Here is 2018 in summary (Not including the month of December)
-The zoo rescued another puma cub in January. She joined the other two and all became apart of the
California trail exhibit.
-The East Bay zoological society rebranded themselves and they are now known as the Conservation society of California in January 22nd. This name change marks a new era for the zoo as conservation becomes more important than ever before.
-The zoo finally open its long awaited and planned exhibit, the California trail on July 2018. Many of the animals in this exhibit are new. They got a breeding pair of grey wolves, a herd of female bison from Montana's Blackfeet nation, grizzly bear cubs from Alaska, black bear cubs and a mom from right here in California, two Californian condors, 4 female bald eagles, and a jaguar from LA zoo.
-The bison herd produced 10 calves a few weeks after they came to the zoo in late April and May. They were already pregnant when they came to the zoo. A great start for the breeding program!
-The zoo helped rehabilitate, release, and care for a handful of other animals in California this year including five raccoons who came from florida, 69 black crowned night herons, and ten Californian condors. They also bred and released 231 southern mountain yellow legged frogs back into the wild and helped many other groups such as ARCAS Guatemala.
-A female Malayan wethered hornbill was born at the zoo.
-The zoo made some new partnerships in the form of
Kaminando, Pinnacles California Condor Program , and
The Lion Recovery Fund. The zoo also formed a sister zoo relationship with the Taiwanese zoo, Hsinchu zoo.
-One of the black bear cubs, Pismo, died of kidney issues in early November.
-Nikko, a long time resident of the zoo lost his mate Gladys earlier this year. The male white handed gibbon was recently moved to Santa Barbra zoo in hopes that he finds a new family.
