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Discussion in 'United States' started by Neil chace, 7 Jan 2021.

  1. Smaggledagle

    Smaggledagle Well-Known Member

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    I thought it was tearing the seal exhibit down and using both sides for the colobus monkeys.
     
  2. Neil chace

    Neil chace Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    On second glance to the masterplan, the colobus are in fact next to the admin building, not replacing it. The seal exhibit is turned into bighorn sheep (facing N. America side) and the colobus use some of the wasted space outside the elephant pavilion.
     
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    Aren't the polar bears at Brookfield father and daughter?
     
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    Weren’t to there Maned Wolves on the first Faces of the rainforest plan. If so is that species still in the zoos plans.
     
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    No, they are uncle and niece but they are recommended to breed with one another because of how few unrelated individuals there are in the population.
     
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    Yeah, that's not great. Can they import individuals from Europe, or are the trade laws not good?
     
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    As far as I know, there's legislation that prevents this from happening, otherwise this would have happened ages ago. IDK if it's the Marine Mammal Protection Act, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was.
     
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    Honestly, the "protection laws" are not doing anything to protect animals, but rather draconianly punish those who go near them or try to breed them in captivity.
     
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    I think this is the wrong place to have this discussion on the polar bear population. There are already threads on this subject, and there's no need to discuss it on a news thread for a zoo that does not, and likely will never again, exhibit polar bears.
     
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  10. Smaggledagle

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    Here are some updates (courtesy of @Nicholas LionRider)

    - The red wolves have a new den built.
    - The zoo's bald eagles and golden eagle got a major exhibit renovation, including new climbing structures and a new barn for winter months.
    - The "Faces of the Rainforest" building will be closed until January 31st for some cleaning and maintenance, which has included the giant otter's tank receiving new, cleaner water.
    - The "termite mound" viewing area for the giant anteaters is back open.

    Also mentioned in a livestream by Nicholas that the African crowned crane exhibit is still under construction. It is unknown at this time what the exhibit will turn into.

     
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    On December 30th, the zoo announced that a (0.1) Masai giraffe named Sukari has passed away at age 28 due to arthritis and other age-relating issues. The zoo is most likely down to (1.1) Masai giraffes now.

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