The African Wild Dog pups have undergone an exam and all are well. African painted dogs thriving at Oklahoma City Zoo
According to this article, Pearl the sea lion is pregnant. Oklahoma City Zoo’s Facebook Live makes major announcement regarding beloved California sea lion
Information about the upcoming Asia expansion - known as: Sanctuary Asia, opening next summer. Animals include Indian rhino, red panda, Komodo dragon, langur, cassowary, crane, and even raccoon dog! Wildlife Exhibits Something else worth mentioning is that even more space, 3.5 acres to be exact, will be added to the current 4.5 acres for elephants. Would this make Oklahoma City the largest Asian elephant exhibit in the U.S.?
You're thinking of the Oakland Zoo. The tram going over the bison I believe is opening soon if it hasn't already, and the rest of the exhibits for bears, wolves, eagle, etc. will open next year. Anyone correct me if I'm wrong.
If Oklahoma City Zoo has exactly 8 acres for its elephants by next summer then I think it will be the 2nd largest elephant complex in the USA. If I'm not mistaken, Disney's Animal Kingdom has a 9.5 acre elephant exhibit...even though almost all visitors spend less than two minutes actually looking at elephants at that theme park. Here is an article from February announcing that the zoo has broken ground on Sanctuary Asia: OKC ZOO BREAKS GROUND ON MASTER PLAN EXPANSION
I noticed some items of interest in the article linked above. 1. The project is funded by a sales tax that benefits the zoo (similar to the one Fresno has). 2. Zoo admission is only $8, making this one of the best zoo deals in America. 3. The new expansion will include raccoon dogs!
Three Sumatran tiger cubs were born to mom Lola on July 8. Sumatran tiger triplets born at OKC Zoo Also, the zoo will apparently be receiving an Amur tiger cub from the Philadelphia Zoo, whose mother's maternal instincts never kicked in: Baby Amur tiger neglected by mom headed to Oklahoma zoo
The Zoo is expecting two major babies in the future: Asha the Asian elephant is expecting her third calf late next year, and gorilla Mikella is due early next year with her first baby. Oklahoma City Zoo announces pregnancies of two beloved animals
The Zoo "got a hippopotamus for Christmas" with the arrival of Francesca, a female pygmy hippo. OKC Zoo gets a Hippopotamus for Christmas
Bad news and good news: the bad news is that Ursula, a female giraffe who was the oldest in the U.S., died. OKC Zoo announces death of beloved giraffe The good news is the Mikella the gorilla gave birth. OKC Zoo celebrates brith of critically endangered Western Lowland gorilla
The first of many upcoming additions to the future Sanctuary Asia complex - the cassowary! https://www.okczoo.org/blog/posts/sanctuary-asia-preview-meet-the-cassowaries
Wasabi the red panda will be moving to Omaha. Critically-endangered red panda moving from Oklahoma City Zoo to Nebraska
