Milwaukee County Zoo Milwaukee County Zoo News 2022

On June 17th, it was announced that a (0.1) prehensile-tailed porcupine was transferred to the Blank Park Zoo in Iowa.

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The winning name is Poppy, after the Memorial Day remembrance poppies.

 

A red panda cub was born on June 12. Parents are Dash and Dr. Erin.

 

Here's a Facebook post about the red panda cub
Milwaukee County Zoo - Red Panda Cub Born | Facebook | By Milwaukee County Zoo | We are over-the-top excited to welcome a red panda cub, born June 12, to mom, Dr. Erin and dad, Dash The Animal Care Team reports that mom and cub...

 

The birds are back outside! I visited today and, excluding the penguins and the Aviary building itself, the birds are back on exhibit.

 

Fantastic news

 

I visited the zoo today and it was a pretty nice visit. Kind of unfortunate timing for a few exhibits as they were doing landscaping, trimming etc. but was nice. Some updates of the day:

-Mandrill enclosure is dark with off exhibit signs.
-Cotton top tamarin exhibit across from Colobus monkey was also empty and they are moving in with the Goeldis
-Aquatic and Reptile Center was full of activity and was packed. Plenty of animals moving and swimming around their exhibits
-Peacocks seem to be roaming around again
-Flamingos we’re visible in the background near their indoor area near the animal hospital
-Otter pups were really fun to watch today as they had a wrestling match throughout the main pool
-A few of the grizzlies were swimming in their pool
-Ringo the harbor seal was a show as well today as he kept popping up and snorting. Cossette and the pup were slightly visible indoor through the doorway
-Ostrich, Rhea, Pelicans, Vultures all were outside today
-No African cranes in either exhibit, stork or Guinea fowl were out
-The baby giraffe was adorable and both Marlee and Ziggy were being fed at the time I was there.
-I believe it is Ziggy that is still pregnant and her stomach was noticeably bigger and was moving around a bit
-I saw the Yaks for the first time and is a nice addition to the area of the zoo. Makes it feel like there isn’t a huge hole of emptiness
-Only a zebra in the waterhole exhibit today. I think it has to do with how the kudu and waterbuck interact with the zebra
-Hyenas, Cheetahs Lions and Tigers were very active with the cats roaming around near the glass and the lions had a ten minute stare down with the tiger inside. Kind of interesting to stand right in the middle of it
-Happy was actually speed walking through the pool which was interesting
-Boo and Ghost the swans are in the pachyderm mall across from the indoor hippo barn.
-There is black fencing around the old elephant enclosure which makes me think there will be a hoof stock species of some sort in the near future.

 

Out of curiosity, how does a hippo speed walk through a pool? What does that look like?

 

It was in the shallow end of the pool so not completely in the water and was just walking quickly to and from the end of the pool. Basically in between the speeds of walking underneath the water and running on land. Not completely sure how to explain it great

 

Hippos can't actually swim. What you described is how they move underwater as I understand it.

 

Outdoor birds seem to be returning, is the aviary still closed?

 

As of yesterday it was still closed

 

Sadden to hear that Asa passed. Login • Instagram

 

Just so everyone knows Asa is a Snow Leopard.

 

That's terrible news

 

Also by the way, Asa was not even 8 years old, which is well below the Snow Leopard median life expectancy of 18 years.

 

This was Asa as a cub:

Snow leopard cub who was saved from the womb makes debut at Rosamond Gifford Zoo, New York | Daily Mail Online

 

It says in this article he was euthanized due to progressing kidney disease.
Male Snow Leopard, Asa, Euthanized | Milwaukee County Zoo
Asa would have turned 8 in July, terribly sad news.

 

Do you think they'd try to bring in a male soon?

 

I would assume within a year or so because Orya the female has to valuable genetics to the North American population.