As of now, the exhibit is in an area of the zoo that is under renovation. It will be reopened in Fall of 2000. The existing prairie dog exhibit is very well done. A replica has been constructed of a prairie dog town and there is a mound of plastic in the town so that humans may be part of the prairie dog town. In the underground room, the zoo has placed more information about the prairie dogs and their habitat.
Prairie dogs enjoy the company of each other greatly.
This is obvious in their play. The animals will tumble with each other and groom each other. At the zoo, people do not seem to bother them too much. In the wild, they are a little more tentative about a stranger. The prairie dogs hold their food much like the squirrel ancestor - in their front paws.