In the coming years, Seneca Park Zoo plans to keep its Bornean orangutans โ it’s the only zoo in New York that has the species โ and add gorillas and giraffes. It’ll also tear down the main building and replace it with a tropical building to house orangutans and gorillas. The white rhino that currently […]
Seneca Park Zoo master plan
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Building a better zoo
The Monroe County Parks Department is developing a new master plan — a guide for development and growth — for the Seneca Park Zoo. And this time, there will be no attempt to encroach into Seneca Park. “We don’t need that headache,” says county parks director Larry Staub. “We don’t want it.” The county’s 2001 […]






