The Granby Zoo recently claimed to host the best elephant enclosure in Canada while announcing they are interested in acquiring the Toronto Zoo's three female African elephants. They currently house two female Africans in a "7,000-square-metre play pen, an indoor area with heated floors, a 10-foot-deep pool and a cooling system." A picture dated January 2010 with the news article dated today shows keepers performing footwork on one of their animals in a free contact setting. Does the zoo still practice a free contact form of management for their elephant program? >> "Granby Zoo wants 3 Toronto Zoo elephants" at MontrealGazette.com
Nice exhibit and the 3 Toronto dames would be a welcome addition to Granby. It would certainly qualify as option 1 to me where Toronto Zoo management is concerned (also transport-wise it is much the easier).
It looks like that's exactly what is going to happen: Bob Barker gets his wish: Toronto Zoo sends pachyderms packing | Will they or won?t they? | torontolife.com
Although Zoo De Granby will not be receiving the three Toronto animals, they will be acquiring a young bull named Tutume (14 years old) from Osnabruk, Germany. While permits are taken care of on both sides of the Atlantic Tutume will be transferred to Hodenhagen Safari (also in Germany). Tutume was captive born at the Berlin Tierpark.
Im shocked no one posted this yet or that there wasnt an article one of us could find but Tutume did arrive from Germany Jun 25th. I found this out through another article that said Granby now had 2 elephants. After looking a little I found an article. Apparently he will be used for AI. Maybe in the future the goal is to get more bulls and have a bachelor herd. The Arrival of a New Elephant at the Granby Zoo Creates Excitement in Quebec | Travel Video News
I have recently acquired the completed submissions of a 1969 elephant census conducted by Steven Clarke of the Tulsa Zoo. I found a very interesting entry contributed by the Granby Zoo, documenting two female Asian elephants - 10 year old Dumbo and 5 year old Thalia. The only Granby Asian elephant I was previously aware of was "Mookee," now known as "Kitty" at African lion Safari. Can anyone share more information about the history of these two elephants ?
here's a story about another Asian elephant at Granby, called Ambika: Marmorek's Mutterings - Me and my Elephants in part: Ambika arrived at Granby in September 1955.
