What better way to kick off a new zoo year than announcing an expecting animal? In this case, the baby will be born sometime between now and March. Denver Zoo Reveals Species Of Expecting Animal
A baby Linnaeus’s two-toed sloth was born on January 28th. Bird World is still closed until further notice.
An article about the sloth baby. It insinuates that Bird World is open again. Denver Zoo welcomes baby sloth – The Denver Post
The zoo set an all-time attendance record of 2.2 million visitors in 2017. Denver Zoo sees best attendance of its 121-year history in 2017
Four African wild dog pups were born on November, 20th, 2017. They will have their public debut tomorrow. ENDANGERED AFRICAN WILD DOG PUPPIES BOUND INTO BENSON PREDATOR RIDGE AT DENVER ZOO | Denver Zoo
A female Sumatran orangutan named Cerah (Che-rah) was born on Sunday evening. She is behind the scenes for the next two weeks.
When is the Zoo going to build a near Brown Bear Exhibit? Bear Mountain was easily one of the worst bear exhibits I’ve seen in any zoo. And the rest of the Zoo was mostly fanastic!
The master plan does not include grizzlies. The space where Bear Mountain will become a part of the “Into the Wild” section and there aren’t any plans for bears in that space. MASTER PLAN - DENVER ZOO INTO THE WILD | Denver Zoo The next big project is the coastal area for sea lions and polar bears. Depending on what happens with the US polar bear population, that space could reasonably be used for grizzlies but as for now, it looks like that’s a species Denver is moving away from.
Visited the zoo today. Here are some updates. 1. Asiatic black bears are nowhere to be seen. Grizzly bears had access to both grottoes and there was no signage for them. 2. There is significant construction where the old red panda exhibits used to be (in front of P. horse and camels). Viewing for camels was obstructed. There is no indication as to what they are building in that space. 3. The Felines building is closed. All indoor viewing is closed as well as viewing for the old maned wolf, tiger, and striped hyena enclosures. Viewing is still available for snow leopards, Amur leopards and red pandas. Signage indicates that the building is being prepared for demolition and that animals are moving to new areas around the zoo. 4. Going off of that, maned wolves were not in their second exhibit either (one of the hoofstock yards). Instead, there were lesser kudu. All of the hoofstock yards aside from the one that contains emu and red kangaroo now hold African animals. 5. I got to talk to one of the elephant keepers. I don't want to give away too much information but something big may be happening for that area soon. Also, a few weeks ago, Billy, the adolescent male Asian elephant broke his left tusk off in a sparring match with the zoo's other adolescent male, Bohdi. It's a similar injury to that of his right tusk he had a few years back. Because he's still young, the zoo isn't concerned it will have any long term effects. 6. Prevost's squirrels are no longer in Tropical Discovery. They have been replaced by a prehensile-tailed porcupine.
Here is an article about the challenges the zoo is facing with budget and leadership: Denver Zoo retools for the future with revised master plan, hiring new chief executive officer
Nothing has been released to my knowledge. Probably cutting back on scope of some exhibits or what species will be housed.
Their last asiatic black bear passed away I believe towards the ladder part of last year. Anyways visited today. -There is now a siamang in with the red-cheeked gibbon, it's good they found that old girl a friend since the two white-cheeked moved to Elephant Passage. -Red-Billed Hornbills are now free-flying in the Forest Aviary exhibit, they've been in the back in a small cage for as long as I can remember. -Przewalski's horse exhibit has been expanded, probably a first sign of the Asian Highlands exhibit in the master plan. -
Peacocks missing after leaving Denver Zoo; 1 bird hit and killed by car Peafowl vanishing at Denver, too
