On January 13th, the zoo announced that their (0.1) coppery titi monkey named Cinnamon passed away at age 31 due to late-stage kidney failure. 登录 Facebook
I don't know how many zoochatters might open the link versus read the post only, but I'd recommend the link as it has a long write-up and some beautiful photography. I am really sorry to hear about Cinnamon. I saw her in my visit at August (review wip) and she was perched high up, with a sign explaining her tail was bald due to her advanced age, which was memorable to me despite her inactivity. She earned a good retirement. I had no idea coppery titi were a rarity then. Oz was my avatar here for a while because I had fun watching that exhibit.
On January 21st, the zoo announced they acquired (0.0.2) Prevost's squirrels named Marshall and Beck which are now on exhibit in the Emerald Forest area. 登录 Facebook
On January 26th, the zoo announced that a (1.0) North American porcupine named Quill passed away due to advanced liver failure. 登录 Facebook
On February 1st, the zoo announced that their (1.0) Kirk's dik-dik named Spock passed away at age 14 due to a sudden decline in health caused by end-stage liver failure and melanistic cancer. 登录 Facebook
Per the zoo’s social media - a female bongo calf named “Fiddie” was born on January 25th! The zoo’s herd has been split into two with the 3 females (“Fiddie”, her mom “Fern”, and aunt “Columbine”) now living in the former addax habitat and the 4 males (breeding male “Howard”, and 3 younger males “Felix”, “Winston”, and “Doug”) living in their own habitat.
On February 21st, the zoo announced the gender of the pup, (1.0) and a naming contest (Options are Cappuccino, Rain, Wicket), which runs through March 31st. Denver Zoo
On March 10th, the zoo announced they are now designated as a Certified Autism Center by the IBCCES. Denver Zoo
Two female bongo calves were born during the last few months; Fiddle on January 25th, and Clementine on February 16th.
KultureCity is the best one I'm aware of, but yeah I remember when I had to do the training for the zoo I volunteer at I was sometimes confused at the things they were saying.
So is the certficiation merely imperfect or a complete joke? I only have passing familiarity with both organizations and am missing the nuance.
KultureCity isn't associated with ABA and does focus on sensory needs, including those for adults!!!, I think it's the follow-through of some places that's a little lacking, so maybe something in the training. IBCCES seems to think the only autistics are kids, does promote ABA, sticks puzzle pieces everywhere, and basically every other negative thing.
My above reply answers a bit of this. In short, KultureCity works *with* autistics (and those with other sensory needs, like ptsd) and listens to the community. IBCCES is people who don't have autism and don't want to learn from those with it.
True, yeah. Now that I have thought about it for more than half a second I realize it's because I knew the things they were talking about already on account of 1. being autistic and 2. spending a lot of time on certain corners of the internet. I am glad KultureCity exists even if parts of it (or the implementation of it) is less than perfect.
I am also autistic (there's a bunch of us here), and have needed to find quiet spaces in zoos before. Some zoos make them near impossible to find, or put them right next to noisy areas. One facility has a little fenced box, like you're a dog or something, and the fence of course has puzzle pieces on it.
