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I just found some great videos of the Giant Otters and Francois's Langurs:


 
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Wow, this is very recent. The Francois' Langurs captured outside during our rainy weather this past week. Thanks Mario!
 
Yes, great link! Thanks. I do have to wonder what $42,000,000 would do for in situ conservation of Asian elephants, however. Anyone know?
 
Ann Littlewood said:
Yes, great link! Thanks. I do have to wonder what $42,000,000 would do for in situ conservation of Asian elephants, however. Anyone know?
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I seriously doubt much, if any, of the $42 million dedicated to building the exhibit would have ever been directed to conservation in Asia. The majority of the funds were voted on by Los Angeles voters to rebuild the zoo--specifically the elephant exhibit. This oft-used argument--that money spent building zoos might somehow be "better spent" on conservation in the wild--drives me nuts, because they are obviously different pots of money that are not transferable.
 
Of course you are right. This is only one of the many incongruities in how world resources are distributed and I really do appreciate having a fine exhibit. My question might be better stated, perhaps, to ask where money for in situ Asian elephant conservation might go. What organization is doing good work on this? And I realize that the question is off topic and won't pursue it further!
 
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The latest from Zoo Scape, GLAZA's member newsletter. A pair of Congo Peafowl arrived on September 3, the male from Milwaukee Zoo and the female from the Saint Louis Zoo. I observed one of them on my last visit to the zoo, and am pleased to hear they are continuing their conservation efforts with this species.

As Mario had mentioned in an earlier post, LA Zoo's male Komodo Dragon "Modo" was sent to the Columbus Zoo in exchange for their male Buru. He currently is in quarantine and then will be gradually introduced to the female, Lima, on exhibit. This trade was a Species Survival Plan (SSP) breeding recommendation.

A pair of Womas, a docile python from Australia, arrived from the San Diego Zoo. They will eventually become part of the zoo's animal outreach program. Two Visayan Warty piglets that had been living in an off-exhibit space, along with two Rock Hyrax youngsters were transfered to the San Diego Zoo. And a female Red-crowned Mangabey was sent to Binder Park Zoo in Battle Creek, Michigan.
 
To MSTICKMANP and all of your fellow L.A. Zoo volunteers:

Congratulations on winning the bid to host the 2012 AZAD convention.
 
It was just announced in the new issue of Symbiosis (the quarterly AZAD newsletter). It's not even up on the AZAD website yet. The dates listed are Oct. 3-7, 2012. It will be interesting to see what field trips you guys put together. (I hope Aquarium of the Pacific?).
 
Well the latest issue of Zoo View Magazine just arrived in my mailbox today, and a few things coming to light are these. For the first time, I've actually been made aware of the male and female Francois' Langur's names and ages, both received from San Diego. The female is named Mei-Chi, and is 18 years of age, while the male, named Rava, is a bit younger at 12. And yes, the zoo has plans to hopefully breed them in the near future, seeing that Langurs can live to as much as age 30 in captivity.

But also answered were my questions concerning the other occupants of the new China habitat; the Reeve's Muntjacs and Lady Amherst Pheasants. There had been some discussion as to whether these would be multiple specimens, or single individuals. To answer, the article mentions that the now lone male Muntjac is only testing the waters, for what is hoped will soon see another, if not several others. And as for the Pheasants? A pair are said to arrive by this fall as they went to press, leading one to believe they are possibly already in quarantine, and soon to be seen on exhibit as well.

Thank you Mario for use of your post.
 
Blackduiker said:
Well the latest issue of Zoo View Magazine just arrived in my mailbox today, and a few things coming to light are these. For the first time, I've actually been made aware of the male and female Francois' Langur's names and ages, both received from San Diego. The female is named Mei-Chi, and is 18 years of age, while the male, named Rava, is a bit younger at 12. And yes, the zoo has plans to hopefully breed them in the near future, seeing that Langurs can live to as much as age 30 in captivity.

But also answered were my questions concerning the other occupants of the new China habitat; the Reeve's Muntjacs and Lady Amherst Pheasants. There had been some discussion as to whether these would be multiple specimens, or single individuals. To answer, the article mentions that the now lone male Muntjac is only testing the waters, for what is hoped will soon see another, if not several others. And as for the Pheasants? A pair are said to arrive by this fall as they went to press, leading one to believe they are possibly already in quarantine, and soon to be seen on exhibit as well.

Thank you Mario for use of your post.
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Thanks for the info!

I haven't been to the zoo in 3 weeks due to school, so I don't know if the pheasants have arrived. I'll try to ask this coming weekend.
 
I was just checking on ISIS to see if the pheasants had arrived yet and I noticed that the LA Zoo has 0.1 Indian Sarus Crane. I knew the zoo was waiting for the Sarus Cranes to arrive for Pachyderm Forest, but I didn't know that they were at the zoo already. I wonder if this is true or not. I'll try to find out this coming weekend.
 
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And I'll try to get over there on Friday, my off day. The photographs of them in the magazine are beautiful.
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I need to get my hands on that magazine as well as the last couple of zoo scapes. I don't get them in the mail anymore as I don't have a membership anymore...:(
 
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mstickmanp said:
I was just checking on ISIS to see if the pheasants had arrived yet and I noticed that the LA Zoo has 0.1 Indian Sarus Crane. I knew the zoo was waiting for the Sarus Cranes to arrive for Pachyderm Forest, but I didn't know that they were at the zoo already. I wonder if this is true or not. I'll try to find out this coming weekend.
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I couldn't imagine them being here for any other reason but an early arrival, it's been years since any were in L.A.'s collection. Probably before you were even born Mario! LOL! :D

Of course, they do handle a lot of quarantine for other facilities too.:confused:
 
I think i've heard of Rava before, he was once at Oregon Zoo
 
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