Toronto Zoo Toronto Zoo Births, Deaths and Transfers 2024

 
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What a pleasant surprise! Hopefully these cubs do well and we don't have a repeat of last years death of a cub a few months out. Can't help but notice the large disclaimer they put at the bottom of the social media post about how the first yea r mortality rate is quite high.

Lots of fun surprises. We obviously knew about the rhino, but 2 snow leopards, a kangaroo, 2 P. horses and 2 red pandas. A little more excitement which is great.

I think the zoo is planning its big celebrations for august for 50th and hopefully the snow leopards will be out for that. I imagine the red pandas will be a few months until they are debuted.
 
I do wonder if with the arrival of the cubs, that has put the talks of Kalden, a male red panda, from Edmonton, from coming to the zoo for retirement? I know the red panda house can easily hold a male, female and cubs as shown before, so I guess time will tell.

I do expect this to have put a delay on the renovation of their holding to have indoor viewing for guest for when the red pandas are too hot. Part of the reason they planned to bring retired pandas here was to not have cubs to do the renovation. It s bit of a Jurassic Park "Life will find a way" moment.
 
Zoo adventures said:
I do not know if this was announced. On June 27, the zoo acquired a 18-year-old female galah named Rosie from the Hamilton Aviary(comments section)
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I saw her last week, she seems quite interested in visitors, is very pretty, and lives in what had been the Kookaburra exhibit in Australasia... no clue at all what has happened to the kookaburras. They had been there the week before, then as I say last week they were gone and their signage replaced with Rosie the Galah's information. Zoo website simply has them listed as off-exhibit, hopefully they've just been moved behind the scenes somewhere.
 
Judache said:
I saw her last week, she seems quite interested in visitors, is very pretty, and lives in what had been the Kookaburra exhibit in Australasia... no clue at all what has happened to the kookaburras. They had been there the week before, then as I say last week they were gone and their signage replaced with Rosie the Galah's information. Zoo website simply has them listed as off-exhibit, hopefully they've just been moved behind the scenes somewhere.
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Where was the former Kookaburra exhibit, now galah exhibit? I visited last week and I did not see a galah exhibit
 
Zoo adventures said:
Where was the former Kookaburra exhibit, now galah exhibit? I visited last week and I did not see a galah exhibit
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When you enter the Australasia Pavilion and go past the the new red & black cockatoos (I forget their actual name, in the former tree kangaroo exhibit) and through the doors into the renovated aviary area, they were (and Rosie is now) immediately on your right, alongside the pathway going outside to the new little courtyard where you can watch the peacocks. I was there last Thursday 27th, which I didn't realise at the time was probably the first day for the galah.
Hope that makes sense!
 
The kookaburras are listed as off display currently per website. They are included to stay int eh Animal Lives with purpose, so we will see, perhaps there will be a movement in the pavilion? Time will show haha
 
Jefferson said:
Zoo announced today a second Mongolian/Asian Wild/Przewalski's Horse foal today. Again sired by Dudley, mom of this foal is Winona and the foal was born on June 13th.

Information was released via video and I believe both are female, based on the riddle and the pink ball dad Dudley is playing with. Great to have two more females to the herd.

They are both viewable on the Zoomobile.
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I do not think this was confirmed that they were female. In the zoomobile tour, they said they are both female.
 
I was trying to look up information on the Dundurn Park Zoo in Hamilton which led to me reading that the Hamilton Aviary is shutting down apparently Toronto and Bird Kingdom stepped up and rehomed some of the birds but it didn't say who took what.
Does anyone know if this is where are newer birds came from, or can we expect more new additions?
 
I think that is where most of the new birds arrived from, uncertain if there are any more new ones arriving. I imagine given it has been about two months with the new ones, most would have already arrived by now.
 
Matumani the 2 year old male masai giraffe will no longer leave the zoo. He will be staying at the zoo because of his well-being. He broke his leg last year. The zoo decided to castrate him tomorrow to prevent inbreeding with his mother and sister. The zoo reproductive science team will take his genetics, potentially sperm to preserve his genetics. Announced in their socials.
 
This is interesting. I am not surprised that with his foot issue he isn't moving. I am surprised about the castration. I thought they would make a bachelor herd with dad (and or a different male if they brought one in) and then keep the females together. I don't know how many giraffes the zoo would feel comfortable with at the same time, but this means we will always need to have two adult males now, I feel like the chance of having multiple breeding females at the same time is now less likely.

I know they are collecting sperm, but I am unsure if there has been a lot of Giraffe insemination done in North America?
 
Wow .... On the topic of Matu ... From the zoo:

We are so saddened to share heartbreaking news about Matu, a two-year-old Masai giraffe. While under general anesthesia during a castration procedure this morning he stopped breathing and passed away. This is a very difficult announcement to make as our team is devastated and hurting.

Just wow.
 
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