In 1996 the sea lion pool was renovated to house endangered black-footed penguins. Hogle Zoo had fourteen penguins: Hardy, Gia, Puff, Rocky, Bluebird, Blackbird, Whitebird, Greenbird, Newton, Dancer, Scrappy, Sooty, Flap and Shaker. In 2002, three chicks were born. The exhibit consisted of rocky shoreline, a pool, a nesting area, and an indoor area for the birds. In 2002, two female red pandas made their debut in the red panda exhibit behind Penguin Cove. The outdoor exhibit featured a large tree for the red pandas to climb and an indoor room for them during hot summer months. The indoor room was visible to guests. The red panda encounter was reopened with the debut of the Asian highland exhibits. This has come to include an outdoor viewing area and an indoor viewing area inside the small animal building. A group of llamas lived in a large outdoor exhibit next to Penguin Cove. A bridge that went over Emigration Creek, near the red panda enclosure, led guests to the llama viewing. Near the llama viewing, guests could see the indoor penguin exhibit. Before construction on Rocky Shores started, the llamas were moved to the old bighorn sheep exhibit on the south pathway. The savanna exhibit was split into two parts: the savanna and the zebra enclosure. At the bottom of a hill was the actual "savanna". This section included two Cuvier's gazelles, an addax and a springbok. The savanna had two viewing points. One of them looked out onto the savanna, but it did not view the entire savanna. The other viewing point was from on top of an elevated walkway. The walkway was not wheelchair accessible. This viewing point gave you a bird's eye view of the savanna. There were many hiding spots for the animals, so guests were not able to see all the animals. At the top of the hill was the zebra exhibit. This exhibit featured two Grevy's zebra: Taji and Monty. A gully provided as a natural barrier between the guests and the animals. The zebras had a small water hole in their exhibit. That water hole fed into a waterfall. The waterfall trickled over a ledge into the savanna exhibit below. The zebras were kept at night in around shed. In 2010, both Taji and Monty died unexpectedly. Tests could not give a clear reason why the two zebras died.