{"id":315657,"date":"2026-05-14T17:13:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T17:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/315657\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T17:13:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T17:13:08","slug":"fresno-chaffee-zoo-closing-tropical-rainforest-aviary-after-38-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/315657\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresno Chaffee Zoo closing Tropical Rainforest Aviary after 38 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 The Fresno Chaffee Zoo announced they will be closing their Tropical Rainforest Aviary after 38 years.<\/p>\n<p>The zoo says although the exhibit is closing they plan to re-open it at a later, undetermined, date as a new non-animal experience.<\/p>\n<p>The Tropical Rainforest Aviary has been at the Zoo since its opening on May 14th, 1988. <\/p>\n<p>Guests have enjoyed the peaceful sounds of waterfalls and watched as birds swam in the pools of this naturalistic exhibit.<\/p>\n<p>The decision to close the exhibit is due to it not meeting the Zoo\u2019s standards for welfare and safety of the birds.<\/p>\n<p>They added that the area was also not a proper working environment for their staff. <\/p>\n<p>[RELATED]<a href=\"https:\/\/kmph.com\/news\/local\/coca-cola-bottling-facility-in-ventura-closing-after-over-100-years\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Coca-Cola bottling facility in Ventura closing after over 100 years<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Over time, the exhibit has become outdated and does not support the needs of the animals.<\/p>\n<p>The birds that are housed in the exhibit will be either transferred to another aviary at the zoo, or possibly to other institutions.<\/p>\n<p>Fresno Chaffee Zoo CEO and Zoo Director, Jon Forrest Dohlin. gave the following statement,<\/p>\n<p>As animal care and building standards continue to evolve, it is important that our institution evolve with them. The Rainforest has been a large part of the Zoo\u2019s history, and we recognize that guests have made many memories here. We want to give the people of Fresno a chance to say goodbye to this historic exhibit.<\/p>\n<p>The aviary will officially close on Sunday, July 5th, 2026, and guests are welcomed to visit the exhibit for the last time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 The Fresno Chaffee Zoo announced they will be closing their Tropical Rainforest Aviary after&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":315658,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-315657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=315657"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315657\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/315658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=315657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=315657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=315657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}