I assume they will be going to Miami. Hopefully not San Diego or Tulsa. San Diego does not have a breeding bull and is only home to older...
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think its impossible for Sneezy to produce offspring. I'm pretty sure both Thailand and Rex are older than he...
The pictures alone from this article provide a lot of interesting information. The most glaring to me is the complete lack of any photographs...
I think LA zoo makes a mistake. She should involve Billy in the breeding of Asian elephants. Either by transfer to another zoo, or by acquiring...
A few I can think of: *Audubon Zoo’s Asian elephants got a new habitat in 2015, and orangutans moved into their old home. *Calgary’s herd went...
The only photo I've seen of Bandara is from the Elephant.se Database of Dan Koehl. The photograph was taken in 1983 when Bandara was 8 years old....
It's been common knowledge since the Calgary girls arrived that something was off, and the constant explanation was that Komala and Swarna had...
Based on the information from the forum, the studbook, and other sources, this is my interpretation of how the course of events unfolded for the...
Nearly two years ago, I inquired about the social dynamics of the elephant herd at the Smithsonian National Zoo on the forum but never got a...
I think you’re right in that they may not want more elephants at this time but if they get the necessary funding to do it they should. Plus it...
@RNg0905, that's a hard question to answer. Most successful is probably an insect or a fish if we consider successful in terms of sheer numbers,...
This just points to how political this can all be. It was my understanding too that Ringling offered breeding age females to NZP who could have...
Here's one of the old articles describing the girls and their backgrounds: Elephants at the Phoenix Zoo get a new habitat The following is a...
From the buildings site plans I can see 5 stalls. Two of them connect directly to yard 3 and the other three to what looks like a mini outdoor...
What's most interesting here is that the Bronx has suddenly refused to agree to keep Happy until the upcoming case about legal personhood for...
All large US and Canadian zoos, including the Calgary Zoo, have a focus on charismatic megafauna; however, the Calgary Zoo has fewer species of...
Bandara passed away on November 25, 1991, from congestive heart failure at the age of 16. Given the facts, it's possible Calvin sustained the...
They may be showing extreme caution though too. Maharani doesn't have a great history with her calves and her last in Calgary was premature...
Depending on whether you consider Loxodonta africana nominate or not, the vast majority of the population comes from the southern African...
Thank you, @Hyak_II, for an explanation as to why Ma Palai hasn't reproduced. Also, that would explain why she never had a calf during her time at...
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