Toronto Zoo More animals!!!

Ah, I was watching a video on youtube of a polar bear enclosure at the Baltimore Zoo, and the polar bear just kept doin the same thing. The comment left was that the bear was stressed. The pool looked small though =s
 
Chimpanzees would be great for the zoo or Bonbons. Does the zoo have gibbons?Are the two jaguars at the zoo female and male? If not, should get mates for them, BREED BABIES D:
 
The zoo has gibbons in theit adjacent to the orangutans in the Indo-Malaya Pavlion. There is a male named Benny and a female named Holly. The jaguars are male and female but there siblings and the current tiger exhibit is just not big enough to house more than one pair. Chimps or bonobos would be nice, maybhe if they got more money but there's also the issue of space with the African Rainforest Pavilion as it is surrounded by the savanna paddocks so it is difficult to expand
 
They do have the space where the two male mandrills live in the summer.
 
good point, but did'nt Ungulate say its not up to standards to be viewed plus unless they built an indoor exhibit, they'd be stuck inside all winter. I think the exhibit is to small anyways ( good thought though:))
 
I'd have to do some digging to find out the greatest number of fur seals that were at the zoo at any one time, but when the zoo opened in 1974, there were ten. Low teens is likely at some point or other. 29 seals were born at the zoo between 1977 and 1996 - the last seal born was "Desmond" to Rosi and Nelson; Desmond currently lives at Parc Paradisio in Belgium.

Quick correction: the male gibbon's name is Lenny
 
Thanks, just started looking at this site and seemed interested and I was very excited for the new Tundra Trek and other future plans for TZ, so wanted to know more. :D Hope things are going great at the zoo!!
 
Also curious as to what the meaning of "phase out" is. Does it mean they are taking that species out of the zoo? If so, I really hate to see the Scimitar Horned Oryx go :( Those animals look amazing and I wish the TZ could keep them. Damn cold climate ><
 
Flixox101 said:
Also curious as to what the meaning of "phase out" is. Does it mean they are taking that species out of the zoo? If so, I really hate to see the Scimitar Horned Oryx go :( Those animals look amazing and I wish the TZ could keep them. Damn cold climate ><
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That is the general idea, however they stop breeding them and let the species die out (in most cases).
 
Let the die in the exhibit? that's pretty futile...Why don't they just offer it to another zoo in the States, where the climate suits them. It's pretty sad to just let them die. @_@
 
In many cases, as I have been told (thanks Ungulate) that species are phase in and out for many reasons. ONE of which is climate. There are other reasons such as population numbers, avalibility. Unfortunatly, to transfer animals to other zoological parks takes money, time and paper work. Not to mention that the borders are closed for animals going to the USA.
Here is the list of animals I know are being phased out:
Scimitar Horned Oryx
South African Fur Seal
Musk Ox
Feel free to add I can not remember anymore.
 
Quartz92 said:
In many cases, as I have been told (thanks Ungulate) that species are phase in and out for many reasons. ONE of which is climate. There are other reasons such as population numbers, avalibility. Unfortunatly, to transfer animals to other zoological parks takes money, time and paper work. Not to mention that the borders are closed for animals going to the USA.
Here is the list of animals I know are being phased out:
Scimitar Horned Oryx
South African Fur Seal
Musk Ox
Feel free to add I can not remember anymore.
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The Chamois (only ones in North America if I understand) and Wisent are another.
 
There is a herd of chamois in a private facility in Texas, but they are not on exhibit to the public. They've expressed interest in acquiring our chamois, but ruminants are not allowed into the US at the moment, which makes it rather difficult!

The oryx are in a similar boat, but nobody is especially interested in taking them - both animals are quite old, and the male has been neutered. And since they are an SSP animal, there are several more hoops to jump through than might be otherwise. The zoo has committed to housing them until they die.

This past year was tough on our wisent - two of the three died, leaving a single old female. Right now, she is living with a small group of wood bison that are new to the zoo.

Eventually, I believe the Barbary apes are going to be phased out (when they start construction on the new Eurasia), as are the tur. Nothing is ever concrete in the collection planning process ... for most of the animals mentioned above, think of "phase out" species as those which are intentionally not allowed to breed in order to prevent the population from growing (and allowing it to shrink with deaths).
 
Sorry to bother you Ungulate, but I was just curious as to how the Tundra Trek was coming along and if you know a date it will be opening? :D
 
No clue on both accounts ... the last I heard was a potential fall/winter opening.
FYI, two arctic foxes (1.1) arrived at the zoo earlier this week from Winnipeg. In theory at least, we will be receiving Inukshuk, Aurora, and Nikita (all polar bears) for the exhibit.
 
Sweet, I heard somewhere on the forums that it was due to open in Spring (March). I hope it does I'm so eager to see it. :D Thanks Ungulate!!
 
The inital opening date was spring 2007. Which was pushed back to spring 2008 then fall/winter 2008, then spring 2009. I was hopeing the zoo would have it opened by the summer. It really all depends on how fast the construction workers move, with the accompaniment of weather. My father is actually pouring concrete at the zoo for the Tundra Trek. He has said that the Polar Bear house will be started this month.
 
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