Calgary Zoo Calgary Zoo news 2008-2011

Thank you Snowleopard, I guess I should have mentioned that I have visited Calgary once before. I have been to both the Calgary Tower and the Royal Tyrrell Museum. I have also gone to the West Ed, Banff, and the Calgary Zoo! I do plan on going to the museum, Banff, Glacier National Park, and the Calgary Zoo again. Is there anywhere else that you think is of interest Snowleopard? or anyone who has travelled around Calgary!

 

I hear Head Smashed in Buffalo Jump down near Fort Macleod is pretty cool.

http://www.head-smashed-in.com/info.html

 

Umm...Peter's Drive In has AMAZING, MOUTHWATERING Milkshakes and burgers haha. I was telling my friends who I went with that a trip down to Calgary would be worthwhile just to have another peach milkshake...mmm.

 

Baby Colobus Born at Calgary Zoo!

First-time monkey mom earns parenting stripes

 

Thanks for all the places! Well I am going in August maybe the 7 to 15, so for a week and a bit. I am most likely to visit the Calgary Zoo twice for my time there as my Aunt is only off of the weekends so all of the farther away places are going to be done then.

Any tips on doing things in the Calgary Zoo? Which animals to see in the morning any special events, like keeper talks that the zoo does that would be off interest?

As well if anyone has any other places that might be of some interest, feel free to post them.

Thanks all,

Quartz.

 

Having to leave the brilliant Congo Gorilla Forest exhibit at the Bronx Zoo must be tough! Four gorillas head to Canada:

New York gorillas land at Calgary Zoo

 

Does anyone know if the Calgary Zoo plans to breed sloth bears, patas mokeys, giraffe, hippo, bongo, lion, grizzly or black bear, moose, musk ox, snow leopard, red panda, and giant anteaters? According to ISIS they all have the potential to breed.

 

Check out the photo!

Knife-wielding gorilla photos overblown: Calgary Zoo

 

Maybe it's a revolution?

 

Or evolution?

 

wow... surprised it didn't lob it XD

 

Although its holding it correctly, I don't think it has any idea of what can be done with it. She put it down quickly too.

 

Are there any Vancouver Island Marmots on display at Calgary?

 

I don't believe so. I think they are all at the Devonian Wildlife Centre offsite.

 

Here is some recent news about the Calgary Zoo

Penguin Exhibit in details!
Calgary Zoo to build $24.5-million penguin exhibit by next spring

Hopefully all goes well, its a neat scope they have planned, penguins from warmer climates to stay outdoors in the summer, and penguins from colder climates to stay indoors, then in the winter they swap, colder climate penguins outside, warmer climate penguins inside! Neat!

 

Finally this project is getting the go-ahead! Woodland Park Zoo's new Humboldt penguin exhibit is brilliant and it cost $6.5 million, so having basically quadruple that amount of money should amount to the creation of an awesome penguin habitat. Seeing 80 birds of 4 different species will be a welcome boost to the Calgary Zoo visitors.

 

Maybe a few pics Snowleopard on your next "World zoo road trip"

 

The musk ox, giraffe and red panda all have young at the moment. The patas monkeys are no longer at the zoo. They were a very old pair and when the male passed away earlier this year the staff were trying to find a better facility for her. She is now at the Granby zoo with a younger troop.

As for the lions and bears, most of the bears are problem bears taken from the wild so there are no plans on breeding them. The male lion has been steralized so there is no way breeding will happen in the current pride.

Currently Calgary has got a very old pair of hippos. They did try to bring a younger female up from colorado but unfourtunetly she died soon after arrival. So i think they are trying to breed.

Last i heard the zoos female bongo was o breeding loan to another facility,i don't Know which one.The zoo currently has a young male moose and two older females so calves may be in the works and the female snow leopard was recently introduced to a new mate in hopes of breeding.

I don't know about the sloth bears or anteaters.

 

New species

Calgary zoo has 3 new speceisfor summer 2009:
Red kangaroos
Capybara
Serbas short-tailed bat

Red kangaros are on display in the place of western grays

 

I think the Toronto Zoo actually acquired one of there new female red pandas (Kayah and Cassi) from Calgary (The other is from Winnipeg)