The new Hawaiian monk seals at the Minnesota Zoo will have to wait. Officials at the zoo in Apple Valley wanted to renovate a million-gallon tank in Discovery Bay to house the seals.
The Minnesota Zoo says it had more visitors in the last year than any other time in its history. The fiscal year ended on June 30 for the zoo located in Apple Valley.
The Minnesota Zoo has two new Amur leopard cubs, one of the most endangered cats in the world. The cubs were born at the Apple Valley zoo Tuesday. They join an estimated 90 Amur leopards living in captivity in the U.S.
The dolphin exhibit at the Minnesota Zoo is closing despite a recent wave of state money to help maintain it. The Apple Valley zoo will move its resident dolphins, Allie and Semo, to other facilities while repairs are made to the tank.