San Diego Zoo Safari Park San Diego Zoo Safari Park News 2019

I think In the African Woods is where the park has them last I recall

 

Yes, African Woods is where I remember seeing signage for them. If you really want to see it, you may have to check a few times. I missed the species on my visit.

 

Okay thankyou, will check multiple times like you say due to their elusive behaviour.

 

I saw a pair of steenbok in the Sitatunga enclosure on my visit. They're a smaller species than hide well so keep that in mind.

~Thylo

 

A greater one horned rhino was recently born at the Safari Park. Her name is Anusha although I don’t know who the mother is? Does anyone else know who the mother could be?

 

Update: Anusha was born to 3rd time mom Alta.

Baby Greater One-horned Rhino Debuts at Safari Park

 

Don’t know if this has been previously mentioned or not but work is now underway to build a new field exhibit for Hartman’s mountain zebras

Zebra | San Diego Zoo Animals & Plants

Error from previous post: Anusha is Altas fourth calf

 

All the Walk-through Aviaries have been closed to visitors, and free flight birds have been grounded, due to the detection of virulent Newcastle Disease within San Diego County. This the case at both the Safari Park and the San Diego Zoo. I’m glad that they are doing what is necessary to protect the collection birds, but this is very sad news for visitors. There has been no statement on when the aviaries will reopen, but based on the incubation of Newcastle Disease, I expect it will be months.

 

A tree kangaroo was born to first time mom Polly!!

Endangered Tree Kangaroo Joey Greets the World

 

An instagram story shows two White-Cheeked Gibbons in the old off-exhibit Bonobo exhibit at the park. Not sure if this was an already well-known fact.

 

The walk through aviaries are back open after the Virulent Newcastle Disease scare. Hopefully there will be no new cases discovered in the county.

 

Is this just the Safari Park and not the Zoo?

 

@ZooGirlSD reported that the zoo's aviaries reopened at 10 am last Monday on the SDZ thread.

 

A new black rhino is moving to the San Diego zoo safari park!!

Cincinnati Zoo’s beloved young rhino Kendi leaving for new home in San Diego

 

Masamba, Holly’s three year old son, has left the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. The park now has in total 17 southern white rhinos

Masamba the white rhino finds a home at Potawatomi Zoo

Also according to this article below it says they have a new rhino named Ahadi and J Gregory was the bull. Does anyone know what happened to Spike and what zoos J Gregory and Ahadi came from?

 

I don't know the answer to this particular question, but I may be able to shed light on why, with so many specimins, they'd go to all the trouble just to "swap" out one to get another. The Zoo SD showed the Zoo's efforts to eventually breed a northern using a southern white as a surrogate. This much we knew, but their process of creating a northern embryo involves using DNA to recreate egg and sperm since they have virtually no egg and sperm remaining. So it's infintessimally harder to create and quite precious. For the last few years they have been doing a kind of in vitro using southern ingredients on southern females as test cases, to see which southern females are most likely to be able to produce a living calf this way. Those that do will have added to their species, bit more importantly for this purpose, those females will be deemed the most likely to produce a living calf from a northern embryo. They said it will take years, so they may well have successful white rhino females show their ability for success by having two or more calves via this measure before trying the valuable northern embryos.

That explains the successful females who could be tested for years. But the females who cannot conceive and deliver via this process will be dropped as candidates. Thus, such a female may be swapped out to another zoo who may only need an exhibit animal or one who can breed southern whites the natural way. More importantly, a select new female may be brought in as a candidate for the northern surrogate project. Re-creating the black rhino clearly has top priority, explaining why a certain young female might be removed from a matriarchal herd.

 

The platypus exhibit is opening November 21st!! The platypus won’t be on exhibit opening day but their will be some Australian Fish

Opening of the Nelson M. Millsberg Duck-Billed Platypus Exhibit

 

Odd the exhibit would open without its star animal. They seem to be making a big deal about it though. Also where are people getting the information about the fish? I can't find that.

 

It’s what @Nisha posted on the platypus page

 

I'd seen that, although I can't find any other information on the subject.