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I was defiantly lucky to see it when I went a couple of months ago, But this is such a sad day... :(
 
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Echobeast said:
The zoo lost their 14 year old matriarch Mexican Wolf and 19 year old Mountain Tapir yesterday. This was the last Mountain tapir at the zoo. There remains only 4 left at the LA Zoo.

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This is extremely disappointing to me (and quite sad) as I have never seen a mountain tapir and moved to southeast Wyoming last year but have not yet had a chance to go to the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. I don't have the time or money to visit LA again...I only went once in my childhood and I can not remember if I saw the mountain tapir or not (so I do not count them as having been seen).
 
On November 23rd, the zoo announced they are disassembling their carousel in order to make room for a new road in the western part of the facility, which will take at least a year to complete. The zoo also announced several other projects in the works, including renovating and expanding the African Rift Valley exhibits and the giraffe's indoor spaces, growing produce on-site, expanding the entry plaza, and designing a new exhibit for their orangutans.

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Zoofan15 said:
A Reticulated giraffe calf was born October 19:

Giraffe goes into labor at Colorado zoo: Watch the birth live | 9news.com

The calf is the second for Bailey and the seventh for its father, Khalid. It is the 17th member of CMZ's reticulated giraffe herd.
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On November 30th, the zoo announced its name, Wednesday.

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Smaggledagle said:
On November 23rd, the zoo announced they are disassembling their carousel in order to make room for a new road in the western part of the facility, which will take at least a year to complete. The zoo also announced several other projects in the works, including renovating and expanding the African Rift Valley exhibits and the giraffe's indoor spaces, growing produce on-site, expanding the entry plaza, and designing a new exhibit for orangutans.

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Growing produce on site? Wow! What kinds of produce would they be growing? and do any other zoos do this?
 
UngulateNerd92 said:
Growing produce on site? Wow! What kinds of produce would they be growing? and do any other zoos do this?
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They are looking to grow lettuce mainly, as they already have a testing site for that. To answer the other question, I've seen a few zoos do that but not any that I can think of at the moment.
 
TinoPup said:
A lot of them do, it's just not often visible/publicized. Maryland, for example, grows basically everything they possibly can themselves.
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Ah very nice. I am going to do more research into this. In fact, I think this topic could be a thread of its own...
 
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