Below are the African Elephant herds in America listed with the number of generations in them. I will complete a list for Asian elephants later....
Are there any favorite or least favorite elephant exhibits you've seen, or particularly memorable experiences with elephants?
I’m trying to find some data on the new Big Cat/Wolf area at Como but can’t find any. Do you have a link?
I’ve visited 551 different zoos and aquariums and I was curious to note how many zoos I’d been to with elephants. That question, which was posed...
Now that we're only a few weeks away from the new year, this seems like a good time to post my annual list of upcoming US zoo exhibits slated to...
Happy New Year everyone! Here's to another GIANT year for the North American African Elephant population! Again, please let me know if you notice...
1.0 Butch at Wildlife Safari died on June 27, 2022. Also, what happened to 0.1 Sheila at Six Flags Great Adventure?
And with that, we are done with this series of honorable mentions. Going forward, however, there are still either six or seven more posts with...
A growing favorite of mine! Buffalo Zoo actually has *both* black-capped and common squirrel monkeys (two females of each), and they are a blast...
Who hasn't seen Squirrel Monkeys on numerous occasions? Here is a small, cute, inquisitive primate that is extremely common in zoos all over the...
The recent interview with the director of Milwaukee County Zoo gave me the impression a renovation of the Small Mammal House may come before the...
Golden Lion Tamarins have become the 'poster species' for conservation at many zoos, having been saved from extinction and now thriving in...
This underlines that the management for the African elephant population in North America (AZA/beyond) as yet requires very careful planning now...
Colobus Monkeys are another common primate, although it's interesting that at least 90% or more of all the zoos I've seen them at have been...
This is a species that I see all the time (it's housed at a few of the zoos I visit most frequently), but which never gets old! Really great small...
Is there a more common monkey in the zoo world than the Cotton-top Tamarin? These little critters are ubiquitous in zoos across the globe and I've...
I've said this before elsewhere on the forum, but I hate that Nashville puts animals in their bathrooms and I hope more zoos don't jump on this...
Below is a full list of upcoming US zoo exhibits that have been confirmed for the next 3+ years. I made a similar thread last year at this time,...
Expedition Peru is easily America's best Andean/Spectacled Bear exhibit, but, as has been mentioned, there are some amazing ones in European zoos....
Giants of the Forest? Assuming that's based on the same convention as Giants of the Savanna and is in Africa, what would that entail?
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