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On June 16th, the zoo announced that (0.0.2) white storks hatched which are now on exhibit.

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On July 14th, the zoo announced that they acquired (0.0.2) sunbitterns which are now on exhibit in the Island Bird Trail area.

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Female Black and white colobus monkeys arrive:

They are Nali (eight years old) and her daughters Ate (3 years old) and Phyllis (two years old).

Louisville Zoo welcomes colobus monkey trio to African Outpost | whas11.com

The new additions come from the Lincoln Children's Zoo in Nebraska.

The Zoo already has a male colobus monkey, Sheldon, housed at the colobus exhibit near the African Outpost. Nali and her children will ultimately join Sheldon in the exhibit after a 30-day quarantine.
 
StoppableSan said:
They already have a red panda that's using the old snowy owl exhibit for the time being.

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Didn't the Louisville Zoo, as of a few years ago, claim to have the only red panda walk-through enclosure (in the country?, hemisphere?, world?)? If I remember correctly, that title was actually misleading.

Smaggledagle said:
On October 2nd, the zoo announced that they transferred a (1.0) jaguar named LeBron to the Little Rock Zoo in Arkansas. The former exhibit will be a part of a new exhibit for red pandas.

https://www.facebook.com/Louisville...qxak6EHdC2B2gMLUEz713BPQ8qp1w1mjBEa8etvVvH6Al
Wild Transformation Underway
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I find it very disappointing that jaguars are being removed for red pandas.
 
wild boar said:
Didn't the Louisville Zoo, as of a few years ago, claim to have the only red panda walk-through enclosure (in the country?, hemisphere?, world?)? If I remember correctly, that title was actually misleading.


I find it very disappointing that jaguars are being removed for red pandas.
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Me too. What's going to happen to South America now that the jaguars are leaving and the guanaco exhibit is empty?
 
On December 12th, the zoo announced they acquired a (1.0) Amur tiger named Timmy from the Potter Park Zoo in Michigan in late autumn which is now on exhibit. The zoo also announced they transferred a (1.0) Amur tiger named Vikentii to the Potter Park Zoo.

https://www.facebook.com/Louisville...nWAfuKBifVbbE45MGr6cqoD6rN9tSYzmU87qs9FBXxRMl
New Amur Tiger (Media Release)

On December 16th, the zoo announced that they acquired a (0.1) green-winged macaw named Fig from the Kansas City Zoo & Aquarium in Missouri.

Also on December 16th, it was announced that the zoo acquired a (0.1) Madagascar teal from the San Francisco Zoo in California on November 16th.

https://www.facebook.com/Louisville...QM6jJiGUDjwmjTM41PtP89j4sENjws887G7SwFcE6u7El
https://sfrecpark.org/DocumentCenter/View/21747/JtZooAg122123
 
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