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Piece of March 2025 News Not Mentioned:

On March 31st, it was announced that the zoo applied for a permit to transfer (1.1) Komodo dragons to The Toronto Zoo in Ontario, Canada.

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On May 30th, the zoo announced they will acquire a (0.1) western lowland gorilla named Andi from Zoo Atlanta in Georgia in the future.

14K views · 171 reactions | Say hello to Andi! Coming to us from Zoo Atlanta, Andi is the smallest of the bunch and absolutely loves snacking on grapes and bananas. She’ll be... | By San Antonio Zoo | Facebook
 
WhistlingKite24 said:
An African pygmy falcon has hatched at San Antonio. It is apparently the only of its kind to have hatched in the past year in a US zoo. This is San Antonio's first pygmy falcon chick since 2004 with the breeding pair being hatched at San Diego in 2021 and 2023 respectively. The pair are off-show only having been together for a year - reported on their FB page.
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The young Falcon is a girl ; she has been called PENNY.
San Antonio Zoo on Instagram: "African Pygmy falcon update: it’s a girl and her name is Penny"
 
Thomas said:
Once the Gorilla Habitat is Done, what's next?

And when Elephants do return, which zoos would offer them a herd from a matrilineal split?
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I believe elephants will be the next project to start after they finish is gorillas in the fall. It's been discussed here already a lot lately, but the only zoos I can see giving SA one would Houston, White Oak, or ALS. I'm sure St Louis could also work
 
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The Horse Boy said:
I believe elephants will be the next project to start after they finish is gorillas in the fall. It's been discussed here already a lot lately, but the only zoos I can see giving SA one would Houston, White Oak, or ALS. I'm sure St Louis could also work
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ALS?
 
The Horse Boy said:
I believe elephants will be the next project to start after they finish is gorillas in the fall. It's been discussed here already a lot lately, but the only zoos I can see giving SA one would Houston, White Oak, or ALS. I'm sure St Louis could also work
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Wont be Houston. San Antonio has made it clear they want African for an African Savannah in the expansion across the highway.
 
Trowaman said:
Wont be Houston. San Antonio has made it clear they want African for an African Savannah in the expansion across the highway.
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In this article from 18 months ago, the zoo CEO Tim Morrow says that they are turning that space in the expansion into an Asian exhibit area with Asian elephants.

https://www.inparkmagazine.com/pgav-destinations-celebrating-the-community-and-the-zoo/

“But the elephants are returning,” says Morrow. “Our next phase is going to involve returning Asian elephants to the Zoo.” Undeveloped zoo property on the other side of the freeway, behind the parking garage and the Zoo School will become the Zoo’s Asian district, with the elephants being the main draw.
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I’ll find it dammit, I can’t find any evidence at the moment, but I would bet my life on Tim saying he wanted African this time.
 
Trowaman said:
I’ll find it dammit, I can’t find any evidence at the moment, but I would bet my life on Tim saying he wanted African this time.
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he did at one point a few years ago say he wanted African Elephants, then nothing was heard for a few years and the next time he mentioned the elephants again was a new asian elephant exhibit combined with a whole new Asia precinct, so at some point Tim decided to drop African Elephants in favor of Asian Elephants.
 
King of Komodo Dragons said:
he did at one point a few years ago say he wanted African Elephants, then nothing was heard for a few years and the next time he mentioned the elephants again was a new asian elephant exhibit combined with a whole new Asia precinct, so at some point Tim decided to drop African Elephants in favor of Asian Elephants.
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Back when Steven Mckuser was the director until 10 years ago when Morrow took over, there were plans to convert Lucky's small dilapidated enclosure in to much larger one and a bigger barn with proper stalls with trh ability to accommodate a herd of African bulls.

San Antonio Zoo's only elephant will remain, despite relocation rule

But now San Antonio and Los Angeles are the only zoos I can see returning to Asians after a hiatus with out them.
 
I wonder if the new elephant exhibit/new elephants arriving will make the animal activists throw a huge temper tantrum :eek:
During their last 15 years of having elephants in their former exhibit, the zoo was given very bad publicity for housing the animals.
 
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