Join our zoo community

Potter Park Zoo Potter Park Zoo News

Discussion in 'United States' started by JBZvolunteer, 24 May 2012.

  1. Kifaru Bwana

    Kifaru Bwana Well-Known Member 15+ year member

    Joined:
    25 Jan 2006
    Posts:
    12,369
    Location:
    Amsterdam, Holland
    BTW: Male rhino Phineus confirmed as present (ex Sedgwick?)!
     
  2. SharkFinatic

    SharkFinatic Well-Known Member 5+ year member

    Joined:
    12 Oct 2018
    Posts:
    1,126
    Location:
    U.S.
    Tafin likes this.
  3. SharkFinatic

    SharkFinatic Well-Known Member 5+ year member

    Joined:
    12 Oct 2018
    Posts:
    1,126
    Location:
    U.S.
  4. Snowleopardqueen

    Snowleopardqueen Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    30 Mar 2019
    Posts:
    90
    Location:
    Indiana
    So ppz had a post on fb detailing zoo keeper times and 3 oclock is listed as big cats and they name snow leopard on that list, so i asked if they got a new snow leopard and they replied "announcement coming soon ☺"
     
  5. Snowleopardqueen

    Snowleopardqueen Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    30 Mar 2019
    Posts:
    90
    Location:
    Indiana
    Meeko has passsed away. Their fb page tells that they tried every treatment possible for his cancer and his health continued to decline, so they had to euthanize him.
     
  6. Snowleopardqueen

    Snowleopardqueen Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    30 Mar 2019
    Posts:
    90
    Location:
    Indiana
  7. SharkFinatic

    SharkFinatic Well-Known Member 5+ year member

    Joined:
    12 Oct 2018
    Posts:
    1,126
    Location:
    U.S.
  8. Yi Qi

    Yi Qi Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    24 Feb 2018
    Posts:
    1,438
    Location:
    Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
  9. Milwaukee Man

    Milwaukee Man Well-Known Member 10+ year member

    Joined:
    1 Aug 2011
    Posts:
    3,398
    Location:
    Milwaukee, WI, USA
    Tafin, Kifaru Bwana and evilmonkey239 like this.
  10. Yi Qi

    Yi Qi Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    24 Feb 2018
    Posts:
    1,438
    Location:
    Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
    Kifaru Bwana and StoppableSan like this.
  11. Milwaukee Man

    Milwaukee Man Well-Known Member 10+ year member

    Joined:
    1 Aug 2011
    Posts:
    3,398
    Location:
    Milwaukee, WI, USA
    Tafin, Jambo and Kifaru Bwana like this.
  12. Jambo

    Jambo Well-Known Member 5+ year member

    Joined:
    30 Jul 2018
    Posts:
    6,834
    Location:
    Somewhere near a zoo
    Kifaru Bwana likes this.
  13. Milwaukee Man

    Milwaukee Man Well-Known Member 10+ year member

    Joined:
    1 Aug 2011
    Posts:
    3,398
    Location:
    Milwaukee, WI, USA
    Kifaru Bwana likes this.
  14. Jungle Man

    Jungle Man Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    24 Jan 2020
    Posts:
    1,583
    Location:
    Panama
    2 Elk calves for the zoo:
    The 3 elks that arrived recently are named Emmett, Belle and Sage. The females arrived pregnant and gave birth on May 20th and June 5th respectively. Belle had a female and Sage a Male calf. Emmett was confirmed to not being the father of the calves. Also, starting today Rhino baby Jaali can be seen in exhibit.

    2 elk calves join growing list of young animals at Lansing’s Potter Park Zoo
     
  15. Azamat Shackleford

    Azamat Shackleford Well-Known Member 5+ year member

    Joined:
    17 Oct 2015
    Posts:
    439
    Location:
    Margaritaville
    Susannah, Potter Park’s remaining geriatric female mandrill, was euthanized according to the zoo’s Facebook due to health concerns following surgery regarding removing an abdominal mass.

    About 2 months prior, Loko, the zoo’s male mandrill, was also euthanized also due to health complications regarding age.

    Potter Park Zoo says goodbye to Loko the Mandrill
     
  16. Zoofan15

    Zoofan15 Well-Known Member 5+ year member

    Joined:
    7 Mar 2015
    Posts:
    16,461
    Location:
    New Zealand
    Jungle Man, Tafin and Okie like this.
  17. Zoofan15

    Zoofan15 Well-Known Member 5+ year member

    Joined:
    7 Mar 2015
    Posts:
    16,461
    Location:
    New Zealand
    The zoo’s Siberian tigress is leaving to breed at another zoo:

    Michigan zoo’s female Amur tiger heading to new zoo for breeding

    Liya is one of three tiger cubs born at Potter Park Zoo in 2011. Liya’s sisters, Savelii and Kira, left in 2014 for other zoos, as did Liya’s mother Nika. Liya, along with her father Sivaki, have been the two tigers residing at Potter Park Zoo for the past nine years.

    Liya and Sivaki have never lived together as adult because tigers are largely solitary, and they could not be placed together for breeding since they are related.

    Staff said the move will benefit other big cats at Potter Park Zoo because it increases the space available to the other cats, especially the lions which do not tolerate Michigan’s cold winters.
     
  18. Kifaru Bwana

    Kifaru Bwana Well-Known Member 15+ year member

    Joined:
    25 Jan 2006
    Posts:
    12,369
    Location:
    Amsterdam, Holland
    Any info as to destination?
    Have her siblings bred at all?
     
  19. Zoofan15

    Zoofan15 Well-Known Member 5+ year member

    Joined:
    7 Mar 2015
    Posts:
    16,461
    Location:
    New Zealand
    Frustratingly they don’t mention the location she is being transferred to.

    Her siblings have yet to breed. They were sent to Bramble Park Zoo in 2014; and then dispersed to other zoos in 2019. Savelii is currently at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, where she has been recently paired with a young male named Chewy; Kiva currently lives at Zoo Boise.
     
    evilmonkey239, Tafin and Kifaru Bwana like this.
  20. Kifaru Bwana

    Kifaru Bwana Well-Known Member 15+ year member

    Joined:
    25 Jan 2006
    Posts:
    12,369
    Location:
    Amsterdam, Holland
    Then they have a very short window left for breeding any of the offspring.