There's a bit of a spat between Parks Canada and the zoo over land use and cost. Toronto Zoo wants $5M to hand over land for Rouge National Urban Park
An article about the zoo's conservation efforts with freshwater mussels: Opinion | Toronto Zoo keeping track of Ontario mussels through 'Clam Counter'
An article continuing on with this topic. Toronto Zoo says Rouge Park Welcome Centre will harm breeding programs
I am broadly in agreement with the TZ position here as the future development of the new Rouge park cannot be at the expense of the endangered species recovery programs TZ is working in. I find it sad that 2 organisations with probably so much in common on vision and objectives can be publicaly so widely apart and divided.
For the zoo's forty-fifth anniversary, the zoo is having 45% off regular admission. Toronto Zoo is celebrating its birthday by offering 45% off admission this week | Listed
The website has been revamped. Looks like most if not all areas have been retooled to make it more friendly for users.
It seems the zoo and Rogue Park's dispute has ended. Parks Canada and Toronto Zoo settle on new Rouge Park visitor centre Also in the news, the zoo has set up a station to track migratory birds. Opinion | Toronto Zoo hosts station in Scarborough to track migratory birds
An article about the zoo's history within Scarborough. The Toronto Zoo is world-renowned. It’s also deeply rooted in Scarborough | The Star
Puppe celebrated her fifty-second birthday today. The Toronto Zoo - Happy Birthday Puppe Puppe is the... Hope she'll live to see the outdoor exhibit?
The zoo has a survey out for guests so they can learn more about what the public wants to see and how the zoo should promote itself. Many mundane questions but some of them are interesting. One asked something along the lines of what would you like to see the zoo do more of? One of the options was see a TV show of the zoo. If thats back on the table sign me up! Interesting to see some of the things they may be thinking about doing more of. I'm glad the zoo is asking these questions. Will they listen? Probably only to a degree but its a chance to have our voices heard. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ZDY5VSN
Thank you. Where were they kept on these occasions? And was there any reason they got them in those years and didn’t keep them long term?
@Cat-Man, where they were kept every time... I'm not so sure. I know I remember seeing them in the tree kangaroo exhibit I think in 1996. I feel like they may have been in the old lion tailed macaque exhibit in 1988 but that's recalling a memory from when I was six so lets not trust that. They were brought in each time only to serve as a summer exhibit. All belonged to San Diego and left at the end of the summer they arrived... accept the last set who both died here. Their deaths at the zoo may be why we haven't had them since. These are the koalas who have visited. P.B (F) Born: 1980, WILD Transfer: 16 Jun 1988, Toronto Zoo Died: 20 Aug 2002, Lincoln Park Zoo Offspring: Billi (F) Nutsy (F) Born: 29 Jun 1983, San Diego Zoo Father: Koobor Mother: Velvet Transfer: 16 Jun 1988, Toronto Zoo Died: 25 Aug 1997, Lincoln Park Zoo Offspring: Unnamed (M) Mugana (M) Born: 26 Oct 1993, Busch Gardens Tampa Father: K’Bluey Mother: Kiami Transfer: 13 May 1996, Toronto Zoo Died: 24 Nov 2009, San Diego Zoo Offspring: Coonabraran (F) Brisbane (M) Cooladi (F) Allora (F) Rokeby (M) Bamba (M) Sooky (F) Tekin (M) Miah (F) Tonahleah (F) Coolongalook (M) Born: 16 May 1994, San Diego Zoo Father: Sid Mother: Banjeeri Transfer: 13 May 1996, Toronto Zoo Died: 22 Sep 2004, Planckndl Offspring: Taree (F) Bungles (F) Caloundra (F) Ditchie-Doonkuna (F) Doowi (M) Born: 20 June 1996, Redwood Father: Clarry Mother: Gidgee Transfer: 1 May 2002, Toronto Zoo Died: 7 Oct 2002, Toronto Zoo Offspring: Thoar (M) Quamby (M) Born: 25 Sep 1996, San Diego Zoo Father: Blinky Bill Mother: Sweeny Transfer: 1 May 2002, Toronto Zoo Died: 26 Jun 2002, Toronto Zoo
Thanks for your response! That’s very helpful to me. One more quick question - when you visit do you have any luck with the Echidna? When I visited it/they were absolutely nowhere to be seen.
I myself have tried looking for her multiple times. No success recently, but I think there's a best time to see her and never really went at that time.
I’ve seen the Echidna a couple of times, the most recently was probably 2 years ago. The Wombat is seen fairly regularly but the Echidna is a rare sighting.
@Cat-Man I have yet to get lucky with echidna, Annie. She's been around as long as I have visited and I just never get lucky. She still is alive but is very old. May not be as mobile as she once was. Every time I go I hope to get lucky. It would be like winning the zoo lottery for me. We have had 2 echidnas with names... Norman (M) Born:1965, WILD Transfer: 5 Nov 2004, Toronto Zoo Died: 20 Feb 2013, Toronto Zoo Annie (F) Born: 1982, WILD Transfer: 23 Aug 1984, Toronto Zoo Annie arrived with another female whose name I don't have. She died 13 Aug 1996. So basically there was never any real hope of breeding or real attempts. There was no chance until 2005 and even then Norman was about 40 years old.
Saw Annie twice this year during extended hours, echidnas are nocturnal so the later in the day you go the better your chances. The keeper also said Annie is as responsible for digging the tunnels as the wombats
Did we get any word on what the special species the Zoo plans to host will be? Also earlier in the thread, someone said they wondered if the second orang yard would take over the Sumatran Tiget exhibit—where are the tigers going?
