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PSO said:
The females are all post repro. Calves aren't going to happen but do like seeing the integration
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I knew that already but this adds potential for more cows to be introduced to the herd ergo adding more calves with Billy’s genetics to the Asian Elephant population in captivity :cool:
 
PSO said:
My reply was for @Westcoastperson , should have clarified
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Ah I see but I agree with you that the integration of the entire herd is good, it’s much appreciated step forward and adds much potential to having more fertile cows to produce beautiful calves :) I didn’t think it was possible but happy to be proven wrong!
 
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There is an approximately 3 1/2 week old spur-winged lapwing chick on exhibit with his or her parents in the multi-species exhibit with the speckled mousebirds.
 
Coelacanth18 said:
How unnecessarily confusing :p
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The bush pig and red river hog were considered the same species until split in about 1993. They remain the sole two species of the same Genus.
 
Westcoastperson said:
Well sending another Hippo away seems like the nail in the coffin for this species at the zoo until the new Africa section.
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I believe both Hippos were already slated for departure from the previous minutes, one going to Honolulu and the other to Disney Animal Kingdom. I saw both hippos last week on exhibit, I will miss them but I know LA will bring them back to when their Africa section is done!
 
Julio C Castro said:
I believe both Hippos were already slated for departure from the previous minutes, one going to Honolulu and the other to Disney Animal Kingdom. I saw both hippos last week on exhibit, I will miss them but I know LA will bring them back to when their Africa section is done!
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Both going into breeding situations?
 
I believe that is the case with both hippos, SSP recommendations and could also be partly due to their outdated exhibit. I know hippos are a big star for them and still are part of the vision plan for the upcoming 20 year overhaul.
 
A nice tidbit has been revealed in the auction page for the Beastly Ball slated for June 5th of this year. They’re asking for donations with some to be allocated towards a new exhibit to show off one of their conservation success species: the mountain yellow legged frog. It looks like they’re being given the opportunity to display some frogs not to be released for their exhibit and I can’t wait to see it myself. Can be found on this page if you want to investigate yourselves :)

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John Marchwick said:

Here’s a video of the zoos elephants sharing the same space!
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Glad they are finally integrating him with the females, but may I ask, why did this take so long? They have had over a decade to integrate Billy - a genetically valuable animal - in with the females, why did they wait until they were all post reproductive? It just seems bizarre that after all of this time they have yet to even make an attempt to breed Billy.
 
pachyderm pro said:
Glad they are finally integrating him with the females, but may I ask, why did this take so long? They have had over a decade to integrate Billy - a genetically valuable animal - in with the females, why did they wait until they were all post reproductive? It just seems bizarre that after all of this time they have yet to even make an attempt to breed Billy.
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I think it’s mostly age related since when they came over to the LA Zoo, approximately 10 years ago from San Diego, they were in the post reproduction age already. Tina and Jewel at the time were at least in the early to mid 40s. They’ve done some minor introductions over the recent years until now which even now is limited to allow both Billy and females to have some space when needed. They spend a few hours each day together if they want to and separated later in the day. It seems to be working so far and even though Shaunzi is shy, she will let Billy know when he’s come to close to her.
 
pachyderm pro said:
Glad they are finally integrating him with the females, but may I ask, why did this take so long? They have had over a decade to integrate Billy - a genetically valuable animal - in with the females, why did they wait until they were all post reproductive? It just seems bizarre that after all of this time they have yet to even make an attempt to breed Billy.
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All cows are more than fifty years old. They were last able to reproduce about 30 years ago.
 
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