“(ii) ensures that during public exhibition of a lion (Panthera leo), tiger (Panthera tigris), leopard (Panthera pardus), snow leopard (Uncia...
Don’t take this the wrong way but as an animal professional, this is a very simplistic way of viewing animal welfare and enrichment. Modern...
The zoo lost their 14 year old matriarch Mexican Wolf and 19 year old Mountain Tapir yesterday. This was the last Mountain tapir at the zoo. There...
Regionality will have an influence for example whether a facility labels Rhinella marina as Marine Toad or Cane Toad will depend on where the...
I bet they heard from someone who worked at an AZA zoo that thought an animal was kept alive for too long and is now attributing that one incident...
I feel like this is just bait. How can anyone be so pompous? Cool. Saying that this is common information passed between keepers is straight...
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I wouldn't call them average when you can place almost every exhibit into any other zoo and it would be considered one of the best of it's kind in...
Can't do that either. USA Today has a panel that nominates 20 facilities (see the OP) and then opens voting to everyone for a month to get the Top 10.
Facilities had varying social media outreach when it came to this context. USA Today only nominated the facilities but it was up to each place to...
Results! Best Zoo Nominees: 1. Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Gardens, Cincinnati, OH 2. Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium, Omaha, NE 3. Cheyenne...
I think they were saying that guests say “Dik-Dik is the best animal in the world, because of its name.” and that is annoying to hear.
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Hominoidea is within Catarrhini so all apes are monkeys but not all monkeys are apes.
This shows a poor understanding on elephant care in AZA. Case in point: putting these facilities on the list.
Moving the gorillas wouldn't have solved the issue of lack of space for elephants. Potentially becoming a large multigenerational breeding herd is...
Nope. Only at Cheyenne Mountain, LA, and Cali.
Log into Facebook The zoo has officially announced the new baby spotted fanaloka and has confirmed that there are 2.1 total.
Log into Facebook A female Rocky Mountain Goat was born on Wednesday.
The blurb about it describes it as a behind the scenes tour that is currently closed to the public due to covid.
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