No, to my knowledge their breeding program is still active. Their last calves were 4 and 5 years ago, respectively. Going off of their past history, they have calves every 5-7 years, so there is no reason to think they've stopped yet. In addition, their young male is 11 years old and unrelated to 3 of their females, so it is likely he will start to breed naturally with them in due time as well.
The orang group is growing by two. Female Sabah and her son will be arriving from Jackson Zoo soon. http://www.clarionledger.com/story/...angutan-pumpkin-leaving-jackson-zoo/93667022/
Does anyone know what's going to replace the polar bear exhibit? Are there still plans for gorillas to come to the zoo? Also is the consensus that Indianapolis will keep dolphins or phase them out
Orangs, Kim (formerly Sabah) and her son Max, have arrived from Jackson Zoo and are settling in. The change has already been positive for both mother and son. Indy Zoo welcomes two orangutans
What "former orangutan facility" are they referring to? Indy didn't have orangutans before the new facility opened.
Just carefully reread the small news item: it meant to say their old digs at Jackson Zoo - which incidentally recently decided to quit AZA and is amidst a funding crunch -.
Ah, thanks for the clarification. The wording was a bit confusing to me; to me it sounded like they were already at Indy but had not yet moved into the orangutan center. It's quite a shame that the orangutans were not in the best of health. The good news is that they seem to be recovering very quickly.
A nearly two-year-old male common ostrich has arrived from the Potawatomi Zoo and will be going on exhibit in the African plains exhibit in the spring.
Update on orangutans "Kim" and "Max", which the zoo received late last year from the Jackson Zoo in Mississippi when it lost its AZA accredidation: New orangutans at Indy Zoo get help from an unlikely source
Nothing will happen this year but in 2018 the new inhabitants of the polar bear exhibit will be primates! Apparently there is a sign on the enclosure showing images of some kind of swimming monkey...possibly Crab-Eating Macaques?
Allen Nyhuis, author of the 2008 book America's Best Zoos, lives in Indianapolis and he was at the zoo last weekend. He and I email each other every week and he told me about the primate sign on the polar bear exhibit.
Very few, in roadside facilities. The only individual I've seen is an elderly male at Animal World and Snake Farm Zoo in Texas. I assume the Japanese macaques are the most likely species, and they make use of water space as well.
I was just looking at the Indianapolis Zoo map on the website. There is a huge area marked off next to the aquarium that says "future home of Bicentennial Pavilion". Does anyone know what that is going to be? Will it be an animal exhibit? http://www.indianapoliszoo.com/SiteAssets/pdf/zoo_map.pdf
It will have much more to offer than just the odd event. The Bicentennial Pavilion is replacing the Party Pavilion and it will be 40,000 sq. ft. in size and able to accommodate up to 1,000 guests for private events. Also, "Magnificent Macaws" will be a brand-new bird presentation featuring 60 macaws of 7 different species. This will likely be a daily event, if not several times a day in the summer.
