The peccaries have not replaced anything. The bontebok used to have access to 2 exhibits, now only one. The peccaries are in the first exhibit at the top of the hill. The cuvier's gazelle, with 2 babies born in March, are in the next exhibit. The gerenuks with one baby born in April, (whose mother died from complications of childbirth) are next. The bontebok are in the last exhibit. The zoo now has 3 tigers in 2 enclosures. The 2 litter mates have been in both sides of the enclosure. I have not seen 3 tigers on exhibit at once yet. How long can the 2 brothers be exhibited together? I have heard that the leopard exhibit should be open in June but no official announcement.
What kind of leopard? I've seen a lot of posts and pictures of/about the new leopard enclosure, but I haven't read what subspecies anywhere. Also, are they a new arrival at SDZ or is this a new exhibit for old residents?
I looked back and found this information was posted after I last viewed it. Amur and Snow Leopards, right?
Yep, the exhibits are because the old snow leopard and Amur leopard exhibits are being removed for the construction of Africa Rocks.
The amur leopards are young ones that were brought in not too long ago. I assume they were brought in anticipating this new exhibit. They were temporarily housed at Exotic Feline Breeding Center on behalf of San Diego Zoo until space was made for them in the old North China leopard exhibit (or was it the old Persian leopard exhibit?).
Probably the persian leopard exhibit,but I could be wrong. The last North Chinese leopard the zoo had was on display in the Kopje,where the servals currently are. Perhaps before that there were North Chinese leopards on display in Cat Canyon.
Yes I meant before the kopje exhibit when they were still in cat canyon. There were two leopard exhibits, one for North China and one for Persian. One became the mountain lion exhibit and the other became the Amur leopard exhibit.
The zoo's Asian Leopards exhibit featuring Snow Leopards an Amur Leopards will open tomorrow. A video of the new Amur Leopard exhibit has been posted on the Zoo's Facebook page.
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Speed or Speedy the Galapagos tortoise has been Euthanized today . He was one of my favorite animals to see. I will miss him
I am so happy another zoochatter feels the same way. Accupuncture is nothing more than quackery; the research surrounding accupuncture is largely negative. Any affect from acupuncture is only a placebo, and the biggest predictor as to whether there will be any is whether or not the patient thinks there will be one. I highly doubt that a tortoise would think so. As far as I am concerned its use in animals is at best a time waster and at worst cruelty to animals. This Quackwatch page explains it better than I can. Be Wary of Acupuncture, Qigong, and "Chinese Medicine"
