United States Maned Wolf Population

Thanks for letting me know! There isn't a studbook for Maned Wolves that I could find, and all of the other sources I have for them don't show their names.

It is unclear why zoos don't like to post anything about their Maned Wolves as well. I think they're extremely fascinating animals, but I guess the general public isn't as interested in them as they are with other animals?

 

I think it's that, and they're such shy animals, in general. The ones that do best on media are unfortunately the species that everyone already knows.

 

Oglebay Good Zoo now exhibits the species. Betts and Luna from Greensboro are there. Greensboro will get a pair from White Oak.

 

Big News!

Four pups were born at Audubon to Brisa and Sheldon.

First maned wolves born at Audubon Zoo

 

Betts and Luna moved to the Oglebay Good Zoo. Two unrecorded individuals (at least by name), Fiona and Inigo, from the White Oak Conservation Center replaced Betts and Luna in Greensboro. Inigo, who was called Iggy, passed away recently.

 

I want to note that Toledo's maned wolf/wolves left the zoo a few years ago. Unfortunately, I have absolutely no clue where they were transferred to.

 

On June 14th, the Sunset Zoo in Kansas swapped a (1.0) maned wolf with the Los Angeles Zoo in California and vice versa.

https://lazoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Animal-Transaction-Commission-Report-June-2023.pdf

 

(0.1) maned wolf named Jordan was transferred from the Fossil Rim Wildlife Center in Texas to the Little Rock Zoo in Arkansas in July.

Little Rock Zoo - Have you met Jordan, our new female...

 

(1.0) maned wolf named Mateo passed away at age 9 on October 6th at the Lee Richardson Zoo in Kansas.

Lee Richardson Zoo is saddened to... - Lee Richardson Zoo

 

Sad to hear this One of the few zoo animals I felt a connection with. He was at Smithsonian for a long time.

 

(0.1) maned wolf named Madame Ariel Rose Tatiana Isabella/Marti was transferred from the Los Angeles Zoo in California to Zoo Boise in Idaho.*

Zoo Boise - Happy International Maned Wolf Day! The...

*Also mentioned in the July 2023 Los Angeles Zoo Animal News Transactions but has been removed.

 

No such female maned wolf lived at the Los Angeles Zoo, so she must've moved to Boise from somewhere else. LA's female, Cara, hasn't moved anywhere.

 

Beardsley has sent away their female maned wolf and have a new one named Fiona. Not sure what zoo the former female went to.

 

I know the Greensboro Science Center had a maned wolf named Fiona. Wonder if it’s her.

 

Per 2023 SSP recommendations Beardsley was asked to receive a female FROM Greensboro and send their existing female TO Greensboro. That transfer may have taken place by the sounds of it

 

A (1.0) maned wolf (later named Lucas) was acquired by Zoo Boise in Idaho.

Zoo Boise
Zoo Boise

 

A (0.1) maned wolf named Lyra was born at the Abilene Zoo in Texas on December 18th to parents Henry x Vega.

Abilene Zoo

 

It is.

Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo

 

Will any Canadian zoo acquire a maned wolf? Are they hard to keep?