I've seen GHLT a few times in non-AZA American facilities (including some of lesser quality). There aren't *supposed* to be any due to Brazil's...
If you’ve ever seen an off-exhibit holding for ambassador penguins, it looks a fair bit like that. They have a pool and a land area. It’s fairly...
In a fundraising letter that went out, the zoo announced plans to build a new red panda exhibit, to be located on the site of the old tiger cage,...
In reference to the "osla monkey" building mentioned here - at Salisbury, the ocelot and monkey exhibits share a common holding building, so I...
Binturong will 100% kill birds, either in a predatory or playful manner.
I was at Kansas City in 2021 and that exhibit was still in place with those species
While most of the news articles are focused (understandably) on the more-immediate news of San Diego, there's reports that the National Zoo is...
I was at the Wilds last year and asked a colleague if they’d ever thought of exhibiting their beetles in the same manner as their hellbenders. He...
Pittsburgh Zoo once had a famous underground complex, with animals such as aardvark in it. Exhibits were fairly dark, but could be illuminated by...
I don't think that anyone suggests that breeding and then euthanizing surplus offspring is the best welfare for the offspring - the argument is...
Meh, I don't know if I'd say "a lot" - they're pretty comparable. Springhaas are in the 2.5-3.5kg range, rock hyrax 2-5.
Aardwolves have been successfully mixed with small mammals before, including squirrels and rock hyrax. I actually have a photo from years ago of...
Quite right. Which is why I wish some folks would take a step back and realize that if you don't know (not guess, but actually *know*) the...
A little clarification on one point. Studbooks (for AZA, at least), are, despite what has been said earlier, are in fact, "on ZIMS." ZIMS...
A few things to consider 1.) Animals behave very differently in captive settings than in the wild. When you have animals in close quarters, you...
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