Central Florida Zoo and Botanical Gardens Central Florida Zoo

The link actually talks about the two leopards and hopes for the expansion:

With this expansion, we hope to:

  • Formally introduce our male Amur leopard, Temur, and our female Amur leopard, Jilin
  • Create a bigger space for our two Amur leopards to call home
  • Allow for more area for our Zoo guests to view this magnificent species
  • Potentially raise Amur leopard cubs, therefore increasing the population of this critically endangered species
 
Not animal related, but the zoo is doing something where if you take the SunRail train to the Sanford station, take a free trolly to the zoo, and show proof of your ride, you will get 20% off addition. They call this "Choo Choo to the Zoo"
 
On August 5th, the zoo announced they have moved their (1.0) black-throated magpie jay named Sir Maggie to the aviary adjacent to the Barnyard Buddies Petting Zoo.

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Dr Bright N04 said:
Three baby Mexican spider monkeys named Violet, Sunny, and Klaus, have been rescued from the pet trade and added to the zoo. They are being displayed with their black handed spider monkey, Big Guy.
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While I think it is great they have these monkeys, and I would love to see them, I still think the primate habitats at this zoo are lacking substantially for an AZA accredited zoo. I kind of wonder the back story on how the CFLZ was chosen for them to go to.
 
I can't find why the CFZ was chosen, but my best guess is that all of the articles are saying that since Big Guy "has been a dad 15 times and who has strong paternal instincts.", they may have chose it because Big Guy was alone since his partner ZaZa died last year. And in the zoos defense, the spider monkey habitat is the better and larger of the zoos primate areas as I do agree with you on how some of them are a bit outdated.


The articles are also talking about how said monkeys may be involved in the SSP for the Mexican spider monkey

Also yes, the monkeys were named after the character's from "A Series of Unfortunate Events"
 
Dr Bright N04 said:
I can't find why the CFZ was chosen, but my best guess is that all of the articles are saying that since Big Guy "has been a dad 15 times and who has strong paternal instincts.", they may have chose it because Big Guy was alone since his partner ZaZa died last year. And in the zoos defense, the spider monkey habitat is the better and larger of the zoos primate areas as I do agree with you on how some of them are a bit outdated.


The articles are also talking about how said monkeys may be involved in the SSP for the Mexican spider monkey

Also yes, the monkeys were named after the character's from "A Series of Unfortunate Events"
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All great points. Yes, I saw an article that said that the monkeys will be a breeding group in the SSP when they mature.
 
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