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This whole CWD thing is sad because it's so the fault of certain states (especially Wyoming) and now everyone's paying for their stupidity, mostly in relation to predator management
 
RJB Wildlife said:
Couple updates from the park:
- There is a new Desert Bighorn Sheep Ram and 3 Ewes in the Condor Ridge Habitat.
- There are now two Somali Wild Ass foals in the habitat on the Africa Tram.
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I beat you to these :p See below:
Kudu21 said:
A second Somali wild ass foal has finally been born and is on exhibit with the herd along the Africa Tram.

A male desert bighorn sheep has been introduced to the exhibit in Condor Ridge for breeding.
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A couple updates from the park:
- Everything between the Nature Walk and Watering Hole Restaurant will be closed this weekend due to a private event for Disney’s upcoming Mufasa film. Trailers for “cast” are currently occupying some of the preferred parking spaces.
- Two Lowland Nyala are now in the habitat across from the Africa Tram with the Dik-Dik and Crowned Cranes.
 
RJB Wildlife said:
- Two Lowland Nyala are now in the habitat across from the Africa Tram with the Dik-Dik and Crowned Cranes.
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This is the female calf from last year and her dam. The breeding bull has also been pulled from the East Africa field exhibit, so my guess is that they’re looking to breed the herd in the main exhibit again soon.

0.4 eastern white-bearded wildebeest have been moved into the old Barbary sheep exhibit between the Central Africa and South Africa field exhibits. These appear to be younger individuals and separate from the herd already present in the East Africa field exhibit.
 
Kudu21 said:
This is the female calf from last year and her dam. The breeding bull has also been pulled from the East Africa field exhibit, so my guess is that they’re looking to breed the herd in the main exhibit again soon.
So in the AZA, how many wildebeest are from each subspecies?

0.4 eastern white-bearded wildebeest have been moved into the old Barbary sheep exhibit between the Central Africa and South Africa field exhibits. These appear to be younger individuals and separate from the herd already present in the East Africa field exhibit.
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So, in the AZA, how many wildebeest are what subspecies?
 
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tigris115 said:
So, in the AZA, how many wildebeest are what subspecies?
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That’s debated. The majority are eastern white-bearded, as that was the subspecies that was most imported and was subsequently focused on by the AZA. That said, there has likely been some hybridization with blue wildebeest in the private sector, which has now been introduced to the AZA population.

Kudu21 said:
This is the female calf from last year and her dam. The breeding bull has also been pulled from the East Africa field exhibit, so my guess is that they’re looking to breed the herd in the main exhibit again soon.

0.4 eastern white-bearded wildebeest have been moved into the old Barbary sheep exhibit between the Central Africa and South Africa field exhibits. These appear to be younger individuals and separate from the herd already present in the East Africa field exhibit.
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A lot of movement at the Park recently!

The breeding bull lowland nyala has, indeed, been reintroduced to the main herd in the exhibit at the Africa Tram Loading Station.

The 0.4 wildebeest have been since introduced to the Central Africa field exhibit.

A very impressive new breeding bull for the sable antelope herd has been introduced to the South Africa field exhibit.
 
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It was announced today by the Phoenix Zoo’s social media team that three-and-a-half-year-old male greater one-horned rhinoceros “Bhotu” has been transferred there.

HPAI has been detected in and around the San Diego area, so the Park is in the process of removing the remaining vulnerable birds from exhibit.
 
A couple of post-Christmas updates from the Park!

Another roan antelope calf was born sometime earlier this week in the East Africa field exhibit!

The breeding males from the desert bighorn sheep and Przewalski’s wild horse herds have been removed from the herds, and the females removed ahead of the breeding period (three sheep and one horse) have been returned to their respective exhibits.
 
Kudu21 said:
A couple of post-Christmas updates from the Park!

Another roan antelope calf was born sometime earlier this week in the East Africa field exhibit!

The breeding males from the desert bighorn sheep and Przewalski’s wild horse herds have been removed from the herds, and the females removed ahead of the breeding period (three sheep and one horse) have been returned to their respective exhibits.
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Huh, ... I get really confused ... here! Do I ondertand you correct if you are meant to say the breeding males have been removed from the breeding herds before the actual breeding season? Or quite the opposite????

I thought the desert bighorn sheep are part of the local ex situ / in situ conservation program?
 
Kifaru Bwana said:
Huh, ... I get really confused ... here! Do I ondertand you correct if you are meant to say the breeding males have been removed from the breeding herds before the actual breeding season? Or quite the opposite????

I thought the desert bighorn sheep are part of the local ex situ / in situ conservation program?
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That is incorrect. My apologies if it was not particularly clear, but the Park removed females they did not want to breed this year (three sheep and one horse) before the breeding males went in. This post marked the removal of the males after the desired breeding period, after which the females that were removed from the herds were reintroduced.
 
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