Milwaukee County Zoo Milwaukee County Zoo News 2020

Does the removal of signage mean anything in terms of being part of the animal collection or not. I was led to believe that the yellow backed duiker was very much part of the plan for the antelope savannah?

 

On September 30th zoo goers will be able to see Milja the snow leopard cub.

 

Starting tomorrow, the Zoo's giraffe and big cat buildings will be open.

Milwaukee County Zoo's Big Cat Country, Giraffe Building to reopen to public

 

Looks like I'll have to visit soon. The weather is perfect.

 

Three waldrapp ibises were hatch earlier this summer, and are now in the Free Flight Hall:
Waldrapp Ibis Now Flying About the Aviary! | Milwaukee County Zoo

 

They finally brought an end to the Jellyfish exhibit. They have now replaced it with cuttlefish. There were a few other exhibits either under maintenance or renovation. I’m excited to see what new exhibits they are bringing into the ARC.

Also on a side note this years construction they are hoping to get accomplished is a water filtration for the elephants pool. It was suppose to be done with the original exhibit but got cut due to finical reasons, but have since raised the money.

 

How large is the US waldrapp (northern bald) ibis population (not to be confused with southern bald ibis)?

 

I'm not sure how many there are in the entire United States, but Milwaukee has a lot of them.

I'll have to visit the new exhibit soon. I don't believe I've ever seen cuttlefish before.

 

Milwaukee is one of North America's only successful breeders of Waldrapp.

 

Quite bizarre when thinking how this ibis species is an iconic and threatened Mediterranean bird. How does Milwaukee (and others) replenish stock and ensure new bloodlines? Do they participate in the European conservation breeding program?

 

There is ~15 holders of Northern Bald Ibis in North America. Milwaukee is just one of the few that has been successful in breeding the species, most or all of the North American zoos that have them are at least attempting to breed them.

The breeding program for the species is worldwide, so yes, Milwaukee (and all the other zoos that keep them) participates in the same breeding program that European zoos do.

 

I actually meant in providing birds for the release and recovery programs across Germany, Austria, Spain and Morocco (and to a much lesser extent Turkey and Near East).

 

On that I have no idea.

 

Wow

 

One of the female cheetahs, Kira, was euthanized at age 16. Female Cheetah Kira Euthanized | Milwaukee County Zoo

 

So Sad

 

From talking with several zoo ambassadors the other day, it sounds like there will be several animal transfers happening once the restrictions from covid are lifted. We will be getting a new species of cranes, bringing the total number up to 4 at the zoo. We will be getting a male bongo to start a breading program. Possibly getting a new family troop of silverbacks, now that they have made expansions/improvements to their exhibit. As well as several new additions coming that are still in the works. Here’s to looking forward to the future and brighter times to come.

 

I'm hoping for Blue Crane. This is a bit far-fetched, but I would love to see Whoopsie transferred in from ICF so I can finally see her.

 

I had no idea she was the oldest cheetah in the AZA. Hopefully Imara continues to do well.

 

Looking forward to new gorillas