Thanks for mentioning me filipinos, and while Beardsley is pretty small and needs work done on some places, it's nice to visit a small zoo because you get to know it really well.
I like my home zoo because for a zoo our size, we have a lot of records;
Held the oldest Andean Condor in the world. (Thaao, male, Died on January 26, 2010 at 79, almost 80)
Currently holding likely the oldest Black Howler Monkey in the world (Zuele, female, 26 years old)
Was the first zoo in the Northeast to exhibit the Chacoan Peccary (2007)
On Halloween 2008, we had only the third successful artificial insemination of an ocelot ever, and the first one for conservation purposes.*
On January 22, 2011, another ocelot kitten was born. She was the first endangered wildcat to be conceived through oviductal artificial insemination.*
Our female Brazilian Ocelot Kuma is the only ocelot to have multiple successful births and pregnancies through AI, and the first endangered wildcat to successfully undergo oviductal AI.
First Chacoan Peccary born in the Northeast (Female, October 26, 2011)
*credit to Cincinnati Zoo's CREW and Dr. Bill Swanson for helping us with these AI's. The 2008 kitten (Milagre) resides at Dallas Zoo, and the 2011 kitten (Alya) resides at Buffalo Zoo.
Dang you BeardsleyZooFan!!
You always get to these before me
While Anaheim Zoo can do this better then I. I guess I'll go a little into the Bronx Zoo.
Not in any order:
Almost single handedly saved the American Bison from extinction.
Breeding geneticly pure American Bison (2012, 2 calves)
Being one of the first to work with nocturnal exhibit technology.
One of the only zoos breeding Kihansi Spray Toads
Had the last two Proboscis Monkeys in the U.S.
One of the largest metropolitan zoos in the world
Their conservation work (the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) is based at the Bronx Zoo)
I'm personaly very proud of Jungle World and the Asian Monorail (except it moves too fast)
One of the best Amur and Malayan Tiger exhibits
Tiger breeding (I think they're like 9 cubs in two years or something like that)
Helped the Cincinnati Zoo complete the first AI on an Indian Rhinoceros
Indian Rhinoceros breeding
I'll do a little on the Smithsonian National Zoo as well:
First zoo in North America to have Giant Pandas
The Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (SCBI)- They breed some of the most endangered species in the world including Persian Onagers and Burmese Brow-Antlered Deer.
Giant Pandas ('nough said)
endangered animal research
I believe the Cincinnati Zoo was already done but I'll put what I didn't already see posted:
First successful AI on an Indian Rhinoceros (with help from the Bronx Zoo)
Bonobo breeding
Florida Manatee recovery.
Successfuly breed several highly endangered and difficult species.
Home to the last Passanger Pigeon and Carolina Parakeet (a sad truth and not really something to be proud of
)
Mystic Aquarium:
Home to four Beluga Whales and are breeding the species.
Are one of only four institutions in North America to hold Steller Sea Lions.
And I believe you forgot a few things, BZF
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The Breadsley Zoo is the only AZA accredited zoo in Connecticut.
The zoo has released back into the wild Red Wolves, Golden Lion Tamarins, and Andean Condors.
Thank you for mentioning me by the way.
