North American Orangutan Population

All Orangutans in North American Facilities​

This document has been made in an attempt to record all orangutans in North American facilities. It will be updated according to any press releases from zoos that are currently in possession of orangutans or are working on acquiring orangutans. Any deaths, births, or transfers may be posted in the comments on the thread. The lineage of the bonobos will also be recorded if available.


Total Facilities With Orangutans: 0; 50 United States; 1 Mexico; 1 Canada

Total Amount of Individuals: 0 (0.0.0); 0.0 United States; 0.0 Mexico; 0.0 Canada


United States


Albuquerque BioPark Zoo - Albuquerque, New Mexico - 0.0.0


Audobon Zoo - New Orleans, Louisiana - 0.0.0


Birmingham Zoo - Birmingham, Alabama - 0.0.0


Brookfield Zoo - Brookfield, Illinois - 0.0.0


Busch Gardens Tampa - Tampa, Florida - 0.0.0


Cameron Park Zoo - Waco, Texas - 0.0.0


Chahinkapa Zoo - Wahpeton, North Dakota - 0.0.0


Cheyenne Mountain Zoo - Colorado Springs, Colorado - 0.0.0


Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Gardens - Cincinnati, Ohio - 0.0.0


Cleveland Metroparks Zoo - Cleveland, Ohio - 0.0.0


Columbus Zoo - Powell , Ohio - 0.0.0


Como Park Zoo and Conservatory - Saint Paul, Minnesota - 0.0.0


Denver Zoo - Denver, Colorado - 0.0.0


El Paso Zoo - El Paso, Texas - 0.0.0


Erie Zoo - Erie, Pennsylvania - 0.0.0


Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo - Fort Wayne, Indiana - 0.0.0


Fort Worth Zoo - Fort Worth, Texas - 0.0.0


Fresno Chaffee Zoo - Fresno, California - 0.0.0


Gladys Porter Zoo - Brownsville, Texas - 0.0.0


Greenville Zoo - Greenville, North Carolina - 0.0.0


Henry Vilas Zoo - Madison, Wisconsin - 1.2.0

1.0, Datu

0.1, Kawan

0.1, Chelsea


Houston Zoo - Houston, Texas - 0.0.0


Indianapolis Zoo - Indianapolis, Indiana - 0.0.0


Kansas City Zoo - Kansas City, Missouri - 0.0.0


Little Rock Zoo - Little Rock, Arkansas - 0.0.0


Los Angeles Zoo - Los Angeles, California - 0.0.0


Louisville Zoo - Louisville, Kentucky - 0.0.0


Memphis Zoo - Memphis, Tennesee - 0.0.0


Milwaukee County Zoo - Milwaukee, Wisconsin - 0.0.0


Oklahoma City Zoo - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - 0.0.0


Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo - Omaha, Nebraska - 0.0.0


Oregon Zoo - Portland, Oregon - 0.0.0


Philadelphia Zoo - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - 0.0.0


Phoenix Zoo - Phoenix, Arizona - 0.0.0


Racine Zoo - Racine, Wisconsin - 0.0.0


Rolling Hills Zoo - Salina, Kansas - 0.0.0


Sacramento Zoo - Sacramento, California - 0.0.0


Saint Louis Zoo - Saint Louis, Missouri - 0.0.0


San Diego Zoo - San Diego, California - 0.0.0


Sedgewick County Zoo - Wichita, Kansas - 0.0.0


Seneca Park Zoo - Rochester, New York - 0.0.0


Smithsonian National Zoo - Washington D.C. - 0.0.0


Toledo Zoo - Toledo, Ohio - 0.0.0


Topeka Zoological Park - Topeka, Kansas - 0.0.0


Utah’s Hogle Zoo - Salt Lake City, Utah - 0.0.0


Virginia Zoo - Norfolk, Virginia - 0.0.0


Woodland Park Zoo - Seattle, Washington - 0.0.0


Zoo Atlanta - Atlanta, Georgia - 0.0.0


Zoo Miami - Miami, Florida - 0.0.0


Zoologico de Leon - Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico - 0.0.0


ZooTampa at Lowry Park - Tampa, Florida - 0.0.0

Canada

Toronto Zoo - Scarborough, Ontario, Canada - 0.0.0

Mexico

Zoologico de Leon - Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico - 0.0.0


This is a list of all the zoos that claim to be part of the Orangutan SSP. It's obviously a WIP, so I will update it once it's finished. Please tell me if I am missing any facilities, also, tell me if there any other facilities that may not be part of the SSP that I should add.

 

Sacramento has 1.2.0

1.0 Makan
0.1 Cheli
0.1 Indah

 

Obviously the Toronto Zoo has Orangutans

Erie Zoo, Cincinnati, and Virginia Zoo also have them.

 

Milwaukee County Zoo
Both are mixed
1.0 Tommy
0.1 Alex

 

What zoo does 1.0, Dumadi, a Sumatran Orang, born in 2006 reside at?

 

Toronto has 2.4 Sumatran

0.1 Puppe
0.1 Ramai
0.1 Sekali
1.0 Budi
1.0 Kembali
0.1 Jingga

Honolulu has 1.1 Hybrids

1.0 Rusti
0.1 Violet

ZooTampa has 2.6 Borneans

0.1 Deedee
0.1 Josie
1.0 Goyang
0.1 Hadiah
0.1 Randee
1.0 Gojo
0.1 Topi
0.1 Dira

San Diego has 1.3 Sumatrans

0.1 Karen
0.1 Indah
1.0 Satu
0.1 Aisha

Also Dumadi lives at Zoo Altanta.

 

The Phoenix Zoo has 3.2 Bornean orangs.

1.0 Michael
0.1 Bess
1.0 Daniel
0.1 Rayma
1.0 Jiwa

 

I appreciate the contribution!
The list is coming along well, it should be posted soon in the next couple weeks.

 

I can't find anything online about Cincinnati Zoo's Sumatran Orangutans. Can anyone tell me anything about them? I'll have to check their YouTube and search the Orangutan SSP for them.

 

They have 1:0 Sumatran called 'Henry'

 

It would-be be usual to add either Sumatran or Bornean in origin or hybrid in your listing

Well done anyway for taking iT on!

 

Utah’s Hogle Zoo has 2.1 Borneans.
1.0 Mia
0.1 Acara
1.0 Tuah

 

Henry was the only orangutan I could find anything about on their social media, did they recently transfer other orangutans?

In my document, I've got the name of each orangutan highlighted according to their species! I will do something when I posted it to signify it as well. (Probably by changing the color of the text.)

 

There are 4 Bornean Orangutan also kept at Guadalajara zoo in Jalisco , Mexico , a breeding group too.

Another is a hybrid male kept at Chapultepec zoo , "Toto" , Mexico city. (Who may be "moving" to Brazil or being forcibly removed by "animal rights activists" if they continue with their infantile bullying tantrums and get their way).

 

0:1 hybrid Orang-utan named 'Alexandra' was transferred to Milwaukee County Zoo from Cincinnati Zoo earlier this year.

 

Don't they have more? Last I heard, they still kept 6 Bornean Orang-utans

 

Topeka Zoo has four Bornean Orangutans as of 2018. Let me know if i'm missing anyone.

• 0.1 Rudy
• 1.0 Bumi
• 0.1 Lena
• 1.0 Mawas

 

They may well do , it is quite an impressive enclosure and they have had several births over the years.

When I visited a couple of times which was a long time ago (probably around 2010 / 2011) there were four of them but I'm sure there have been more births since.

 

I didn't know Alexandra came from Cincinnati, that's interesting. I've seen Alexandra at her former home as well as her new one. She seemed pretty shy at Milwaukee, she was tucked behind this piece of cardboard the keepers placed on the glass.

Thanks! Any information you can find about orangutans in facilities in Mexico is appreciated.

 

They've had 3 births since around that period one in 2012,2016 and 2017. The previous male named 'Mei Xiong' passed away in 2016, so the current breeding male is the son/brother of the breeding females