They are Mary River Turtles. Not sure if they were the ones with the snake-necks and/or Batagurs that got moved. There's still a juvenile with the Mertens' monitors.
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They are Mary River Turtles. Not sure if they were the ones with the snake-necks and/or Batagurs that got moved. There's still a juvenile with the Mertens' monitors.
One will at least be from the Asian turtle habitat in WoR as that animal was significantly larger than the others elsewhere on-exhibit and I did not see it in with the Batagur. I think the zoo only has 3 or 4 individuals of the species.
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Jim Breheny, Director of the Zoo and Executive VP of the WCS has some pointed remarks aimed at the AZA over the upcoming changes to the SSP system and the abandonment of programs for highly endangered species like Gaur:
https://twitter.com/jimbreheny/stat...-kXm-5bYAf19DISOPASDJ8TOJrpSaGhKhTfRaq5c20T9U
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https://twitter.com/jimbreheny/stat...-kXm-5bYAf19DISOPASDJ8TOJrpSaGhKhTfRaq5c20T9U
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Wow. Impressed to see such a high ranking director speak out against the AZA. It's very good to hear Bronx is 100% committed to gaur long term.
Cristián Samper, President and CEO of the WCS, is going to be stepping down to serve as Managing Director and Leader of Natural Solutions for the Jeff Bezos Earth Fund.
Cristián Samper to Join Bezos Earth Fund as Managing Director and Leader of Nature Solutions
~Thylo
Cristián Samper to Join Bezos Earth Fund as Managing Director and Leader of Nature Solutions
~Thylo
Samper never seemed to have much of a public face at WCS, so I never got any feel for what his impact on WCS has been. If anyone has a line to any insiders on this issue, it would be interesting to hear what difference his departure might make. I imagine that the WCS board will do at least a nationwide if not worldwide search for a successor like they did when they got Samper.
While I don't think this will be the case, I do have to wonder if bringing on Keith Lovett from Buttonwood was in preparation for Jim Breheny eventually stepping up to serve as President of the WCS with Lovett replacing him as the Bronx's new director. I somewhat doubt it, Breheny seems like a zoo man through and through. I'm sure the hiring and publicity of said hiring are just a coincidence in terms of timing, but it is a though that crossed my mind. The coming months will likely tell.
~Thylo
On May 13th, the zoo announced that they have transferred (3.3) American bison to the Osage Nation in Oklahoma to join their Osage bison herd on their 40,000-acre ranch.
Bronx Zoo - Bronx Zoo Bison Join Osage Nation Herd in Oklahoma | Facebook
Bronx Zoo - Bronx Zoo Bison Join Osage Nation Herd in Oklahoma | Facebook
Three Guam rail chicks have hatched.
At least two Red Birds-of-Paradise as well. According to a friend of mine who visited the zoo yesterday, both the rail and bird-of-paradise chicks are on-exhibit in the newly reopened World of Birds nursery.
Scarlet-Faced Liocichla and Black-Necked Aracari have been added to the zoo's collection and placed on-exhibit within the last couple weeks as well.
~Thylo
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The relationship is much deeper than landlord/tenant. The New York Zoological Park's conservation efforts morphed into WCS as the organization grew to include the New York Aquarium and then three other NYC zoos. WCS is the tail that later wagged the dog.Well, the headquarters are located at the Bronx Zoo.
Yesterday I encountered the aracari in the Andean cock-of-the-rock room. Where's the liocichla?
In the second open-front exhibit on the first floor of WOB, with the grosbeak starling and great argus.
A few updates:
-Crested Coua has been added to the aviary in CGF. May have been here a while but I've not noticed it before.
-Vampire crabs are visible in the WOR nursery.
-Only one Red BOP chick was present in the WOB nursery. The three rails have matured quickly, already beginning to show some adult coloration in the side striping.
-I finally spotted one of the glass frogs on-exhibit. They seem to prefer to hang out underneath the leaves of the plant closest to the glass on the left side of the habitat.
-The Sulawesi Dwarf Hornbill female remains in her nestbox, as she was about a month ago.
-The South American aviary at the end of the first floor of WOB has re-opened with Blue-Billed Curassow, Keel-Billed Toucan, and Golden-Headed Quetzal. No sign of the honeycreeper, dacnis, and euphonia that used to be here.
-There's now a single Common Quail in the Butterfly Garden.
-The Damaraland Mole-Rat are once again off-show.
-There were a few House Mice inside the zebra mice enclosure hanging out with the zebra mice. I'm not sure if this is intentional or not..
~Thylo
-Crested Coua has been added to the aviary in CGF. May have been here a while but I've not noticed it before.
-Vampire crabs are visible in the WOR nursery.
-Only one Red BOP chick was present in the WOB nursery. The three rails have matured quickly, already beginning to show some adult coloration in the side striping.
-I finally spotted one of the glass frogs on-exhibit. They seem to prefer to hang out underneath the leaves of the plant closest to the glass on the left side of the habitat.
-The Sulawesi Dwarf Hornbill female remains in her nestbox, as she was about a month ago.
-The South American aviary at the end of the first floor of WOB has re-opened with Blue-Billed Curassow, Keel-Billed Toucan, and Golden-Headed Quetzal. No sign of the honeycreeper, dacnis, and euphonia that used to be here.
-There's now a single Common Quail in the Butterfly Garden.
-The Damaraland Mole-Rat are once again off-show.
-There were a few House Mice inside the zebra mice enclosure hanging out with the zebra mice. I'm not sure if this is intentional or not..
~Thylo
Three Pere David's deer fawns were born recently.
To be more precise, the city is the landlord, WCS is the tenant, and WCS runs the four zoos and aquarium. I have no idea, but they might have separate subsidiary legal entities, for example, for each zoo, or for the zoos and their far-flung conservation efforts.
Zooplantman
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The City owns all of the zoos outright except the Bronx Zoo which is owned by WCS
WCS manages the City zoos
The Bronx Zoo's grounds are land originally acquired by NYC as a park. Sate law would not allow the city to transfer the park to a private entity like WCS, so unless there was a special state legislative act at some point in history, the city still owns the land. The original grant in 1897 simply "allotted" the south part of the park "for the use of" the NYZS, which is not a transfer of title but basically made the NYZS a tenant. Something else may have happened since, but I can't find any historical reference to a transfer of title to the land. In fact, a search of current property records for 2300 Southern Blvd., the zoo's address, shows that that the owner is indeed NYC through the Dept. of Cultural Affairs.
Generally, in a situation like this, when the tenant builds a building, it presumptively becomes property of the land owner, so, unless the city and the WCS have a different arrangement (such as a 99 year land lease for the land underneath the buildings, with the WCS owning the buildings, which is another way such situations are sometimes handled), the city also owns the buildings.
Generally, in a situation like this, when the tenant builds a building, it presumptively becomes property of the land owner, so, unless the city and the WCS have a different arrangement (such as a 99 year land lease for the land underneath the buildings, with the WCS owning the buildings, which is another way such situations are sometimes handled), the city also owns the buildings.
The zoo recently added a live gorilla webcam to their website. There are 2 different cams in 2 different exhibits.
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