The Brookfield Zoo's Master Plan

Hey y'all, thanks for watching! To make it easier, here's the breakdown for the YouTube chapters... 00:00 - Intro PHASE I: 01:47 - present 02:47 - Tropical Forests PHASE II: 04:43 - North Gate 05:56 - Pacific Coasts of the Americas 07:12 - Southwest Australian Provinces GATEWAY TO AFRICA 08:07 - African Savanna 09:54 - East African Forests 10:29 - Central African Forests 10:13 - South African Forests PHASE III: 12:57 - Himilayas & Central Asian Steppe 13:45 - Hamill Family Wild Encounters Expansion & Bear Grottos Redevelopment 14:42 - Our Rivers to the Gulf 15:44 - North American Grasslands 16:13 - Tundra/Taiga SOUTH AMERICAN SECTIONS 16:40 - South American Atlantic Forest & Pantanal 17:10 - Andean Lagoons 17:16 - Amazon Waters 17:28 - other changes (no time exact frame) 18:00 - Outro The normal tours will resume NEXT WEEKEND & I'll announce more about my upcoming international trip at the end of this month. Thanks for watching and enjoy!

Been coming to BZ for almost 2 decades and in a lot of parts it's definitely been showing its age. I'm REALLY stoked for these upgrades!!!

I have waited for years for the elephants to return!!

I'm so excited to see the exhibits once they open! You're so talented and I wish we could collaborate on a tour someday!

This looks so incredible. I haven't been to Broofield in probably 10 years, but this would make me go back in no time. Wow!

Wow. If everything mentioned comes to fruition, every other zoo in the US is going to have serious competition. The species list is absolutely stacked.

Being someone who didn't have the time to read the entire document the zoo put out, I found this video actually really useful to explain what their plan is! I'm going to miss that overpass so much :( But a lot of the stuff they are adding actually seems like a real breath of fresh air, and is exciting! Also super excited for the cheetahs, when they eventually come. Great video, Mr. Virtual Zoo!

My dad’s company did the new dolphin building design and I am so excited. The Brookfield zoo is such a big family favorite of ours and the fact that our family firm played a role is a dream come true. I friggen LOVE ZOOS man lol

Would absolutely love to see more videos of master plan analysis like this - great job!

Very informative video with a great overview of the coming changes! Exciting time for Brookfield Zoo.

I also live in the area and I’m SO EXCITED for all this new stuff

I’m looking forward to this

For some plan changes, I would have the Bactrian Camels and Przewalski’s Wild Horses also in the Asian area, have exhibits for Jaguars and Maned Wolves in the South American Pantanal area, exhibits for Mountain Lions, Black Bears, and Bobcats in the North American Woodlands, have Giant River Otters in the Amazon Waters building, also have Platypuses in the Australia house, as well as a Madagascar section with Lemurs, Fossas, Sifakas, and Aye-Ayes in Tropic World, also renovate the gorilla exhibit into a Mandrill exhibit in Tropic World as well, have exhibits for Canadian Lynx, Snowy Owls, and Arctic Foxes in the Tundra/Taiga area, have a Illinois Heritage Farm section at Hamill Family Wild Encounters, and, if China lets us, have Giant Pandas behind the reimagined Bear Grottoes that are now part of the Hamill Family Wild Encounters

Hey virtual Zoo I was hoping that in there long term exhibit plans that Brookfield would bring back Harbor seals and Walruses to the Seven Seas Seascape and bring back as well Aardvarks and Warthogs to the Habitat Africa Savannah Exhibit I was excited about them possibly bring back Cheetah's because they still have cape or African painted Hunting Dogs those are my favorite African Carnivore's. I also wish we could have an area for Chacma Baboons and also vervet Monkeys in the revamped Tropic world Asia exhibit. I mean it was sad when Brookfield got rid of Walruses in 2006, Warthogs and Aardvarks in 2011, Harbor seals in 2016 and Chacma Baboons in 2013 when they deconstructed Baboon Island I even saw they did away with Mandrills in Tropic world. My greatest memories of Brookfield zoo for me as a child born in the Early 1980's was The pinipped pool were Olga the Walrus and Amy the Harbor Seal.❤

i am very excited to see the zoo evolve into the next century. A dolphin expansion would be great which I am assuming it will be a first of a kind.

I am going to be dead before this is completed 😂

Im at artis in the netherlands now.

That’s gonna be a lot of changes

This video made me subscribe to you

Will the peacocks remain untouched in Brookfield Zoo?!!?