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New Attractions Come to Oglebay Park
June 5, 2012
Oglebay's Good Zoo has new additions this summer, featuring two new African wild dogs and a new spectacled bear. The zoo welcomed a 2-year-old female wild dog and an 18-month-old male.
The transfer of the wild dogs is part of planned breeding recommendations from a species survival plan. The new dogs can be viewed daily at the wild dogs exhibit. The African wild dog has become an endangered species in its native range due to a combination of factors, including habitat fragmentation and disease.
The zoo also welcomed a male spectacled bear, Joaquin, from Connecticut's Beardsly Zoo in April. The spectacled bear is the only species of bear in South America, and wild populations have become endangered due to hunting and habitat loss.
June 5, 2012
Oglebay's Good Zoo has new additions this summer, featuring two new African wild dogs and a new spectacled bear. The zoo welcomed a 2-year-old female wild dog and an 18-month-old male.
The transfer of the wild dogs is part of planned breeding recommendations from a species survival plan. The new dogs can be viewed daily at the wild dogs exhibit. The African wild dog has become an endangered species in its native range due to a combination of factors, including habitat fragmentation and disease.
The zoo also welcomed a male spectacled bear, Joaquin, from Connecticut's Beardsly Zoo in April. The spectacled bear is the only species of bear in South America, and wild populations have become endangered due to hunting and habitat loss.
