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22-11-2008

Good to hear one of my girls has a calf! If she is anything like her mama, she'll be very maternal...San Diego females are known for this.

December Update
28-11-2008

Acquisitions:
2.0.0 Himalayan Monal Pheasant - Private Purchase 10/28
0.0.1 Laced Moray Eel - Private Donation 10/29
Deaths:
0.0.1 Homing Pigeon 10/15
0.0.1 Homing Pigeon 10/20
1.0.0 Pronghorn 10/26 (Lucky)
0.0.1 Yellow Banded Poison Dart Frog 11/1
0.0.1 Green and Black Poison Dart Frog 10/26
0.1.0 Radiated Ratsnake 11/5
1.0.0 Romanov Sheep (Lambo) 11/3
1.0.0 Royal/Ball Python 10/21
0.0.1 Atlantic Spadefish 10/25
Dispositions:
1.0.0 Humboldt Penguin - Donation to Oregon Zoo 10/15 (Mojito)
2.0.0 Red Necked Wallaby - Loan Returned to Private Owner 11/7
1.0.0 Southern Three Banded Armadillo - Donation to Tanganyika Preserve 11/3

General Update
28-11-2008

1) Coco - He has been on exhibit multiple times and is doing great. You can barely even tell an "accident" happened. The wound is almost completely healed and he is off antibiotics.

2) Tiger - We have sent one of our females, Anya, to the Minnesota Zoo in hopes she will breed there. Fortunately that is the headquarters of the SSP which makes that more likely and I do not believe she is related to any of their tigers.

3) Tree Kangaroo - We will be shipping our male Matschie's Tree Kangaroo (AJ) to the Detroit Zoo where he will hopefully breed with their young female. He has been here with our female for many years and to prevent the species from going extinct in captivity we need more babies. We will be receiving an older male from Minnesota to replace him.

4) Red River Hogs - Our hogs will be moving to the Binder Park Zoo. We have been given a breeding recommendation from the SSP (or PMP?) and we will be receiving a young female from Cincinnati and a young male from San Diego.

5) Okapi - The baby and mother are doing well. Fun Fact: Our first okapi calf, Manala is actually pregnant in Dallas and is expecting in December.

01-01-2009

PETA wants the Columbus Zoo to make a New Years Resolution:

PETA Media Center > Recent News Releases : PETA Calls On Columbus Zoo to Make Bullhook Ban a New Year's Resolution

Everyone knows we use a Protected Contact system. Where do these idiots get their info?!

01-01-2009

Their calling on every elephant holding zoo to do so...I've seen the same article several times with a different zoo name in each one. I think they want the zoo to make a statement by politically banning the use of ankus.

01-01-2009

Does anyone know how Cleveland Zoo's African Elephants are doing down in Columbus. They arrived in August and neither Cleveland nor Columbus have posted any updates. ColumbusZoo001 do you know how Cleveland's trio is doing or any information regarding them?

01-01-2009

i was wondering the same thing.

01-01-2009

The African girls are doing excellent. Until now they have only had access to our 8,000 square foot south side yard. We are working on getting them used to Asian elephants presence because to get to the Community Room and the North Yard they will have to walk by the Asians. I'll post some pictures tomorrow of them in the South Side yard.

01-01-2009

Thank you so much! I use to go see the girls every week in the summer.

Animal Update
02-01-2009

For the past few months we were convinced both our elephants were pregnant. Connie, our other female elephant, is not pregnant. Her window for pregnancy is closing fast, if hasn't already closed because she is 36. We will try a few more times but as she ages it becomes more and more dangerous. Phoebe is in great condition, just two or three more months to go!

For those who haven't noticed I have been posting some of my pictures of the zoo in the gallery. I've already displayed some North America and Pachyderm photos but there are still plenty more, keep checking daily. My objective is to provide a more in depth look at our exhibits and animals. Thanks to snowleopard and okapikpr and others the gallery is already huge, but I want to portray the zoo from an regular visitor/volunteer/worker, not just a visitor. If anyone has any questions, please feel free to comment on this thread or private message me!

Happy New Year!

January Animal Update
09-01-2009

Acquisitions:
0.1.0 White Cockatoo - Private Purchase 11/17
1.0.0 Matschie's Tree Kangaroo - Donation from Minnesota 11/19 (Leslie)
2.0.0 Cheetah - Loan Returned from Cincinnati 11/20
0.0.1 Desert Hairy Scorpion - Private Purchase 12/3
0.0.1 Common Emperor Scorpion - Private Purchase 12/3
0.1.0 Anatolian Sheperd Dog - Private Purchase 11/25

Births:
1.0.0 Okapi 11/20 (Mandazi)

Deaths:
0.0.1 Common Emperor Scorpion 11/19
0.1.0 Black Pine Snake 11/17
0.1.0 Red Kangaroo 11/21 (Jondol)
0.0.1 Domestic Rabbit 11/25
1.0.0 Nigerian Dwarf Goat 11/20 (Scooter)
0.0.1 White Mullet 11/13
0.0.1 Green and Black Poison Dart Frog

Dispositions:
1.0.0 Cheetah - Donation to Cincinnati 11/20
1.0.0 African Grey Parrot - Loan Returned to North Dakota Zoo 11/28
0.1.0 Amur Tiger - Loan Transfer to Minnesota Zoo 11/20
1.0.0 Matschie's Tree Kangaroo - Donation to Detroit Zoo (AJ)

Quick Update:

1) Phoebe is doing great! Just a month and a half to go!

2) Unga's baby bonobo, who was born on 8/27 and was named Geri, is a boy! We have changed his name to Jerry.

3) Lion introductions have begun. Asali, a three year old is our recommended breeder. We could have kids as early as May.

4) We have breeding recommendations for Humboldt Penguins Watson/Secunda and Chirriante/Peru. The SSP wants baby penguins who do not have European parents (All of our penguin births so far).

14-01-2009

Is Colo, the Gorilla female, still alive ? I've seen her in 2005 and she is probably one of the oldest gorillas in captivity. I hope, she's doing well.

14-01-2009

I was there on September 22 and was told (by a keeper) that she was still alive then. I haven't heard that she's died (and it will be a big deal when she does), so I assume she's still there.

14-01-2009

Yes Colo is still alive. She is currently the oldest gorilla in captivity. She has some arthritis in her hands and ankles but other than that she is in perfect health. Pretty good for an old lady.

Also, Casode (one of our females) is now off birth control and is permitted to breed with Anakka. Casode isn't part of the Colo bloodline, her parents Pongi and Sunshine were both wild born.

15-01-2009

Good to hear that Colo is doing well. How many babies did she gave birth and has she raised her babies by herself ?