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Discussion in 'United States' started by Arizona Docent, 2 Mar 2013.

  1. Arizona Docent

    Arizona Docent Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    A New Mexico neighbor on another ZooChat thread asked me for a complete species list. I am going basically from memory, but the zoo is small enough that I think I can do it. I will list it by the regions the zoo is divided into, listing the animals more or less in the order you would come across them.

    SOUTH AMERICA
    spectacled bear
    giant anteater
    yellow gold macaw and military macaw
    green basilisk
    dwarf caiman and pacu and yellow spotted turtle
    walk in aviary (boat bill heron, rosette spoonbill, scarlet ibis, red capped cardinal, rosybill pochard, king vulture, a couple others I forget)
    llama
    common rhea and galapagos tortoise
    red footed and yellow footed tortoise
    crested screamer and capybara
    bairds tapir
    black jaguar
     
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    ASIA
    malayan tiger
    sun bear (never comes out of night house though)
    visayan warty pig
    sarus crane
    white handed gibbon
     
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    AFRICA
    grevys zebra and crowned crane and ostrich and guineafowl
    radiated tortoise and leopard tortoise
    white rhino and spekes gazelle and kori bustard and marabou stork
    reticulated giraffe
    african lion
    mandrill
    aldabra tortoise
    african bush elephant
     
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    WORLD OF ADAPTATION and CONSERVATION LEARNING CENTER
    (former polar bear, temporary marabou stork, future brown bear)
    chilean flamingo
    walk in aviary (tragopan pheasant, great hornbill, trumpeter hornbill, blue bellied roller, bleeding heart dove, nicobar pigeon, crowned pigeon, bearded barbet, emerald starling, a few others)
    sulphur crested cockatoo
    bearded dragon
    green tree python
    lion tailed macaque
     
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    EDUCATION ANIMALS (only out when someone is handling)
    domestic chicken
    domestic guinea pig
    domestic rabbit
    blue tongued skink (2 species)
    trans pecos ratsnake
    cornsnake
    ball python
    hairy armadillo
    north african hedgehog
    southern tamandua
    domestic ferret
    marbled polecat
    young tortoises (red footed or yellow footed or leopard)
    hissing cockroach
    fennec fox
    (plus a couple others I am likely forgetting)
     
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    Future Brown Bear? Really? Any idea when? That's great
     
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    I was told this morning by a staff person that renovation on the exhibit will begin hopefully in the next couple months. Since they already have signs for the public stating future brown bear, I would imagine it is not that far off. I was also told this morning they have started the application process with US Fish and Wildlife to find bears. Ideally it would be two orphaned grizzly cubs, but of course there is no way to guarantee that.

    The renovations will consist of installing a more gradual entry to the pool (because apparently brown bears don't like to dive in like polar bears do) and connecting the pool yard and grassy yard so the bears do not have to go through the night house to switch sides.
     
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    How exciting! I can't wait to see what is brought in. Of course, there is sadness that the cubs will be orphans, but glad that they'll have a better chance at life than if left in the wild. Keep us updated if you can.
     
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    It should happen fairly quickly. I had a chance to briefly ask a senior staff about it today on grounds and was told the contractor for renovation was chosen and work will begin in the next 2-3 weeks. Renovations should be done by this summer.
     
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    Wow, that's great. They seem to be really motivated about getting it done. I was telling my mom about it last night and she has concerns about Grizzlies in Arizona since they're more cold weather species, but I told her they'd probably adapt a lot better than the Polar Bears did.
     
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    azcheetah2: I do also wonder how they will adapt depending on their location they are brought from, but I do not think they will have much of a problem because Grizzlies were native to New Mexico and Arizona until the 1900's.
     
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    Really? I didn't know that. Thank you. I'm pretty sure they will adapt fairly well, too. It's too bad the cubs can't come from a zoological setting so they're not being taken out of the wild, but I don't know that any zoos in the US even breed Grizzlies. The zoos that house them, they seem to be all sibling pairs. San Diego and Woodland Park both have brothers so that wouldn't work. hahaha. I understand the cubs will be orphans, but still...
     
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    The reason zoos do not breed them is there is a constant supply of orphaned cubs and problem adult bears that need homes. If that was not the case, then perhaps American zoos would be breeding.

    Yes, grizzlies were native to the high mountains not only of Arizona but also down into the Sierra Madre of Mexico. I have a book on the history of Bronx Zoo and it has a picture of them doing a veterinary procedure on what is described as a mexican grizzly bear.
     
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    Oh no. I totally understand the reasoning behind it. Why breed grizzlies when there's plenty of problem bears and orphans that could use a different home rather than the alternative of destruction. I'm just saying, I wish there was another way. I wish there weren't any orphan cubs or problem bears that need to be taken care of. But there are so putting them in a zoological setting is the best alternative.