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Samson was born at Brookfield and is 2. he was at fw last year alone, so I would assume no. Unless you're referring to wyatt, i have no idea about him.
 
Snowleopardqueen said:
Samson was born at Brookfield and is 2. he was at fw last year alone, so I would assume no. Unless you're referring to wyatt, i have no idea about him.
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Sorry, I misinterpreted. I have old records of a male born in the 2000's that resided at Fort Wayne (born at a private facility and came thru Franklin Park ... at some point). I guess, this old male has died (without) offspring.

BTW: did not even know Brookfield sent out a young cat to FWCZ last year ...
(one of the cubs of the successful Brookfield pairing, the male actually came from an European facility!)
 
"Wyatt" was born at the Denver Zoo on 4/25/12 and was known as Makar there. He moved to the Santa Barbara Zoo in July 2013 at which time he was renamed "Wyatt" by the Wyatt family. He was in the breeding program there but did not father any cubs with their female. She was imported from Marwell Zoo in England and thus very genetically valuable to the North American population, so the Species Survival Plan decided to send her a new boyfriend (Kasha from Brookfield Zoo) and move "Wyatt".
 
Elena said:
"Wyatt" was born at the Denver Zoo on 4/25/12 and was known as Makar there. He moved to the Santa Barbara Zoo in July 2013 at which time he was renamed "Wyatt" by the Wyatt family. He was in the breeding program there but did not father any cubs with their female. She was imported from Marwell Zoo in England and thus very genetically valuable to the North American population, so the Species Survival Plan decided to send her a new boyfriend (Kasha from Brookfield Zoo) and move "Wyatt".
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Thank you for your elaborative reply as I did not know about the Santa Barbara connection. The latter "new" pairing has not yet produced any offspring I believe ...

Allthough, I have it on record the (former) male at Fort Wayne is the one born at the private facility in November 2000 (and not born at Denver Zoo). This is not to say the current male at FWCZ is not your Wyatt. Just it does not explain the fate of the other male previously at Fort Wayne, that is.
 
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Thank you for your elaborative reply as I did not know about the Santa Barbara connection. The latter "new" pairing has not yet produced any offspring I believe ...

Allthough, I have it on record the (former) male at Fort Wayne is the one born at the private facility in November 2000 (and not born at Denver Zoo). This is not to say the current male at FWCZ is not your Wyatt. Just it does not explain the fate of the other male previously at Fort Wayne, that is.
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You're welcome. I visited Wyatt/Makar periodically during his many years at the Santa Barbara Zoo. I believe he moved to Fort Wayne Children's Zoo in March 2020 per what Santa Barbara announced before his anticipated move. I do not know how recently their new male, Kasha, arrived from Brookfield Zoo as they have not announced his arrival yet, although Brookfield confirmed he was in Santa Barbara during a recent online Amur leopard keeper talk.

The earlier male at Fort Wayne was named Ussuri and was born at a facility called Jungle Cat World Wildlife Park in Orono, Ontario, Canada in November 2000. Unfortunately he passed away on 4/23/19:

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Thanks, elana, good info. I wondered if wyatt was referring to Santa Barbara zoo, but couldn't find any moving details and the Denver zoo statement kinda threw me off, makes sense now. Wish they wouldn't change animals names though, makes it harder to track them.
 
Lynn, the clouded leopard from Pittsburgh zoo is now in quarantine at fort Wayne, if raury and Lynn get along they will be paired for breeding. They also changed his name to sanji, not sure on spelling, it was told to me in a keeper chat and has not yet been announced on their page. They hope to have him out by the end of the season.
 
Snowleopardqueen said:
Lynn, the clouded leopard from Pittsburgh zoo is now in quarantine at fort Wayne, if raury and Lynn get along they will be paired for breeding. They also changed his name to sanji, not sure on spelling, it was told to me in a keeper chat and has not yet been announced on their page. They hope to have him out by the end of the season.
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I really wish that so many zoos wouldn't change animal names. It makes keeping track of individual animals annoyingly difficult. I realize that the studbooks can help, but it just seems pointless. I would also imagine that it would be confusing for the animals themselves (I have no idea which species recognize their own names, but I imagine many do).
 
Okapi Lover said:
I really wish that so many zoos wouldn't change animal names. It makes keeping track of individual animals annoyingly difficult. I realize that the studbooks can help, but it just seems pointless. I would also imagine that it would be confusing for the animals themselves (I have no idea which species recognize their own names, but I imagine many do).
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I agree, I actually said the same on this thread when discussing wyatt, the amur leopard
 
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On September 13, a female sitatunga calf was born to mother Shiloh. She has been named Sakina.

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A new Clouded Leopard has arrived at the zoo! He is named Sajin, is 10 months old and arrived on mid-September.

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News in-between November 12th, 2020-November 9th, 2021:

On December 15th, 2020, the zoo announced their first (0.1) eastern grey kangaroo joey has a name, Heather.

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On December 31st, the zoo announced that a (0.1) California sea lion named Legend passed away due to unknown causes.

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On January 7th, 2021, the zoo announced that their oldest (1.0) eastern grey kangaroo joey has a name, Conrad.

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On May 18th, the zoo announced that (0.2) helmeted curassows were born.

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On May 19th, the zoo announced that (0.0.8) San Clementine Island goats were born.

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On September 2nd, the zoo announced that they have acquired (1.1) marabou storks named Mojo and Naya respectively. They are located in the exhibit adjacent from the giraffe feeding station, while the former resident (1.0) marabou stork Edgar has moved back into the larger savannah exhibit.

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On September 10th, the zoo announced that (0.0.5) eastern grey kangaroos have been born since the beginning of 2021.

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On September 23rd, the zoo announced that they have acquired (0.2) African black-footed penguins named Misty and Katara respectively. They are from the New England Aquarium in Massachusetts.

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On October 6th, it was reported that the Pony Trail and rides attraction will remain closed for the 2022 season and beyond, as the area will be home to a "reimagined animal area", however, it did not go into specifics.

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On October 26th, the zoo announced that (0.0.4) blue wildebeest have been born recently.

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On May 2nd, the zoo announced that due to avian influenza, the zoo has taken some birds off exhibit. The zoo also announced that the Rainforest Dome building will be closed.

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