Cleveland Metroparks Zoo Cleveland Metroparks Zoo News, 2023

[Kevin Miller]

Cleveland Zoo's year in review. (Inspired by @pachyderm pro 's post in the Brookfield thread)

Births

• February 13- Allen’s Swamp Monkey (0.0.1)
• April 27 - White Faced Saki Monkey (0.0.1)
• May 21 - Bison (1.0) Tighee
• July 20 - Lowland Gorilla (0.1) Kunda
• September 25 - Koala (1.0) Bulu
• November 6 - Amur Tiger (1.1)
• November 20 - Tufted Deer (1.0)

Deaths

• March - Fishing Cat (0.1)
• July 20 - African Elephant (1.0) Willy
• August 3 - Masai Giraffe (0.1) Jhasmin
• September 15 - American Black Bear (0.1) Daisy

Arrivals

• January 4 - White-Rumped Shama and Rose Breasted Grosbeak
• January 14 - Koala (1.0) Burra
• March - Wolf’s Guenon (0.0.2)
• June 19 - Masai Giraffe (1.0) Rocket
• August 16 - Meerkat (1.0) Filbert
• August 25 - Andean Bear (1.0) Pacha
• August 25 - Sloth Bear (1.0) Shiva
• November - Tree Kangaroo (0.1) Modi

Departures

• March - Colobus Monkeys (Replaced by Wolf's Guenon)
• July - Ring Tailed Lemurs (Exhibit space went to the other lemurs)

Exhibits/Projects

• February 2023 - Food Court renovated. Reopens in June
• June 2023 - WYRAS Plant next to The RainForest demolished to make way for parking when RainForest is expanded
• Open August 25 - Susie’s Bear Hollow (Andean and Sloth Bears)
• Closed Summer 2023 - Lorikeet Aviary and Reinberg Homestead

We did not receive Burra the Koala from LA. When the person in the NA Koala thread said that Burra moved to Cleveland, they were corrected the post after. It was a reference to Koen because his mom Mackenzie is owned by LA so he was originally owned by LA when he was born, and then Cleveland got ownership. And then Koen (1.0) was transferred to Columbus on April 26.
Also note that Daisy (0.1) the American Black Bear did not pass on September 15th, that is the day I got confirmation that she passed away from a keeper. I did not get an exact date, but it was in the earlier months of 2023.

 

[EagleScout610]

We did not receive Burra the Koala from LA. When the person in the NA Koala thread said that Burra moved to Cleveland, they were corrected the post after. It was a reference to Koen because his mom Mackenzie is owned by LA so he was originally owned by LA when he was born, and then Cleveland got ownership. And then Koen (1.0) was transferred to Columbus on April 26.
Also note that Daisy (0.1) the American Black Bear did not pass on September 15th, that is the day I got confirmation that she passed away from a keeper. I did not get an exact date, but it was in the earlier months of 2023.

Gotcha. I wasn't sure exactly when Daisy passed, nor the male Snow Leopard who I forgot to put on the list so I just put the date it was announced