North American African Elephant Population
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Ajani and Tamani are going to have to get busy, Callee is leaving them in the dust. Haha
Mr.Ivory
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Sadly this is not the case their are a large number of facilities that have breeding aged cows with a proven breeding bull that have yet to breed or stopped breeding altogether. Disney Orlando has two proven breeding cows, yet the last birth was over 5 years ago. And the three other breeding aged cows have yet to fall pregnant Nidirah, and Kianga can mate naturally with Maclean, while Luna could be AI'd. Tampa has three proven breeding cows but the last birth was in 2013, and breeding has!stopped.
But their is hope for the population Omaha is proof of this, and their is hope for Fresno, Sedgwick, and even the SDZSP once their enclosure's are renovated they can start breeding once agian. But their still needs to be a lot done in order for the population to become self sustaining.
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Why would they stop breeding tho?
Mr.Ivory
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It just comes down to mismanagement, unlike zoo's in Europe zoo's in North America are less willing to move breeding bulls across facilities in order to get their females pregnant, and zoo's have often become more dependent on artificial insemination rather then natural breeding.
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Well that seems like a situation where the AZA would rly have to drop the hammer. Because elephants in general aren't doing well thanks to a lot of past mismanagement and I don't wanna see them disappear from zoos
Dennis Pate makes reference to 2 more elephant calves (assume he is referring to African) to be born in 2023 outside of Omaha in the interview. This would obviously mean that 2 African Elephant cows would already be pregnant. Looking forward to learning who those are!
Mr.Ivory
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Perhaps these females are mother/daughter pair Nolwazi and Amahle, or two of the five breeding females at Sedgwick.
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Sadly I do find that doubtful in my opinion but maybe I’m wrong. I’d like to be anyways in this case.
Guys, Omaha Zoos director Dennis Pate confirmed there are 6 African Elephants currently pregnant in the United States all due within the next year or two. Go to the 3:58 minute mark on this YouTube video as that’s where he mentions the news. We know for sure 2 of those girls pregnant are Jayei and Lolly. I’ll say no more as this news would better be talked about on the Northern American Asian and African Elephant Population discussion thread.
Memphis Zoo have welcomed a 40 year old female elephant named Kosti to their zoo:
Memphis Zoo welcomes new elephant
Memphis Zoo welcomes new elephant
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Mr.Ivory
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The female is Kotsi Memphis Zoo welcomes new elephant
Where from?
Is it Kosti from Franzen? And if so, where is Megu?:
Franzen Brothers Circus - Bushnell, Florida, United States
0.1 Kosti (WILD × WILD) 1982.00.00
0.1 Megu (WILD × WILD) 1982.00.00
Total: 0.2.0 (2)
The article stated she came to the zoo to enjoy her retirement years. She was likely accepted on humanitarian grounds with the zoo confident she would assimilate well into their herd based on the personalities of all involved.
let’s hope you are right. I have been to the Memphis zoo and seen the exhibit. I don’t know how many stalls they have in the barn but most exhibits share the same roulette table type of enclosure. It haven’t been updated in a long time and is landlocked.
Memphis now have five elephants: Asali (1983), Gina (1985), Bambi (1975), Daisy (1975) and Kosti (1982). Memphis have the space to hold five females, and the death of Ty back in 2019, freed up space for a new female, which they have used to accept Kosti on humanitarian grounds.
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