A new female sloth Nentas living with Fezzik. They are recommended for breeding.
Milwaukee County Zoo Milwaukee County Zoo news 2021
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Nentas is from the Woodland Park Zoo
Milwaukee County Zoo welcomes new female sloth, Nentas
Milwaukee County Zoo welcomes new female sloth, Nentas
More babies borni in the closed Small Mammal building; a Cotton-top tamarin and Mohol galago (bushbaby):
We Welcome Two New Babies to the Small Mammals Building | Milwaukee County Zoo
We Welcome Two New Babies to the Small Mammals Building | Milwaukee County Zoo
Overall thoughts for this year...
With last year behind us and this year still forming, I want to take a look at the zoo and what may be around the corner. As many of us recognized that last year with the pandemic not a lot of animals were moving. I think this year is going to be a year of animals on the move. Looking at just some of the animals in the MCZ collection there is a lot of potential for moment.
The tigers for instance we currently only have two at the moment, both are related and both are not recommended to breed. So does that mean we are going to be looking at getting new tigers soon? Or are we going to get a female jaguar to once again have jaguar cubs potentially. Sticking with the Big Cats area, will we get a male lion this year due to having females that are recommended to breed?
Also I’ve been told that we will be loosing our red panda cub sometime in the near future. Also what will happen with our cheetah, will we get new ones?
Also, we have space with our gorillas and we have made the adjustments to hopefully meet standards once again. Will it be enough for us to have a troop again?
As for our giraffe heard, we are getting to the point where either our giraffes are too old to breed, there genes are already well represented, or they are family. Will it be time for swapping some of the giraffes out for a new heard potential?
I was told that we are trying to start a bongo breeding program, will this year be the year that we see the long rumored male bongo at MCZ?
Lastly, will we see more caribou and elk arrive at the zoo or will we keep it a all female heard(s). Last year we lost both our male elk and caribou. If we get new males will this mean we will start a breeding program once again?
Of course there is a lot more that I’m probably missing, I think there was even talks about the number of crane species being represented at the zoo increasing, however we will have to wait and see what this year brings us. Also with getting a new zoo director, what will they bring to the table, we are going to have to wait and see. Hopefully this year has a lot of good things in store for the MCZ.
With last year behind us and this year still forming, I want to take a look at the zoo and what may be around the corner. As many of us recognized that last year with the pandemic not a lot of animals were moving. I think this year is going to be a year of animals on the move. Looking at just some of the animals in the MCZ collection there is a lot of potential for moment.
The tigers for instance we currently only have two at the moment, both are related and both are not recommended to breed. So does that mean we are going to be looking at getting new tigers soon? Or are we going to get a female jaguar to once again have jaguar cubs potentially. Sticking with the Big Cats area, will we get a male lion this year due to having females that are recommended to breed?
Also I’ve been told that we will be loosing our red panda cub sometime in the near future. Also what will happen with our cheetah, will we get new ones?
Also, we have space with our gorillas and we have made the adjustments to hopefully meet standards once again. Will it be enough for us to have a troop again?
As for our giraffe heard, we are getting to the point where either our giraffes are too old to breed, there genes are already well represented, or they are family. Will it be time for swapping some of the giraffes out for a new heard potential?
I was told that we are trying to start a bongo breeding program, will this year be the year that we see the long rumored male bongo at MCZ?
Lastly, will we see more caribou and elk arrive at the zoo or will we keep it a all female heard(s). Last year we lost both our male elk and caribou. If we get new males will this mean we will start a breeding program once again?
Of course there is a lot more that I’m probably missing, I think there was even talks about the number of crane species being represented at the zoo increasing, however we will have to wait and see what this year brings us. Also with getting a new zoo director, what will they bring to the table, we are going to have to wait and see. Hopefully this year has a lot of good things in store for the MCZ.
More importantly, will the SSP allow Milwaukee to breed their bonobos? Europe is cranking out babies, as they never seem to struggle to place bonobos. The United States, on the other hand, isn't as lucky. We're too busy building exhibits for kangaroos and penguins.
An article on the Zoo Director retiring:
Zoo Director Announces Retirement | Milwaukee County Zoo
-Some interesting notes from the article on the future rhino exhibit renovation;
"The initial design portion for renovations to the current rhino area is in process and will be completed in May of 2022. Construction of the exhibit is planned for 2023. The exhibit will combine the current Rhino habitat with the former elephant exhibit and create indoor exhibit space for rhinos, hippos and additional small African species under a large skylit area."
It sounds like they're still planning to connect the pachy malls under one roof- evidently a skylight.
Zoo Director Announces Retirement | Milwaukee County Zoo
-Some interesting notes from the article on the future rhino exhibit renovation;
"The initial design portion for renovations to the current rhino area is in process and will be completed in May of 2022. Construction of the exhibit is planned for 2023. The exhibit will combine the current Rhino habitat with the former elephant exhibit and create indoor exhibit space for rhinos, hippos and additional small African species under a large skylit area."
It sounds like they're still planning to connect the pachy malls under one roof- evidently a skylight.
Disappointing to see the project delayed, but its at least reassuring to hear that the hippos will indeed be getting a new indoor space. I was slightly concerned that the rollbacks on the proposal would have meant that part of the project would be abandon. Its also neat to hear the possibly of a few smaller species as well.
Man detained after he 'jumped into' MKE zoo's elephant enclosure
Oh, this just keeps getting better and better! Get a load of this!
Oh, this just keeps getting better and better! Get a load of this!
That guy is really dumb
I am hoping the new director will create a more innovative state of the art exhibit out of this new pachyderm habitat and all the future new exhibit plans TBH.
Went for an animal encounter the other day. Had a lot of fun and learned a lot about some of the things going on at the zoo.
The zoo currently has 9 cinereous vultures, 2 breeding pairs and 5 juveniles. The juveniles are the ones that we see in the African Savannah exhibit while the breeding pairs are behind special outdoor exhibit space and I believe the other is behind the ARC. Currently they believe that they will have a new chick this spring.
As for construction/future plans. The zoo is getting ready for the rhino exhibit expansion. The sad thing is they will be sending our black rhino away once construction starts hopefully next year. As for getting her back they aren’t really sure if she will be returning once construction is finished. Also many of the zoo keepers would like to see the small mammals building torn down and something to replace it. The building was good for its time but functionally very difficult to use now a days.
Lastly, not sure if this has been discussed yet, the reasons why all buildings aren’t open yet. It’s due to the ventilation system in the buildings that are still close. Buildings that have separated systems (one for guests and one for the animals) are the buildings that are open, since the other building share the same system and the animals are more apt to getting the virus, the buildings remain close. They are hoping though they can get the animals vaccinated and open the buildings soon.
Oh and it looks like another giraffe is pregnant at the zoo. Not sure when the due date is but that is what I was told.
This summer is looking to be an interesting one at the zoo. Can’t wait to see what’s coming
The zoo currently has 9 cinereous vultures, 2 breeding pairs and 5 juveniles. The juveniles are the ones that we see in the African Savannah exhibit while the breeding pairs are behind special outdoor exhibit space and I believe the other is behind the ARC. Currently they believe that they will have a new chick this spring.
As for construction/future plans. The zoo is getting ready for the rhino exhibit expansion. The sad thing is they will be sending our black rhino away once construction starts hopefully next year. As for getting her back they aren’t really sure if she will be returning once construction is finished. Also many of the zoo keepers would like to see the small mammals building torn down and something to replace it. The building was good for its time but functionally very difficult to use now a days.
Lastly, not sure if this has been discussed yet, the reasons why all buildings aren’t open yet. It’s due to the ventilation system in the buildings that are still close. Buildings that have separated systems (one for guests and one for the animals) are the buildings that are open, since the other building share the same system and the animals are more apt to getting the virus, the buildings remain close. They are hoping though they can get the animals vaccinated and open the buildings soon.
Oh and it looks like another giraffe is pregnant at the zoo. Not sure when the due date is but that is what I was told.
This summer is looking to be an interesting one at the zoo. Can’t wait to see what’s coming
Would it not be an option/idea for Milwaukee to participate in the rewilding and re-establishment of wild cinereous vultures in Eurasia (given their number of juveniles and breeding pairs)?
Why is it that Milwaukee cannot house the singleton black rhino off-exhibit elsewhere on the property? At 7 years she needs to be in a breeding situation.
Why is it that Milwaukee cannot house the singleton black rhino off-exhibit elsewhere on the property? At 7 years she needs to be in a breeding situation.
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Milwaukee County Zoo doesn't have a ton of space, which is their biggest problem. It would make more sense for them to send her to a different facility to breed and focus on construction. They don't have a ton of funding, so we should just hope that they're able to build everything they have planned.
The hope is once the population does get to a certain point, which from what I was told is almost there, they will begin sending these birds over to Europe to be released into the wild after reintroduction happens.
As for keeping the rhino here, they have to space for it and no funds to build it. They are barely getting through the last three phases to begin with due to lack of funds. So here’s to hoping we get her back eventually and her to breed too.
Also all of their vultures are pionioned.
So what buildings are currently closed?
Currently, small mammals and the primate building after the bonobos and gorillas were closed, along with the animal hospital.
I wonder what they'll do about new rhinos for the future exhibits
I really what the primates in the small mammals building to move to primates of the world if there was a way to get space