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jayjds2 said:
Female Amur leopard Liski will soon arrive at the Staten Island Zoo. She was one of two imported from France last year.

Two ice-making machines have been added to the polar bear exhibit.

A countdown to the opening date of African Rocks is here: San Diego Zoo Africa Rocks
I believe that is June 10th.
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It may be premature optimism but I thought Liski, the Amur leopard sent to the Staten Island Zoo last year and sister of New mother Satka at the San Diego Zoo, looked a bit thicker in the middle last week and she was not on exhibit at all this weekend. Keeping my fingers crossed there may be cubs in New York sometime this year.
 
Ann Esther Sprizzo said:
It may be premature optimism but I thought Liski, the Amur leopard sent to the Staten Island Zoo last year and sister of New mother Satka at the San Diego Zoo, looked a bit thicker in the middle last week and she was not on exhibit at all this weekend. Keeping my fingers crossed there may be cubs in New York sometime this year.
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I am so sorry to report a live cub was born June 28th via cesarean but died two days later. So sad about this but I suppose the silver lining is that there was a successful breeding between Kolya and Liski so there is hope for the future.
 
Can’t wait to go but will have to wait for Monday which may be for the best since there will probably be bigger crowds on the weekend. I sent in my membership renewal and Adopt-an-Amur Leopard donation in to the zoo two months ago and still waiting for the new card. Better still would be to go on a bad weather day when the zoo will be pretty empty since indoor exhibits are closed.
 
Not sure what is going on but my visit left me with a genuine sense there is something very wrong. I am very worried the virus and the New York politicians may have positioned this little zoo to be in serious trouble of surviving. First, it is a very small zoo and famous for it’s snake collection which is indoors so not accessible to visitors under the present rules. The other indoor exhibits (African Savannah, Tropical Rainforest and the small aquarium) and carousel represent other substantial reasons to visit the zoo and are likewise not accessible. Most concerning of all a significant portion of the animals formerly found in outdoor exhibits were not there at all and in some cases signage was removed suggesting they are not simply off exhibit. Even petting zoo and barnyard animals were no where in sight. The Leopard enclosure was empty because owing to the extreme heat they were being kept comfortably indoors which is understandable. It would be a terrible shame for this tiny zoo to close its doors after serving generations of locals but from what I observed today it is doubtful they will be able to sustain patronage under present circumstances.
 
ThylacineAlive said:
Petting zoos are supposed to be closed during the pandemic.

~Thylo
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I understand that but what worried me was that most of the barnyard animals were gone from the barns and holding areas. Also, a couple of significant outdoor exhibits were missing animals. It was very concerning.
 
Alpaca, miniature donkeys, miniature horses, sheep, goats, pigs. Non-domestic animals not on exhibit include tamanduas, scimitar oryxes and one of the birds of prey. To be fair it was an extremely hot day so animals may have been off exhibit for their comfort as was the case with the leopards which is understandable however it was eerily empty and thus a bit unsettling. That combined with the fact my membership renewal and annual donation to the Adopt-an-Amur Leopard checks sent in May have yet to be processed give me concern for the future of this little zoo.
 
Wyman said:
Yay, another zoo going out of an interesting species. Whoop de doo.
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I know. :( I was really looking forward to seeing them and wasn't expecting them to be gone, since there are pictures of them on exhibit from last month. They still have cool species, though (including the only Kanburi Pit-Vipers left in a zoo).
 
Did the animal die or get moved for breeding? If either, it's not exactly a doomsday scenario imo. If I'm being honest I wouldn't call their enclosure particularly suitable for breeding the taxa anyway, sad as it is to lose the animal from the northeast.

~Thylo
 
ThylacineAlive said:
Did the animal die or get moved for breeding? If either, it's not exactly a doomsday scenario imo. If I'm being honest I wouldn't call their enclosure particularly suitable for breeding the taxa anyway, sad as it is to lose the animal from the northeast.

~Thylo
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I'm not sure, but I'd guess that it was for breeding. I know they're gone because I didn't see any and I was staring at the screen for a long time and it never changed to Klipspringer. If it was indeed for breeding them I'd agree that it's for the better, I was just looking forward to see them, since they would be a lifer for me.
 
red river hog said:
I'm not sure, but I'd guess that it was for breeding. I know they're gone because I didn't see any and I was staring at the screen for a long time and it never changed to Klipspringer. If it was indeed for breeding them I'd agree that it's for the better, I was just looking forward to see them, since they would be a lifer for me.
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I had no idea so few places have them!
 
There were two of them in the enclosure with the Ringtail Lemurs as recently as January I think. Not sure why they were relocated out. Late last year the Scimitar horned Oryxes were relocated as well. No idea why but I am hopeful both will be replaced at some point. Other thing I noticed is I have only been seeing a single Binturong when there used to be two. They are good at roosting in a high nest that makes them very difficult to find though. I was worried all the changes might have to do with cash flow as the strict lockdowns in NY have to have had a terrible impact to their bottom line. Hopefully more visitors will return as the weather improves.
 
Ann Esther Sprizzo said:
There were two of them in the enclosure with the Ringtail Lemurs as recently as January I think. Not sure why they were relocated out. Late last year the Scimitar horned Oryxes were relocated as well. No idea why but I am hopeful both will be replaced at some point. Other thing I noticed is I have only been seeing a single Binturong when there used to be two. They are good at roosting in a high nest that makes them very difficult to find though. I was worried all the changes might have to do with cash flow as the strict lockdowns in NY have to have had a terrible impact to their bottom line. Hopefully more visitors will return as the weather improves.
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Is the oryx enclosure empty now?

~Thylo
 
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