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Cheetahs in US/Canadian Zoos

Discussion in 'North America - General' started by TinoPup, 15 Aug 2018.

  1. TinoPup

    TinoPup Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    I'm trying to put together a list of places in the USA and Canada that currently keep cheetahs. Their stud book is public and is a huge help, but the most recent numbers are from 2015 so could be out of date, especially for places with low numbers; Fort Worth, for example, is listed in it, but they currently don't have any as the exhibit was destroyed during the creation of the new savanna area (their plan is to add them back in during a future expansion).

    I've split the list into places with 3 or less animals (the most likely to no longer have the species), 4-10, and then 10+. The actual number of animals isn't as important to me as whether the institution still has the species, along with any that aren't on this list that now keep them.

    Places with 1-3 Cheetahs:
    Albuequerque Bio Park, NM - 1
    Animal Ark, NV - 2
    Binder Park Zoo, MI - 3
    BREC's Baton Rouge Zoo, LA - 1
    Bronx Zoo, NY - 2 (no exhibit, ambassadors only)
    Cape May County Park Zoo, NJ - 2
    Central Florida Zoo, FL - 2
    Chehaw Wild Animal Park, GA - 2
    Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, OH - 2
    Denver Zoo, CO - 2
    Fresno Chaffee Zoo, CA - 2
    Greater Vancouver Zoo, BC - 2
    Honolulu Zoo, HI - 2
    Houston Zoo, TX - 2
    International Exotic Feline Sanctuary, TX - 1
    Jacksonville Zoo, FL - 2
    Kansas City Zoo, MO - 1
    Leopards Inc., CA - 3
    Little Rock Zoo, AR - 2
    Maryland Zoo in Baltimore, MD - 2
    Memphis Zoo, TN - 2
    Milwaukee County Zoo, WI - 2
    Naples Zoo, FL - 2
    Northwood Zoo and Animal Sanctuary, ON - 2
    Oglebay's Good Zoo, WV - 1
    Oklahoma City Zoo, OK - 1
    Oregon Zoo, OR - 2
    Panther Ridge Conservation Centre, FL - 1
    Philadelphia Zoo, PA - 3
    Phoenix Zoo, AZ - 3
    Pittsburgh Zoo, PA - 2
    Project Survival's Cat Haven, CA - 2
    San Antonio Zoo, TX - 2
    Scoville Children's Zoo, IL - 3
    Southwick's Zoo, MA - 2
    Sunset Zoo, KS - 2
    TIGERS, SC - 2
    Toledo Zoo, OH - 3
    Virginia Safari Park, VA - 3
    Virginia Zoo at Norfolk, VA - 2
    Wild Wonders, CA - 1
    Wildlife World Zoo, AZ - 2
    Zoo Miami, FL - 2
    ZooTampa at Lowry Park, FL - 1
    Places with 4-10 Cheetahs:
    African Lion Safari, ON - 8
    Brevard Zoo, FL - 4
    Busch Gardens Tampa, FL - 6
    Caldwell Zoo, TX - 5
    Carson Springs Wildlife Conservation Foundation, FL - 5
    Dallas Zoo, TX - 4
    Dickerson Park Zoo, MO - 5
    Disney's Animal Kingdom, FL - 4
    Foundation Des Amis du Parc Safari, QC - 9
    Indianapolis Zoo, IN - 4
    Living Desert Zoo, CA - 5
    Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo, NE - 4
    Roger Williams Park Zoo, RI - 4
    Safari West, CA - 4
    San Diego Zoo, CA - 4
    St Louis Zoo, MO - 6
    Tanganyika Wildlife Park, KS - 8
    The Wilds, OH - 7
    Toronto Zoo, ON - 6
    Places with 10+ Cheetahs:
    Cincinnati Zoo, OH - 22
    Columbus Zoo, OH - 14
    Fossil Rim Wildlife Center, TX - 30
    Lee Simmons Conservation Park, NE - 14
    Leo Zoological Conservation Centre, CT - 14
    Metro Richmond Zoo, VA - 33
    San Diego Safari Park, CA - 26
    Smithsonian, VA - 21
    White Oak Conservation Center, FL - 26
    Wildlife Safari, ON - 17​
     
  2. TigerValley98

    TigerValley98 Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    Oglebay's Good Zoo now has Pittsburgh's previous two cheetahs. Pittsburgh has two new cheetahs.
     
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  3. Andrew_NZP

    Andrew_NZP Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    The Smithsonians National zoo has three male cheetahs.
     
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  4. BigNate

    BigNate Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Can't give you exact numbers, but when I visited in late march this year, Kansas City had at least 4 cheetahs
     
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    Daktari JG Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    St Louis has 8 cubs so that would make 14 currently
     
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    pachyderm pro Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    May a moderator please move this to the North America general sub forum?

    Also Zoo Tampa no longer holds cheetahs.
     
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    Pleistohorse Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    Not to be picky, but Wildlife Safari is in OR, not ON.

    Other than that, thank you for posting, this is pretty cool!
     
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  8. TinoPup

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    They rotate what's at the zoo with what's in Front Royal fairly often, from my understanding?

    They're one in particular I'm not too concerned about the numbers for, since the cubs definitely won't all be staying there. I'm interested to see where they go!

    Thanks!

    Completely a typo on my part, I've been there :) Two of the cheetahs did a painting for me, it was an amazing experience.
     
  9. Andrew_NZP

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    Honestly, no clue. Two of them came from the San Diego Safari Park back in December and the other was moved to the zoo from Front Royal in 2012 (unless he has moved back and forth between the DC and Front Royal campuses since then).
     
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    Busch Gardens Tampa Flordia has 9 Cheetah's
     
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  13. TinoPup

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    This thread is no longer active and hasn't been updated since 2018, I'd completely forgotten about it tbh. But thanks for the update on what Busch Gardens has.
     
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