A chick or two would be good for the population, especially as this pair has not produced any so far. Fingers crossed.
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A chick or two would be good for the population, especially as this pair has not produced any so far. Fingers crossed.
No, but hopefully it's something good!
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Mochi the Mountain Tapir has officially left Los Angeles and returned to the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo.
There's a Fuzzy Familiar Face Back on the Mountain - CMZoo
There's a Fuzzy Familiar Face Back on the Mountain - CMZoo
April animal transactions: https://lazoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Animal-Transaction-Commission-Report-April-2023.pdf
Black Duiker to Potawatomi is interesting.
Is that the last of LA's Black Duikers? I know they are a phase-out species so it wouldn't suprise me if they were gone.
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I believe it is the last Black Duiker in LA.
I thought they still had at least two, however, the roundhouse where they're exhibited with the Von der Decken's hornbills and Lady Ross's Turacos has been inaccessible since around mid-February due to construction of the Cape Vulture Aviary at the former Nubian Ibex exhibit. I do not know if they keep any in a behind-the-scenes area like they do with their red-flanked duikers.
A baby desert bighorn sheep was born on exhibit this morning.
Repairs have finally begun on the bridge in the front of the langur house that's been closed since sometime in November.
The Steller's sea eagle exhibit area was again open and the sign about them nesting was no longer posted.
Repairs have finally begun on the bridge in the front of the langur house that's been closed since sometime in November.
The Steller's sea eagle exhibit area was again open and the sign about them nesting was no longer posted.
Darn. I do know there's been questions posed whether facilities like LA and SDZ are too far south for successful breeding.
For what it's worth, the sign that mentioned they were nesting was only folded up and placed off to the side of the exhibit area where it couldn't be read and the chain that was across the front before was hanging loose on the side, so perhaps they haven't given up on them just yet and are keeping those items handy for future nesting.
Yeah LA and SDZ have been trying to breed their pairs for awhile, but to not success. SDZ's pair bred well at Cincinnati previously but nothing since arriving at the more southerly facility. I believe both pairs are recommended to breed.
The current version of the LA Zoo map notes the Cape Vulture Habitat in the former Nubian Ibex exhibit is opening in early 2024.
https://lazoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/lazoo-map-feb-2023-web.pdf
https://lazoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/lazoo-map-feb-2023-web.pdf
It is a very perplexing decision to me when every other holder but Miami has gone out of this species (Los Angeles does still have one elderly female that is too old to move). Other than the Miami animals, all of the remaining black duiker in the country are at Micanopy. Potawatomi's director is a big hoofstock guy and used to work for Los Angeles, but it is still quite strange.
It looks like the paddock for Mountain bongo and Yellow-backed duiker was shaded over as was the one for Southern gerenuk, will the new Cape vulture exhibit also take up those spaces?
So no more at San Diego even, that's unfortunate. How many are left at this point? Seems like the species is hanging on by its last thread...
San Diego's last three animals were relocated to Micanopy, as well. So other than the 0.1 at LA and the 1.0 supposedly headed to Potawatomi, Miami has 2.2 and that is it for public collections. Micanopy for sure has 2.2 -- the 1.2 San Diego animals and the 1.0 LA animal, and I know they have received animals from the previous three institutions in the past, but I do not know their exact numbers.
I looked at Micanopy's USDA reports and they only list 2 Black Duiker from 2016 to 2022 - so between 4 to 6 animals combining that information. So presumably 10-12 duikers left in total at four facilities; given the age of most of them I think it's pretty likely they'll be gone or nearly so by the next decade...
The Mountain bongo/yellow-backed duiker exhibit is still partially visible through trees from a corner area near the orangutans. They closed off that shaded map area so that no one would be anywhere near the construction site and presumably to allow more space for any construction vehicles. I think the cape vulture exhibit will only take up the area by the old ibex exhibit.
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