We do own gorilla Shalia's first born son Suliaman. There is a good chance we will own the second. We wouldn't if she was still in Milwaukee especially if she was still breeding with Cassius. Now that she lives in Atlanta and is breeding with Willie B Jr I think it will reset who gets ownership and it is customary for mother's owner to own the first born, father's owns the second born and if they are both on loan to another zoo that other zoo would get third born. In this case Willie B Jr is owned by Atlanta so ownership will rotate back and forth between Toronto and Atlanta. If we don't own Shalia's second born (because sometimes deals differ from the norm) we would definitely own the third. In the end though ownership isn't a big deal other than it gives the owning zoo the right to say yes or no to transfers of that animal and to possibly use them to get a deal for another animal which is more often done in overseas trades. The example of that one I can think of is when Toronto got snow leopard Ena. We traded the zoo in Japan a male snow leopard we owned who was born and living in Winnipeg.
Shalia is now the dominant female in her troop! Zoo Atlanta has introduced all three females and they have established group dynamics. As well, Parc Safari has posted a video of Tony the Rhino playing with a tree! It’s great to see him having a good time in Quebec.
Just saw on the Calgary Zoo Instagram that Tanuck the Malayan Tapir has returned to there zoo apparently he was there in the past. If they do end up phasing out Indian Rhinoceros I hope we can at least get Tapir back and maybe Guar. Muntjac and or Anoa wouldn't be bad either
Yes Tanuck was there for about 8 months spanning 2002-2003. Most guests probably wouldn't recognize him as those 8 months included mid fall to every early summer. Just a stopping point while he waited for a new home in Toronto.
Former Bactrian camel, Eva, died while giving birth to a female calf in Calgary. The calf was positioned wrong and during the prolonged and difficult labor a major blood vessel in the uterus burst leading her to quickly bleed out. The calf was sired by one of our former males as well Ollie. Calgary Zoo camel dies while giving birth | Calgary Herald
Updated list of former animals. If you know other species I have missed feel free to add. Mara Grizzled grey tree kangaroo Wallaroo Tasmanian Devil Kowari Eastern Quoll Woolly Opossum Grey-headed Flying Fox Indian Fruit Bat Brush-tailed Porcupine Southern Tamandua Potto Guereza Colobus Vervet Monkey De Brazza's Monkey Patas Monkey Hamadryas Baboon Gelada Baboon Japanese Macaque Wisent Liberian Mongoose Cusimanse European Genet Zorilla Hog-nosed Badger Fennec Fox Raccoon Dog Bat-eared Fox Bobcat Chinese Leopard Aardvark South American Tapir Damara Zebra Grant's Zebra Pronghorn Chinese Water Deer Siberian Roe Deer Pere David's Deer Sika Deer Barasingha White-tailed Deer Mule Deer Water Buffalo Congo Buffalo Nilgai Sitatunga Nyala Bongo Springbok Gemsbok Nubian Ibex Dall's Sheep Desert Hamster Chimpanzee Black Rhino Scheltopusik Leadbeater's Possum Golden Monkey Koala Common Crow Mandrill Coyote Black Bear Hyacinth Macaw Bengal Tiger Musk Ox Impala Thomson's Gazelle South African Fur Seal African Elephants African Wild Dogs Stingrays Nurse Shark Bamboo Shark Caracal Black Duikers Greater Flamingos Ocelots Madagascar Button Quails Demoiselle Cranes Eastern Grey Kangaroos Parma Wallaby Common squirrel monkeys Owl Squirrel Monkeys Red Bellied Tamarin Scimitar Horned Oryx Kea Thick Billed Parrot Bearded Barbets Toco Toucans Senegal Bushbabies Brown Greater Galago Black Lemurs Brown Lemurs Pygmy Slow Loris King Vulture Greater Rhea Rock Hyrax White Nosed Coati Kinkajou Asian Clawed Otter Ringtails Vietnamese Pot Bellied Pig Wolverines Great White Pelican Pink Backed Pelican Singing Dog Malayan Tapir Emu Brazilian Agouti Prevost Squirrel North American Porcupine Burrowing Owl Black Necked Swan Goitered Gazelle Dhole Sable Antelope Gaur Giant Panda Von Der Deckens Hornbill Blue Capped Motmot Feathertailed Gliders Sugar Gliders Little Pied Cormorant Red Tailed Black Cockatoo White-crested Laughingthrush Pekin Robin Rainbow Lorikeet Japanese White-eye Blue Wing Siva Turquoise Grass Parakeet Javan Whistling Duck Shelduck Dromedary Camel Scarlet Macaw Moluccan Cockatoo Broad Winged Hawk Legless Lizard Llama Swamp Wallaby Purple Gallinule Pangolin Arctic Fox Leopard Shark New Zealand Shoveler Australian Magpie Javan Whistling Duck Snowy Owl Tundra Swan White Throated Bee Eater Black and White Casqued Hornbill Topi Renauld's Ground Cuckoo Black and White Ruffed Lemur Straw Necked Ibis Saddle Billed Stork White Stork Red Billed Hornbill Common Waterbuck West Indian Whistling Duck Swan Goose Marbled Teal Masked Lapwing Spur Winged Lapwing Madagascar Flat-tailed Tortoise Home’s Hingeback Tortoise Flower-back Box Turtle Wood Turtle Wyoming Toad Great Argus Grey-winged Trumpeter Jambu Fruit Dove Bolivian Squirrel Monkey Red-crested Cardinal Blue-faced Honeyeater Fairy Bluebird Azure-winged Magpie Bali Myna Hooded Pitta White-rumped Shama Blue-grey Tanager Hoffman’s Two Toed Sloth Rio Fuerte Beaded Lizard White Blotched River Stingray Ocellated River Stingray Veiled Chameleon Prairie Dog Bateleur Eagle Green Water Dragon Himalayan Monal Tiger Rat Snake Scarlet-headed Blackbird Red-crested Finch Red-legged Honeycreeper Green Honeycreeper Eastern Bluebird Alligator Snapping Turtle Yellow-vented Bulbul Red-breasted Bluebill Nile Monitor Chinese Water Monitor Sidewinder Green Crested Turaco Crested Barbet Crested Hoopoe Wild Turkey Madagascar Buttonquail White-tailed Wildebeest Jackal Silk Worms Wild Boar Roadrunner Corella Budgie Vampire Bat Whooper Swan Merlin Himalayan Snowcock Vulturine Guineafowl Helmeted Guineafowl Senegal Dove Major Mitchell's Cockatoo Yellow-billed Amazon St Vincent Amazon Western Rosella Rufous-banded Owl Lesser Pied Hornbill Blue-throated Barbet Lesser Green Broadbill White-headed Black Bulbul Golden-fronted Leafbird Greater Hill Mynah Java Hill Mynah Purple Glossy Starling Ruppell's Long-tailed Starling Likely gone Canadian Lynx - Raccoons are in there now Naked Mole Rat - Their area is under construction and they were to be phased out so makes sense they are gone. For those counting that's 235 species gone and 2 more likely gone with a sadly long list of others set to join them.
Some really great News! Sanya the GOHR (Greater One-Horned Rhino) has given birth at The Wilds in Ohio. The sire is Jahi. She has helped the population by so much with 6 offspring
So good to hear Sanya is a mother again. Carrying on Indira's wild born genetics really rested on her three calves and while Nikki never got to contribute, Sanya and Sanjay really have done their part.
Michael (Shomari) the Masai Giraffe has become a grandfather as his son Chad has become a father at the Franklin Park Zoo.
Wow nice to hear she will be a mother again soon, as I believe she is so far, Jake and Tori’s only offspring in a breeding situation.
Michael/Shomari is set to become a father of 2 more in Santa Barbara next year, as one female is due in January 2022 and another is due in June 2022. See Masai Giraffe s at the Santa Barbara Zoo
It is impressive how Michael has had as many offspring as he has and he is still the number one male. Just goes to show how rare his grandmother Heidi's genetics were. Well duh she had one calf Twiga who in turn only had 3 calves live to adulthood and reproduce (Mowgli, now dead, Michael and Mstari). And Mowgli's line has been very unsuccessful with only 2 reaching adulthood and just now deceased Enzi has living calves currently. Michael has been highly successful and his offspring are now old enough to really start producing. Mstari just has Amani and baby to be but it will be at least 2 more year before Amani will breed.
@Elena Absolutely wonderful news, Glad that Santa Barbara can contribute especially with such a nice exhibit, 2 more giraffe calves will make it even nicer to look at. @TZFan its nice to hear that Michael hasn't dropped despite have near 10 offspring. and 2 every 2 years. But I do have a feeling within the next 5 years he will begin to descend, since a lot of his early 2010 offspring are reaching breeding age and are paired with a mate.
That episode was filmed probably in late 2019 to early 2020 and so the pregnancy is the one that resulted in her 2020 female calf. So no she isn't confirmed pregnant again, though its pretty likely she will be having another calf next year as SDZSP has a very large and active breeding herd. Also is her sister Rey still at Toronto?
@Animals R AMAZING! Gish why wouldn't I check the date, sorry for the confusion to anyone, But still great to hear they are doing great Gevry's Zebra work in the Safari Park, As well, Rey is still in Toronto but I do think she will leave soon (Within the next year or so) Because there has been a shipping crate outside of the Zebra house.
@Animals R AMAZING! Rey is still at the zoo. She is due to go to the Bronx. Now that the border is about to open up hopefully she and little brother Obi (to Fossil Rim) can head out and maybe take Poe with them.
TZFan, did I read that right, the snowy owl and bamboo shark are gone? :c Also, wow, there's a lot of animals in that list that I had no idea the zoo ever had--guess I have a few to move from my wishlist to my list of hopeful future returning species! Also, I didn't see the lionfish on my visit this month, its home was replaced by a smaller tank full of baby jellyfish. Is the lionfish gone now too?
The snowy owl Crystal was transferred out in 2019, maybe early 2020. I don't think there are bamboo sharks anymore. I read it somewhere. I have done so much research the last year I cant remember what I knew when. I heard the lionfish is now in the big tank so you probably just missed it thinking it was gone if the old tank was empty. Someone recently mentioned it here. I don't remember who. If you are fascinated with past species check out the following thread. It details everything I could find info on. Buckle up for a long read. Head to the last page first though. I created an index so you can find species easily if you are just after certain species or the family tree of a certain animal. Family Trees of Toronto Zoo Animals [Toronto Zoo]
I saw Crystal on my 2019 visit, so either she left shortly after or during 2020. I'm happy I got to see her that one last time at least... :'3 I do wonder what they might get to replace her... Also, now I'm curious, is there a thread anywhere to share animal wishlists, like discussing what animals we think should return someday or what new ones would be great to see?
