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Blackduiker said:
Recent Animal Activities

August 1 - 31
Arrivals:

1.4.0 Peninsular Pronghorn
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Was this the long awaited import of more peninsular pronghorn from Mexico?

Really good to see 4 females added on .... + an extra male for any female offspring of the current breeding pair.
 
Blackduiker

Recent Animal Activities

September 1-30


Births & Hatchings:

0.1.0 Bornean Orangutan
0.0.1 Red-flanked Duiker
0.0.1 Speke's Gazelle
0.0.2 Roti Island Snake-necked Turtle (The last two of six)


Arrivals:

0.0.1 Kaiser's Salamander
0.0.1 Gila Monster
0.0.2 Rosy Boa
0.0.1 Sonoran Desert Milipede
0.0.2 Sonoran Toad
0.0.2 Arizona Tiger Salamander
0.0.1 Vinegaroon
0.0.4 California Condor (Arrived at the zoo for medical treatment)

Departures:

0.0.8 Komodo Dragon (To the Phoenix Zoo)
0.0.2 Catalina Island Rattleless Rattlesnake (To the Arizona Sonoran Desert Museum)
1.0.0 Ocelot (To the San Diego Safari Park)
 
Thanks for posting the news Blackduiker! I'm happy for all the recent activities, except for the departure of the male ocelot, and of course the 4 California Condors.
 
Blackduiker

mstickmanp said:
Thanks for posting the news Blackduiker! I'm happy for all the recent activities, except for the departure of the male ocelot, and of course the 4 California Condors.
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Maybe the zoo has plans to introduce a new male soon. Though the news is a bit sad, seeing how well the pair seemed to have gotten along.
 
Actually, I believe that the pair that was at the zoo was a mother/son pair. I would also think the zoo would want to keep the male if they want to breed Ocelots considering the female is rather old.
 
There could be a totally new pair introduced soon then. This space has proven quite successful for exhibiting and breeding Ocelots.
 
Blackduiker

Recent Animals Activities

October 1-31


Births Hatchings:

0.0.1 Southern Gerenuk
0.0.1 Royal Antelope
0.0.3 Black-tailed Horned Pit Viper
0.0.1 White-crested Turaco


Arrivals:

0.0.4 California Condor (in need of medical attention)
0.0.1 Pudu (returned from loan to Seattle's Woodland Park Zoo)
0.0.3 Virginia Opossum


Departures:

0.0.6 California Condor (re-released after receiving medical attention)
0.0.1 Rock Hyrax ( returned to the San Diego)
0.0.1 Yellow-backed Duiker (to the Sacramento Zoo)
0.0.4 Snake-necked Turtle
0.0.1 Dunn's Hog-nosed Viper
0.0.1 Giant Horned Lizard
0.0.1 Catalina Island rattleless rattlesnake
0.0.? Mexican Leaf Frog (four groups to various institutions)
 
Is Harapan already at the zoo? If so, when did he get there, since these are the news from October?

EDIT: Ituri beat me to it.
 
Has anybody heard if Harapan is going to be living in a public exhibit at the LA Zoo? I find it hard to believe that he wouldn't, but then I can't believe that San Diego Zoo has their tuataras and dholes on permanent non-exhibit and they obviously do.
 
Blackduiker

DavidBrown said:
Has anybody heard if Harapan is going to be living in a public exhibit at the LA Zoo? I find it hard to believe that he wouldn't, but then I can't believe that San Diego Zoo has their tuataras and dholes on permanent non-exhibit and they obviously do.
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Or the St. Louis Zoo and their Tuataras. There is a display for them in the Reptile House, but on my three visits to that zoo it was always empty. I once read that you can make a request to view them to a keeper, but I don't know how true that is.
 
Blackduiker

Recent Animal Activities

November 1 - December 31


Births & Hatchings:

0.0.1 Chacoan Peccary
0.0.1 Steenbok
0.0.5 Black-tailed Montane Pit Viper
0.0.1 Spider Tortoise


Arrivals:

0.0.1 Fisher's Chameleon
0.0.3 Tamaulipan Rock Rattlesnake
0.0.4 Wagler's Viper
0.0.1 Tonkin Bug-eyed Frog
1.0.0 Sumatran Rhinoceros
0.1.0 Yellow-footed Rock Wallaby
0.0.2 Hedgehog
0.1.0 Roadrunner
1.0.0 Knobbed Hornbill
0.0.10 California Condor (in need of medical attention)


Departures:

0.0.1 Japanese Serow (the zoo's last remaining specimen) to Magdeburg Zoo in Germany
0.0.? Three groups of Mexican Leaf Frogs
0.0.2 Mexican Beaded Lizard
0.0.2 Komodo Dragon (youngsters that hatched last year)
0.0.9 California Condor (after receiving medical treatment)
 
Thanks for the list.

Interesting that the zoo just sent the last Japanese Serow to another zoo. Considering that pair had been successfully breeding for some years I'm not surprised they were sent to different zoos. I just wonder if they will be replaced with another pair or with a completely different animal.
 
Blackduiker

mstickmanp said:
Thanks for the list.

Interesting that the zoo just sent the last Japanese Serow to another zoo. Considering that pair had been successfully breeding for some years I'm not surprised they were sent to different zoos. I just wonder if they will be replaced with another pair or with a completely different animal.
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In the new issue of Zoo Scape, the director leaves room for them returning in the future. After all, we were the first zoo in the Western Hemisphere to ever exhibit them back in 1976. Compliments of our sister city Nagoya, as a gift to commemorate America's Bicentennial. We reciprocated by sending them a pair of Rocky Mountain Goats. I believe the first ever shown in Japan.
 
Blackduiker

Recent Animal Activities

January 1 - 31


Births & Hatchings:

0.0.15 Giant Horned Lizard
0.0.1 Verreaux's Sifaka
0.0.1 Royal Antelope


Arrivals:

0.0.1 California Condor ( in need of medical treatment)
0.1.0 Chimpanzee (from the Knoxville Zoo)
0.0.2 Orient Knight Anole
0.0.1 Baja Blue Rock Lizard
0.0.2 Fiji Island Banded Iguana
0.0.3 Yarrow's Spiny Lizard
0.0.1 Clark's Spiny Lizard


Departures:

0.0.2 California Condor (returned to the wild after medical treatment)
1.0.0 Francois' Langur (to the Kansas City Zoo)
0.0.1 Catalina Island Rattleless Rattlesnake ( to the San Diego Zoo)
 
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