Toronto Zoo Toronto Zoo Births, Deaths and Transfers 2023

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Does anyone know what the indo-malaya bird collection looks like. With so many transfers and births it's hard to see which species are at the zoo and if theres more than one individual of different species. Also excited for the new snow leopard female!
 
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@TZFan Summer snow leopard cubs just in time for the 50th would be fantastic but my guess is they give Jita a year to get settled and get comfortable with Pemba and then they'll go for it in 2025

@antilio capra Someone recently put together a species list, you can find it here
 
Ohh thank you. I was aware of Persephone's species lists. Just forgot about that one (though I did read it). I also may have partially meant in the currently closed malayan woods. But you did help a lot. Thank you.
 
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The zoo has announced Aldabra tortoise Queenie has been moved to the Wildlife Health Centre for the foreseeable future to recover from extensive surgery to remove the mass in her leg. The vet staff suspect the mass is likely an old blood clot and do not expect it to cause her further issues, so that's good news.
 
Reptiles do take awhile to heal so probably for the best that Queenie be in the WHC for the time being. I really was wondering what her prognosis would be seeing photos of that mass. Naturally I think most of our brains went to cancer and a possibly poor outcome. This doesnt sound too bad at all. Hopefully shes back with Malila by spring.
 
Does anyone know the offshow and behind the scenes birds in the toronto zoo(I recently became aware of the aplomado falcon living there)
 
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Reptiles do take awhile to heal so probably for the best that Queenie be in the WHC for the time being. I really was wondering what her prognosis would be seeing photos of that mass. Naturally I think most of our brains went to cancer and a possibly poor outcome. This doesnt sound too bad at all. Hopefully shes back with Malila by spring.
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Metro Toronto Zoo displays 0.2 Aldabran tortoises? What are their ages?
 
@antilio capra The ostriches have been off-exhibit for a few years now due to avian flu concerns. A lot of the outdoor birds are off right now for the winter but they'll be back next year. I don't think there are any other behind the scenes birds, 99 times out of 100 if the zoo has a species it's on exhibit and if it isn't it's usually due to seasonal reasons

@Kifaru Bwana They're over 50, that's all we know
 
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@antilio capra The ostriches have been off-exhibit for a few years now due to avian flu concerns. A lot of the outdoor birds are off right now for the winter but they'll be back next year. I don't think there are any other behind the scenes birds, 99 times out of 100 if the zoo has a species it's on exhibit and if it isn't it's usually due to seasonal reasons

@Kifaru Bwana They're over 50, that's all we know
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Just found out that the Toronto MZ maintained Aldabran tortoises since 1975 till 1999 and they returned to the zoo after this absence as a group in 2017 (M Rasputin and FF Queenie and Malia). I seen footage from moving male Rasputin in 2020.

Not sure given your response if the male is still there in 2023.

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Why did the zoo phase out so many african birds if you look at older species list they have way less. Were they doing a rainforest pavilion reno.
 
Maybe I'm missing something, but Dolf shared a tamandua on his story. He also said it'll be out and about soon?? Picture for reference.
 

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I just caught that too @Cowdoy1010 which is exciting. We havent had tamanduas on display ever. Yes we had them but they were kept behind scenes for research I believe. Exciting new addition for sure.
 
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I just caught that too @Cowdoy1010 which is exciting. We havent had tamanduas on display ever. Yes we had them but they were kept behind scenes for research I believe. Exciting new addition for sure.
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Between that & the armadillos, it's great to see some new additions to the collection.

I wonder if it'll live in the Americas pavilion or the kids zoo.
 
TAMANDUA!! they are one of my favoirite animals. I love xenarthrans in general how the zoo is getting xenarthrans. Wait they had them in the past? I can't wait to see when the tamandua is viewable to the public. ;)
 
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@Cowdoy1010 Holy smokes, a tamandua! My lifelong dream for the zoo is giant anteaters so this is close enough for now. What an awesome Christmas surprise from Dolf! The fact that he says it'll be out and around soon instead of on exhibit makes me feel like this'll be the same deal as the armadillos: the outreach team will take it on tours of the zoo over the next few months and then when the Kids Zoo reopens next summer it'll find a permanent home there. I'm really glad they're adding cool new species to the Kids Zoo, this year it was so depressingly empty
 
Agreed, I imagine the three of them will all be outreach animals based in the Kid's Zoo and then brought out by keepers for educational purposes.

Nice to see some new life in the kids zoo! Hopefully more of the exhibits get filled up as well, but nice to see three new species!
 
I dont know if the DZ has a good spot for a tamandua. Im more of the opinion he or she will go in either with the tamarins or saki or potentially in with the jays since the porc is gone.

And the zoo did indeed have tamanduas in the past. Check out the family tree thread for details but you can also see our last one Simon if you watch Zoo Diaries. He was a fav of former head vet Graham Crawshaw. His departure was a feature on one episode.
 
@TZFan They could probably refit the exhibit that has the marabou stork in it for the tamandua. That thing used to hold New Guinea singing dogs, if they added some climbing structures in there and stuff like that I think that one would work just fine.
 
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