Franklin Park Zoo Franklin Park Zoo News 2015

The Zoo just posted this on their website, please support them.

Currently, Governor Charlie Baker and Secretary Jay Ash of the Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development are considering Zoo New England’s request for release of capital funding for deferred maintenance for our Zoos, particularly Stone Zoo. Long term, we are requesting a more robust public/private partnership with the Commonwealth - the type of which is enjoyed by many successful Zoos across the country.

The capital funding request asks that funding, that has been authorized by the Legislature for new construction and maintenance, be allocated in part to address longstanding deferred maintenance at the Zoos. Due to these longstanding deferred maintenance issues, Stone Zoo's accreditation has been tabled.

Please contact Governor Baker and Secretary Ash by June 10 and ask them to fund the $3 million Zoo New England request and to build a more robust public/private partnership with the Zoos. Please be sure to thank them for their consideration!

Governor Charlie Baker: Charlie.Baker@state.ma.us or 617-725-4005

Secretary Jay Ash: Jay.Ash@state.ma.us or 617-788-3610

As members and supporters, you understand the value that the Zoos offer. At Franklin Park and Stone Zoos, people of all ages have the unique opportunity to discover the incredible biodiversity of the planet and the critical role they play in ensuring it remains a healthy, thriving environment for generations to come. Whether connecting with wildlife, learning about conservation, or just having fun, the Zoos are uniquely positioned to provide a host of memorable, and invaluable, experiences.

We are asking for your help to ensure that the Zoos thrive and offer these meaningful experiences. Almost every major zoo in the country is financed, in part, with public funds. They are great examples of public/private partnerships. Zoo New England has worked diligently to contribute to this public/private partnership by increasing our earned revenues and cultivating private donations. However, Zoo New England is below the average in terms of tax-based operating subsidy and capital support. We are working hard to build a deeper public/private partnership and provide even greater economic return to our Commonwealth.
Your calls, letters and emails make a difference. We really appreciate your support and advocacy!

- See more at: Call to action! Support your Zoos!
 
I was at the zoo today.

The Red River Hogs have not yet been integrated in with the Bongos. The bongos were in an adjacent yard far from guest's sight, and the Red River Hogs were in the larger one next to the path. This means one of two things which I list below. I really hope it is option number 2.

Option 1: The Red River Hogs and Bongos do not get along and therefore can't share the exhibit together

Option 2: The Red River Hogs are still in quarantine and therefore do not have contact with the bongos yet.

Zoo New England wants to get money from the government, and in this article they subtly say that it will benefit stone zoo. I think they might've already gotten the $ but I am unsure:

http://www.zoonewengland.org/zoo-news/2015/june/call-to-action!-support-your-zoos!
 
ZooElephantsMan said:
I was at the zoo today.

The Red River Hogs have not yet been integrated in with the Bongos. The bongos were in an adjacent yard far from guest's sight, and the Red River Hogs were in the larger one next to the path. This means one of two things which I list below. I really hope it is option number 2.

Option 1: The Red River Hogs and Bongos do not get along and therefore can't share the exhibit together

Option 2: The Red River Hogs are still in quarantine and therefore do not have contact with the bongos yet.

Zoo New England wants to get money from the government, and in this article they subtly say that it will benefit stone zoo. I think they might've already gotten the $ but I am unsure:

http://www.zoonewengland.org/zoo-news/2015/june/call-to-action!-support-your-zoos!
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Darn, of all the days to go the art museum instead (though the Renoir I saw was fantastic, also it was nice to finally get around to taking a closer look at a Fayum mummy portrait, and I always love stumbling upon a Monet, but I digress). I was just a few miles away from possibly meeting another ZooChatter on the ground.

Where might the Red River Hogs be housed if it turns out to be option 1? Does this mean that one species might get sent elsewhere?

If I remember correctly they are state owned but managed by a private organization. Really the state has to put less money into tax breaks for entities that don't need them and more money into nice things like zoos.
 
If they bongos and red river hogs do not integrate properly, I think they will probably build a new exhibit for the red river hogs in the same general vicinity. I would be surprised if that new exhibit was more than fence and grass and a tree for shade. A new exhibit would probably be similar to the exhibit for the warthogs.
 
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This is an article about Franklin Park Zoo's OLD masterplan a few decades ago when the TF was being built. Back then they wanted to make a bunch of TFs. One for every african climate. Sounds like it would of been amazing. In the end they only made the TF we know today. The TF costed 25 million dollars, but they thought all 4 TFs would cost 25 million dollars in unison.

- FROM A to ZOO
 
Children's Zoo closes on Sept. 8th in preperation for Nature's Neighborhoods. The Farm is unaffected by this and will remain open. Most animals have been designated for assignment within the zoo, stone zoo or at another zoo.
 
I was at the Zoo recently.

The Red River Hogs and the Bongo were in together and benignly ignoring each other, the Hogs seem to have developed a taste for acorns. I never thought I would like the species, but wow. I did not see the Tapir's but then maybe I wasn't looking hard enough.

The baby Gorilla Aziza is growing by leaps and bounds, she can already hold onto her mother, as a matter of fact she was clutching her mothers leg like a bear climbing a tree while her mother walked. When I first visited her (I went and looked a couple of times) she and her mother were interacting with a bunch of children on the other side of the glass, playing a sort of simon says. In short they looked great! Kiki looks much more comfortable now that she is carrying Aziza on the outside of her body rather than the inside.
 
So does that make it 1.2 total? I don't really understand how the decimal thing works for animals genders
 
ZooElephantsMan said:
So does that make it 1.2 total? I don't really understand how the decimal thing works for animals genders
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Yes, 1 male and two females. 1.0.0, 1, stands for male. 0.1.0, the sliding one means female. 0.0.1, means unkown gender. So, if the numbers were 2.5.4, 2 males, 5 females and 4 gender unknown.
 
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