I don't think that there are any left at Memphis. I was there last month and didn't see any, and when I asked a keeper in that building I was...
I won't say that you're wrong on this last point (if nothing else, think of the cost and environmental impact of those tropical buildings), but I...
Maryland Zoo in Baltimore now exhibits Lady Ross's Turaco Log in to Facebook
African Aviary birds are back on exhibit, including a new species for the zoo, Lady Ross's turaco Log in to Facebook
I’m not normally too interested in farm areas - though I always at least stroll though them, and certainly understand and appreciate their appeal...
I posted this response in the "Zoo Trends That Are Overdone" thread when someone asked about farmyard exhibits: "I think it comes down to the...
The white-faced whistling ducks have been there for about two years now, but with the African Aviary being closed for much of that time, it's no...
Few zoos in my memory have undergone a more dramatic case of shrinkage than Baltimore. Since the turn of the millennium, the zoo closed the...
Raccoon dog are an invasive species in parts of Europe, so I'm not surprised that they made the list. As for dhole, I was curious about it...
That was an embarrassing omission... I've raised baby bints
I believe I just cracked 100, with 101 species (excluding the domestics), though I'm sure I'm missing someone: Felids 1. Lion 2. Tiger...
Dhole and raccoon dog are listed as injurious species by USFWS, which complicates - though doesn’t expressly ban - their import into the US
The Zoo, in partnership with Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, is initiating a study of prairie dog subterranean behavior. As common as...
I get it. I've seen several of the zoos I've worked at here put down by folks who don't always appear to know what they're talking about, and my...
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
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