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Taj, the oldest elephant in at least North America died this week at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo, CA.

Vallejo's Six Flags mourns death of Taj, 71 - The Reporter



Also another elephant, Rebecca, at PAWS has died this year as well.

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Bertie Mae died last week.

RIP, Bertie Mae! Beloved Elephant Dies at Age 34 at Six Flags - Around Town - Benicia, CA Patch

Another elephant (not Liz or Valerie) was observed last week. Does anyone know who she is?

 

I visited this theme park yesterday and I then uploaded exactly 71 photos of the facility into the gallery. I also typed up a 6-paragraph review and it is located in the thread "Snowleopard's 2017 Road Trip". I'm just posting this information here as I know that not everyone chooses to access the gallery and therefore sometimes photos become buried in the mix.

 

Oldest ale bottlenose dolphin in the USA died :

Oldest male dolphin in the US dies at California park at 54

 

in 2020 they will open a new roller coster calde sidewinder safari and it will be themde to snaks and also the que line is going to have snaks and som more reptiles in it

 

Dolphin Bella died on 4/2/2020 at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom

 

Lion cub Amari has died due to an "unexpected and unknown illness."

Six Flags Discovery Kingdom female lion cub Amari dies – Times-Herald

 

Six Flags Discovery Kingdom is going to reopen on July 2. They're calling it the "Marine World Experience." Initially all rides will be closed and it'll essentially just be a zoo.

• SFDK MWE | Six Flags Discovery Kingdom

 

What animals do they have these days? On the terrestrial side is it down to just giraffes, lions, and tigers? The elephants and rhinos are long gone. Do they still have walrus and penguins?

 

Here is a link to a species list I've created: Six Flags DK Species List. But to answer your two other questions: No, there are more than giraffes, lions, and tigers, oh my. Yes penguins are still present but no the last walrus was sent to SeaWorld San Diego about 1.5 years ago. She may return someday though.

 

Here is an article about the return of walrus to the park: a male arriving from Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium, and a female arriving from SeaWorld San Diego (she had previously lived at Discovery Kingdom):

Six Flags gets early Christmas present with pair of walruses – Times-Herald (timesheraldonline.com)

 

I'm surprised they're bringing them back currently, I wonder why.

 

The male walrus that arrived in December has died. According to the article, the US captive population is now 13.

Six Flags walrus died two weeks ago (msn.com)

 

Unexpected and not very transparent from Six Flags.

 

Six Flags DK recently welcomed a young lowland paca (Cuniculus paca) male named Gibnut.

• SFDK Animal Care (@sfdkanimal) • Instagram photos and videos
  
• SFDK Animal Care (@sfdkanimal) • Instagram photos and videos

Six Flags DK recently took 6 rescued western spadefoot toads (Spea hammondii) that were being illegally sold on Craigslist.

• SFDK Animal Care (@sfdkanimal) • Instagram photos and videos

 

Six Flags DK has acquired a new species: the starry pufferfish (Arothron stellatus). The juvenile male is named Nova. He is off display at the moment "as he is too small and a bit too shy to be on exhibit."

• SFDK Animal Care (@sfdkanimal) • Instagram photos and videos

 

Six Flags DK has welcomed a new species: the African crested porcupine (Hystrix cristata). Named Quillow, the young female is currently in quarantine and will join the Discovery Theater Wildlife Experience show. According to Six Flags, "She has filled the void at Discovery Theater, since we lost Quillson our North American porcupine [(Erethizon dorsatum)] late last year."

• SFDK Animal Care (@sfdkanimal) • Instagram photos and videos

 

The park's official animal caretaker IG account (SFDK Animal Care (@sfdkanimal)) has put a video of a common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus) on their story, answering the one question I would constantly receive, "Where them monkeys at?"

 

Six Flags Discovery Kingdom adds new rainforest experience and enhanced shark exhibit – InPark Magazine

This forum is for discussing all animal-related news about Discovery Kingdom. They have an all new Rainforest Trail with butterflies, birds, colorful fish, and sloths! As well as an enhanced shark experience!

Also worth noting the shark experience houses the following species:
Sandbar Shark
Nurse Shark
Australian Zebra Shark
Spotted Wobbegong
These are the shark species housed in this exhibit but there are other species here too.

 

Other 2023 News:

On February 2nd, the zoo announced they acquired a (0.0.1) African pygmy hedgehog named Professor Pickles which is now an ambassador animal.

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On March 5th, the zoo announced that they moved their lowland paca to the Rainforest Trail area.

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On April 13th, the zoo announced that they acquired (1.5) cheetahs named Kalahari, Imani, Dakari, Makena, Duma, and Shuri from the Metro Richmond Zoo in Virginia. The zoo also announced they opened a new exhibit for their cheetahs named Cheetah Creek.

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Six Flags Discovery Kingdom Welcomes 6 Cheetah Cubs – NBC Bay Area