Riverview Park & Zoo Riverview Park and Zoo

[Yi Qi]

A man was found dead in the zoo's picnic area, and police have cordoned it off while they investigate the matter.

Police investigating sudden death at Riverview Park and Zoo in Peterborough
Original Police Tweet

 

[Yi Qi]

The splash pad will be closed for refurbishment and an addition of four sun shelters

Riverview Park and Zoo splash pad closing for four days

No update on the homicide as mentioned above.

 

[Yi Qi]

A male Bennett's wallaby was transferred from Riverview to Toronto Zoo according to @Mr Wrinkly on the Toronto Zoo Births, Deaths, and Transfers thread, along with another from High Park Zoo.

 

[Yi Qi]

The zoo's reindeer (who also share their exhibit with Wild turkeys) are starting shed their antler velvet as shared by the zoo's Facebook page.

Reindeers Shed Their Velvet At Riverview Park & Zoo — PtboCanada

 

[Yi Qi]

Splish, one of the river otters, celebrated his thirteenth birthday.

The Zoo Made Quite A Splash For Zoo Otter Splish On His Birthday — PtboCanada

Meanwhile, the meerkats' indoor exhibit is going under a refurb, which should be finished by the end of the month.

New Meerkat Exhibit To Open To Public At End Of October, In Meantime Meerkats Chillin' Out — PtboCanada

 

[Kifaru Bwana]

Two male river otters, Boldt and Lawrence, have joined Melissa and Splish. All four are now on exhibit together. Should make for a very lively exhibit.

BTW: how old is F Melissa???

 

[Yi Qi]

BTW: how old is F Melissa???

Don't know.

In other news, the last event being hosted:

Peterborough-Kawartha Rotarians make music at Riverview Park and Zoo

 

[Yi Qi]

The meerkats' indoor exhibit has reopened:

New home for meerkats at Peterborough’s zoo

 

[TZFan]

The zoo has a new female Eurasian lynx named Hazard.

Peterborough zoo introduces new Eurasian lynx

 

[TZFan]

Bobcat, Montana, has passed.

Montana, the Peterborough Zoo’s female bobcat, has passed away | kawarthaNOW

 

[TZFan]

The zoo is closing for the foreseeable future to help prevent the spread of coronavirus.

 

[TZFan]

A wallaby joey has just started emerging from the pouch.

 

[TZFan]

The zoo is holding a virtual walk fundraiser for a new cat holding.

Virtual walk supports indoor cat holding area expansion at Riverview Park and Zoo in Peterborough

 

[Roadrunnerfromhell]

The zoo is offering guided tours.

Riverview Park and Zoo to offer limited guided tours starting Saturday

 

[TZFan]

Glad the zoo has been able to open in some capacity. It must be one of the last zoos to open. Luckily for the zoo its funded by the city so there wasn't as much pressure to reopen. It is a very narrow zoo from my memory of it. Paths aren't that wide. While they could create a one way loop they may have still been concerned about possible congestion. The zoo is free so there is no gate to regulate how many can come in. It's more of a unique situation.

 

[TZFan]

In this article we get the first clear reasoning as to why the zoo is just about the only zoo to not reopen. The zoo houses 7 species they know are susceptible to covid and a huge investment would need to be made to keep them safe. The article doesn't directly say it but sounds like they just don't have the funds and rather than risk the vulnerable species they will just stay closed instead for the time being.

Some animals at Riverview Park and Zoo in Peterborough might be lonely during the pandemic

 

[TZFan]

For aspiring zoo keepers the Riverview Park and Zoo has a job posting up for a 1 year contract for a zoo keeper position. I know some on here are looking for those kinds of opportunities so thought I would post it.

 

[kingoffreaks]

@TZFan Dang if I hadn't just enrolled in school I would apply still really tempted to thanks for the information

 

[TZFan]

@kingoffreaks never hurts to apply. It's not like applying is a job offer. Might just be good practice if you make it to the interview stage or just see how your resume fairs. And if you rocked it and got the job then you have a choice to make but you will have all of the job related information to make that call with.

 

[TZFan]

The zoo finally has a big boy website. What they had before hardly qualified as a website. It was one page with a list of animals that was part of some Peterborough power site. It looks like its possibly been up for sometime since the start of 2020. Can't say I have had a reason to look at it in years. Kinda stumbled across it right now by accident.

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