Future
On November 7, 2006 voters approved for an expansion of Zoo Miami. This expansion is planned to include a family oriented hotel and water park adjacent to the current zoo in order to attract more visitors, since attendance has been lacking in the years after Hurricane Andrew, which ravaged the zoo, as well as destroyed the aviary (which was subsequently rebuilt with corporate sponsorship help, and now flourishes with dozens of bird species from Southeast Asia).
Zoo Miami is currently undergoing aesthetic enhancements, improvements and construction of a new amphitheater. Development is also set to commence on new projects; a new entrance plaza and Florida: Mission Everglades, a Florida exhibit that will showcase fauna and flora native to the region's Everglades that is slated to open in 2013. Design information can be found on the zoo's website.
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