Granby Zoo should move their two females to Toledo Zoo, since they're down to just 2 elephants. The recommended minimum number of elephants in a...
@John Marchwick Beco is the oldest captive elephant ever to die of EEHV, but 3 other elephants aged 9 or older also died of EEHV. Here is the...
In my opinion Thandi should go back to Pittsburgh, Sarah to a Sanctuary or a facility which has older cows, and as others have said Tutume to San...
I know in the African elephant population anyways some of the latest EEHV cases in African elephants were older than 8. For example Kedar, Zahara,...
Some zoos just need to get rid of elephants! The AZA standards for keeping elephants is having a minimum of 3 (should be changed to 4) elephants...
While I am not familiar with the elephant complexes at all of these zoos, I do know that many of them are fine (or even great). You cannot blame a...
A better way to start this thread would have been to offer detailed reasoning for your opinion on each of these zoos that you think should phase...
Haven't you also made threads/comments saying that every zoo should have elephants, giraffes, Rhinos, and hippos? You can't have it both ways....
The title says it all: which individual animals have you seen at more than one facility? I'll start. I've seen Lee the Polar Bear at the Denver...
This is my first thread on ZooChat. It took me more than three months to find out how to create new threads! Here are the top 80 US zoos with...
I’m not an expert on zoos in the US but I have to recoil a bit to see the number of proposed ‘move x to a sanctuary’ points in your post. What...
I have a question, and again absolutely no offence intended but I'm genuinely curious as to why you did this? Is it to look into trends across the...
Since everyone else is explaining their picks, I'd thought I'd explain mine. Detroit: Snow Leopard - I feel like Snow Leopards would be right at...
I feel like Toledo could start to do right by their larger animals as time moves on, certainly so with their elephant, tiger, grizzly bear, etc....
Ohio - Toledo Zoo Founded: 1900 Size: 62 Acres (25 Hectares) Species & Subspecies (On and Off Exhibit): 846 Mammals 59 Birds 139 Reptiles &...
I was the one who mentioned this! Now, although I haven't heard anything more about the whole " entrance being turned into an elephant and rhino "...
ProMedica is truly an incredible exhibit. There is a hidden prairie room with quite a few native roaming insects and a large collection of native...
Of the zoos I’ve been to on this list: Toledo - tuatara, saltwater crocodile, pudu, Tasmanian devil, kagu, flashlight fish Buffalo - roan...
Asian elephant calf dies of elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus — City of Albuquerque Such a tragedy Thorns death. That means Jasmine is the...
Why is Buttonwood Park Zoo not on this list? They should for sure be #1 on this list. They have a horrible elephant exhibit for 2022 standards. I...
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