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    The zoo announced on social media that Lily and Kevin, their cotton-top tamarins, have 3 babies.
     
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    Seen on their page that the birds of the realm bird show is no longer listed on their page, asked an employee if they will be doing it this summer and they said no. Red pandas are still off exhibit as of today, their habitat is still under construction. They are putting in a exhibit with meerkats, toucan, and another animal, sorry i can't remember what it was. Sign said expected to open later this year.
     
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    A female Amur tiger has been imported from the Columbus Zoo:

    John Ball Zoo welcomes new Tiger

    John Ball Zoo announced Wednesday the arrival of a female Amur, also known as Siberian, tiger named Mabelle.

    Mabelle is from the Columbus Zoo and came to John Ball to participate in the Species Survival Plan (SSP) for the Amur tiger.


    Mabelle is now at John Ball Zoo as part of SSP for recommended breeding with their male tiger, Finn. Titan, Finn’s brother, was transferred to a new home at the Toledo Zoo for recommended breeding with a female tiger.
     
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    I could be over-analyzing this, but why does the world “beloved” have to have marks around it. Does it symbolize that the lion may not actually be loved because it’s a non-human animal?
     
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    Well, this is interesting news. The zoo announced in 2015 that there was a tentative plan to have a pair of American Black Bear exhibits between the giftshop and the Bald Eagle aviary, with an overhead arch for the bears to cross. Today's announcement of Pygmy Hippos, Sitatunga and European Wild Storks is great news, but obviously cancels out the bears. This upcoming exhibit will now be the very first thing that visitors see when they walk into the zoo.
     
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