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Omaha is germane as they have not had a bull to replace callee since his sedgwick move, but there are also a few African zoos that currently have multigenerational herd settings but don't currently house adept breeding males that could justly choose him. Indianapolis, North Carolina and Pittsburgh are in desperate there. The aforementioned 2 do have young bulls but had no real experience learning to breed, and both should move to other facilities for surplus bulls, and they both need naturally breeding guys in the near future. I guess lowry park and dallas could be contenders too. I know sdudla and tendaji have produced a few calves naturally, but I think it's time these two to move on and breed elsewhere and replace them with new bulls as they've both lived at Tampa and dallas for years.
 
Good news, tho I personally hoped he moved to omaha. Atlanta does say they can hold up to 7 adult elephants, which implies they eventually plan on doing breeding herds. But I guess atl now wants to be a bachelor facility.
 
Coelacanth18 said:
The zoo has temporarily closed the Tropics exhibit and put its penguin encounters on hold after a case of avian flu was confirmed in a local chicken flock:

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Sedgwick County Zoo closes 2 popular attractions
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On January 25th, the zoo announced that due to the decreased activity of avian influenza they reopened the Tropics area to the public.

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On February 4th, the zoo announced that a (0.1) maned wolf named Aurora was born, while its mother named Layla passed away. They adopted and introduced a domestic brindle-mixed dog named Slinky to help with the socialization process. Aurora will be moved to live with other maned wolves in the future.

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Smaggledagle said:
On February 4th, the zoo announced that a (0.1) maned wolf named Aurora was born, while its mother named Layla passed away. They adopted and introduced a domestic brindle-mixed dog named Slinky to help with the socialization process. Aurora will be moved to live with other maned wolves in the future.
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Amora, the Maned Wolf pup's name is Amora. Not Aurora.
 
MOG2012 said:
A shelter Dog and Wolf pup bonded and are being housed together behind the scenes.

Orphaned wolf pup bonds with shelter dog at Kansas zoo: "Perfect pairing" - CBS News
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This news was reported in the two posts above yours.
Smaggledagle said:
On January 25th, the zoo announced that due to the decreased activity of avian influenza they reopened the Tropics area to the public.

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On February 4th, the zoo announced that a (0.1) maned wolf named Aurora was born, while its mother named Layla passed away. They adopted and introduced a domestic brindle-mixed dog named Slinky to help with the socialization process. Aurora will be moved to live with other maned wolves in the future.

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Wisp O' Mist said:
Amora, the Maned Wolf pup's name is Amora. Not Aurora.
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Nile Hippo Expert said:
According to the comments section, they will have to wait for DNA testing to be sure. I would think chances are extremely high that Callee is the sire based on his history, but there is certainly a small chance it could be one of the other two.
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I'm pretty sure part of why they moved Titan to Atlanta two months ago was for in case he still has not naturally sired calves at Sedgwick yet. TBF Titan is still rly young being in his mid teens, so it possibly could be a small number of years from now till they place him in a breeding facility. During my visit to the Dallas Zoo yesterday, I did my usual Q&As with the staff abt elephants, and their facility, and one keeper told me bulls will typically be natural dads and enter musth for the first time around the late teens-early twenties age range. I think Callee was a first dad at 21 in his Omaha years and now he's a breeding machine.
 
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The Horse Boy said:
I'm pretty sure part of why they moved Titan to Atlanta two months ago was for in case he still has not naturally sired calves at Sedgwick yet. TBF Titan is still rly young being in his mid teens, so it possibly could be a small number of years from now till they place him in a breeding facility. During my visit to the Dallas Zoo yesterday, I did my usual Q&As with the staff abt elephants, and their facility, and one keeper told me bulls will typically be natural dads and enter musth for the first time around the late teens-early twenties age range. I think Callee was a first dad at 21 in his Omaha years and now he's a breeding machine.
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Bulls in the wild do not get to breed before 28-35 range as the cows will not stand for younger pubescent or not very mature bulls....
 
Kifaru Bwana said:
Bulls in the wild do not get to breed before 28-35 range as the cows will not stand for younger pubescent or not very mature bulls....
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I think it's true that captive bulls will generally start breeding much earlier than in the wild. I read the mabu had his first calf at SDSP at 16 back in 2006.
 
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