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By the way, the two collared peccaries Arnold and Fozzy are back on exhibit. They share the large exhibit with the guanacos and rheas.

 

I came across a document that talks of some of the plans for the Detroit Zoo. Here's a copy and paste from the document.

"The National Invertebrate- Conservation Center (NICC), a first-of-its-kind facility similar to the award winning, highly acclaimed National Amphibian Conservation Center, will highlight the diversity of invertebrate life on earth, from marine forms such as jellies and sea stars, to land-dwelling tarantulas, ants, and dragonflies during FY 2006-07."

"The Turtle Conservation Center, a unique facility dedicated to preserving many of the seriously imperiled turtles and tortoises of the world is being developed for implementation during FY 2005-06."

This if from 2004-2005, but I've heard about all of them, so I think it's relevant.

 

The Detroit zoo has a new lynx

Captured lynx will be taken to Detroit zoo for assessment

 

The Detroit Zoo just announced on their Instagram that six of the African straw-colored fruit bats moved into exhibit with the Linne's two-toed sloth, behind the Japanese macaques.

 

A baby camel was born at the zoo.

Meet Tula, The New Baby Camel At The Detroit Zoo

 

If the lynx can’t be released back into the wild, will it live at the zoo?

 

If that bit about them eventually bringing in snow leopards and jaguars turns out to be correct, then I’m really hyped. For the longest time, the only felines I can remember Detroit keeping have been lions and tigers (although I heard they had snow leopards until the early ‘90s), so I’m excited for them finally expanding their big cat collection. Pygmy hippos sound like a really neat addition as well, no zoos in Michigan (which is also my home state) currently exhibit them.

 

It was released
Canada lynx found in Sanilac County returned safely to the wild

 

Yes, I saw that earlier today. Good news.

 

The zoo published a study on the effect animal viewing has on stress levels.

Detroit Zoo study: Viewing animals reduces stress

 

Based on the title I assumed it was claiming guests viewing animals reduces the animals' stress and I was very confused.

 

Has anyone heard news of whether or not more tigers will be moved to the zoo after they open their newly expanded tiger exhibit this summer?

 

A baby snow monkey was born at the zoo.

Detroit Zoo welcomes baby snow monkey

 

Does anyone know exactly when the tiger exhibit will open?

 

According to the keeper who gave a talk at the site, this is mostly up to the AAZA. In any case, the exhibit was supposed to open last summer and on my last visit a couple of weeks ago they didn't seem to have made a lot of progress--I don't know whether it's because of a cold winter or for some other reason--so I don't think this will come up right away.

 

Detroit did have a couple of snow leopards back in the nineties; I don't know what happened to them. I am old enough to remember when they had mountain lions...but you have to be of a certain age to remember that. I cannot recall them ever having jaguars or leopards.

 

I've been unable to find the master plan. Can you link?

 

I don’t know where to find the master plan link, I only know of it through this post.

 

Two lionesses named Asha and Amirah have arrived from Buffalo.

2 African lions join the pride at the Detroit Zoo

 

Apparently the zoo hopes to breed them, even zoo it’s illegal even for accredited zoos to breed large carnivorans in Michigan?