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[Giant Panda]

1.1 Przewalski's horses have arrived from Dakota Zoo.
Zoo welcomes wild horses

 

[TZFan]

Mountain lion, Payton, has been put down due to arthritis.

Lee Richardson Zoo mountain lion euthanized due to arthritis

 

[GraysonDP]

Lee Richardson Zoo names Colman as new curator

 

[Milwaukee Man]

Daisy the red-bellied spider monkey died.

Kansas zoo’s spider monkey dies after surgery complications

 

[NSU42]

Sad news at the zoo as they had to euthanize the smallest of the red panda cubs.

Kansas zoo’s red panda cub dies 2 months after birth

 

[vogelcommando]

More about the Red panda-cubs :

Red Panda Cubs Are Ready for Adventure

 

[Milwaukee Man]

Kalmali the snow leopard was euthanized.

Zoo's snow leopard euthanized due to renal failure

 

[Kifaru Bwana]

Kalmali the snow leopard was euthanized.

Zoo's snow leopard euthanized due to renal failure

A sad and sorry loss and really too young.

BTW: Kalmali is a location in central India, a somewhat peculiar name for a snow leopard far from its main habitat ...

 

[Milwaukee Man]

Two addax calves were born. They are the Zoo's first 2019 babies.

Addax calves born at Garden City zoo

 

[SharkFinatic]

Lorenzo the maned wolf died.

Lee Richardson Zoo bids sad farewell to maned wolf

 

[sooty mangabey]

I’m sure it’s no reflection on the excellence of this zoo, but scrolling through this news thread is a depressing business - one death after another!

 

[SharkFinatic]

4 red panda cubs were born at the zoo.

Garden City zoo welcomes red panda cubs

 

[SharkFinatic]

2 of the red panda cubs have died.

Garden City Zoo mourns the deaths of 2 red panda cubs

 

[Jungle Man]

Rhino Pregnancy announced:
Eastern Black Rhinoceros Johari is half way through her pregnancy as announced by the zoo. She and her mate Jabari arrived in 2016 by recommendation from the SSP.

The Hutchinson News

 

[Zoofan15]

Giraffe Calf

A Reticulated giraffe calf has been born to Juani and Cleo. The gender is still unknown.

This is their second calf, following the birth of a daughter in 2018:

0.1 Kijiji (born 07/20/2018) Exported 04/28/2020 (Oakland Zoo)

 

[Zoofan15]

A male black rhinoceros calf was born Jan 20:

Endangered black rhino born at Garden City zoo

Johari is a first-time mother and this is the first black rhinoceros born at the zoo.

The father is Jabari who was outside at the time of delivery. Male rhinos do not participate in raising the young.

Johari, who is 10, and Jabari, who is 7, arrived at Lee Richardson Zoo in 2016 from the zoos in Cleveland and Atlanta. It was on the recommendation of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums’ Eastern Black Rhinoceros Species Survival Plan (SSP).

 

[IndianRhino]

A male black rhinoceros calf was born Jan 20:

Endangered black rhino born at Garden City zoo

Johari is a first-time mother and this is the first black rhinoceros born at the zoo.

The father is Jabari who was outside at the time of delivery. Male rhinos do not participate in raising the young.

Johari, who is 10, and Jabari, who is 7, arrived at Lee Richardson Zoo in 2016 from the zoos in Cleveland and Atlanta. It was on the recommendation of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums’ Eastern Black Rhinoceros Species Survival Plan (SSP).

The calf has been named Ayubu!

 

[Zoofan15]

A male Amur leopard has arrived:

Welcome, Milo: Lee Richardson Zoo welcomes Amur leopard

Milo was born June 2019 at Rosamond Gifford Zoo.

 

[Zoofan15]

A male black rhinoceros calf was born Jan 20:

Endangered black rhino born at Garden City zoo

Johari is a first-time mother and this is the first black rhinoceros born at the zoo.

The father is Jabari who was outside at the time of delivery. Male rhinos do not participate in raising the young.

Johari, who is 10, and Jabari, who is 7, arrived at Lee Richardson Zoo in 2016 from the zoos in Cleveland and Atlanta. It was on the recommendation of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums’ Eastern Black Rhinoceros Species Survival Plan (SSP).

The calf has been named Ayubu!

Ayubu the Eastern black rhinoceros calf has gone on display. His name means ‘perseverance’ in Swahili.

4You: Black rhino at Lee Richardson zoo makes outdoor debut

 

[Zoofan15]

A female has Jaguar arrived:

Jaguar exhibit leaves Salisbury Zoo, could make way for two lynx