landscapes Inc. is placing rocks into the newly applied cement that was just sprayed onto the mote wall in one of the new elephant habitat areas of the "Expedition Tanzania" exhibit. Benjie Sanders/Arizona Daily Star

Sculpture heralds elephants to come

Sculpture heralds elephants to come
Construction of the "Expedition Tanzania" exhibit. Benjie Sanders/Arizona Daily Star

Sculpture heralds elephants to come

Sculpture heralds elephants to come
A couple of trees are in the middle of a circle dug out and a mote wall had been constructed around them in one of the new elephant habitat areas of the "Expedition Tanzania" exhibit that is still under construction. Benjie Sanders/Arizona Daily Star

Sculpture heralds elephants to come

Sculpture heralds elephants to come
Rich Gauthier is spraying down the big pit area that Ryk Bemis is working on as he is driving a compaction wheel in the big sunken area in one of the new elephant habitat areas of the "Expedition Tanzania" exhibit. Benjie Sanders/Arizona Daily Star

Sculpture heralds elephants to come

Sculpture heralds elephants to come
This beautiful metal sculpture of an elephant is at the corner on 22nd st. just behind the the new elephant habitat areas of the "Expedition Tanzania" exhibit. Benjie Sanders/Arizona Daily Star

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