Hi! First, thanks for sharing the report. I always find them to be so interesting. And second, I didn't even know that we had a female koala available to loan to the San Diego Zoo! I thought we only had the father and son pair, after the mother passed away earlier this year. I'm so confused.
I think Abilene decided not to take the Jaguar maybe their facility is not adequate or not ready. I am not sure about that. Estrela the jaguar is indeed 4 years old. This studbook was from 2022, so that shows her as 2 years old. Estrela was born in 2019, which makes her 4 years old.
Ah, good to know. Thank you. We will look forward to meeting Estrela when she arrives!
The animal transaction reports are very interesting indeed. Regarding the koala, it's possible the zoo owns it, but that it resides at another facility as mentioned in the report's opening paragraph. I have also been reviewing the zoo's USDA inspection reports and am surprised at the variety of species kept behind the scenes. The last full inspection was done in April (see attached file) and the zoo holds tamarins, marmosets, and even a wolf! Considering that approximately one-third of the zoo's enclosures are closed or underutilized, it would be great if some of these animals could start being exhibited.
I saw the link it says
I meant like what animals the zoo have on a SSP like the hippos.
A list of animals the Zoo has loaned out to other facilities does not exist publicly.
It does mean they have them, most likely not loaned out to other facilities but behind the scenes.
Stuff of real scientific achievement were the Mountain yellow-legged frog tadpoles distribution across several wildlife management authorities, the introduction of 0.2 new ones for the breeding program and the vaccination program for HPAI for wild California condors (that killed 21 condors last year ....) and that 17 chicks hatched within their ex situ program!
An interesting note is the transfer of a male jaguar. I know Johar must be at least 15-16 years old, is she recommended to breed at that age? Or perhaps the one mentioned earlier in the thread about a female Estrella that was recommended to come to LA after Abilene declined her?
