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I hate to say, but he is a 28 year old bear. The longterm plan may be for him to simply live out the rest of his life and to fill an empty exhibit.
I don't remember how many they had, does this leave Racine without meerkats?
I am also still curious about the meerkat question @Wild wolverine posed.
Does anyone know if the Discovery Center has reopened at the zoo? It was last reported in this thread as closed for renovation and I did not see it identified on the map I used in my October visit, but recently a social media posted about Green tree python mentioned they could be seen in the Discovery Center.
Does anyone know if the Discovery Center has reopened at the zoo? It was last reported in this thread as closed for renovation and I did not see it identified on the map I used in my October visit, but recently a social media posted about Green tree python mentioned they could be seen in the Discovery Center.
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Three-year-old male Hartmann's Mountain Zebra Mosi has been moved to his new home at the Dallas Zoo in Texas on a breeding recommendation.
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There’s good news and bad news that come from this article. The good news is that a vet center and education center are the next upcoming projects. The bad news is that it’s confirmed the last lesser adjutant stork, Sokha, has left Racine - he headed to the Bronx.
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At least its confirmed that the stork didn't die.
Is Sokha a male or female?
Be interesting to know.
While sad about the transfer ...., it really does make sense to concentrate numbers for breeding at Bronx Zoo at WCS.
How is the Bronx Zoo population doing?
Sokha is a male.
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Male Andean bear Inti will be coming to Racine from the Salisbury Zoo in Maryland
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Does this mean the sun bear passed away?
brown bear 555
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well either 3 things could or could of happened
1. they could do a rotation between fong and the new bear
2. they could try to have both of them in the same exhibit at the same time (doubt it)
If Fong did pass away, although it is sad, I does not seem unexpected, according to news highlighting his arrival at the Racine Zoo back in October, he was 28 years old and according to the web a sun bear's average lifespan is 25 years, and 30 years in captivity so it is not impossible that he has passed away
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also if the lesser adjutant stork is gone what will become of the aviary
would they replace it with another bird species. if so here could be a few ideas,
possible bird replacements
would they replace it with another bird species. if so here could be a few ideas,
possible bird replacements
- another stork species (marabou, saddlebill, etc.)
- birds of prey
For some follow-up on this:
- Fong the sun bear is doing fine behind the scenes, but is rarely out on display - while he does like it sunny (of course) he does not like the wind much, and today was again too windy for him. I did ask specifically out of concern he passed, as I noticed there was no signage for sun bear, but at least one Andean bear sign remained up.
- When asked about the stork aviary, I was told the lesser adjutant storks were on loan from Bronx Zoo, and the loan ended.
- No updates on the tur exhibit, sadly.
- The Discovery Center is open. It was previously reported as closed somewhere for renovations but it is open and matches previous descriptions, although the bats were either absent or in a difficult to observe corner.
- I did see Changba the tiger, though she was laying in an awful spot for photographs. I think a lot of people assumed the exhibit was empty. The barriers are gone.
- The fennec fox were signed as "off exhibit for the season".
- The arctic fox were signed as off exhibit.
- No meerkats were on display, no sign.
brown bear 555
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do not know why the arctic fox and fennec fox exhibits are said to be "off exhibit" but I do know why there meerkat exhibit had no signage because they had no meerkats
according to an article back in February, two of their meerkats passed away, from age-related issues, saying that both living to 15 years did mean they outlasted their usual lifespan expectancy. so it is possible that they do not have any meerkats at the time being.
also with the Tur exhibit, I would expect not to see any Tur reside here because they are so rare in Captivity, But It wouldn't be expected to see the Racine zoo to add mountain-thriving deer species to the animal collection. 3 deer species come to mind, the rocky mountain goat, the bighorn sheep, or the ibex, these 3 would be great to represent in this exhibit
according to an article back in February, two of their meerkats passed away, from age-related issues, saying that both living to 15 years did mean they outlasted their usual lifespan expectancy. so it is possible that they do not have any meerkats at the time being.
also with the Tur exhibit, I would expect not to see any Tur reside here because they are so rare in Captivity, But It wouldn't be expected to see the Racine zoo to add mountain-thriving deer species to the animal collection. 3 deer species come to mind, the rocky mountain goat, the bighorn sheep, or the ibex, these 3 would be great to represent in this exhibit
Yeah, I suspected that's the case. Still, I do think it's curious they haven't put up a sign in the meantime.
Yeah, I'm very curious if they could acquire any of those three or another caprid such as takin or markhor. Of the five options, or even most rarer caprids, takin is the only one represented in the Illinois and southern Wisconsin area zoos.
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