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Nile Hippo Expert said:
Today it was announced that five extinct-in-the-wild Hawaiian Crows raised by the zoo were released into the wild in Maui, Hawai'i!
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I think that it is important to note that these birds were not raised by the Zoo, itself, but rather the Maui Bird Conservation Center — which is operated by the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance.
 
Local_Shark said:
I dunno if this is even remotely relevant to all our resident guanaco enjoyers, and it's definitely outside my area of expertise, but: even if SD Zoo loses its guanacos, they won't be the last in California. The Santa Ana Zoo, which is really local to me, has a handful of them in a mixed-species South American grassland exhibit with rheas. They're some of the physically largest animals left at SAZ, and are seemingly being positioned as the new big draw for guests alongside the rheas, giant anteater, and a few other South American species. They had been working on another big Central/South America-focused renovation more recently, as this particular exhibit opened in 2010. Here's a pic:
Guanaco (Lama guanacoe) in Tierra de las Pampas

Guanaco (Lama guanacoe) in Tierra de las Pampas

This was taken during my visit on July 19, 2022, but I do know for a fact that the guanacos are...
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I've visited the Santa Ana Zoo three times this year and recently became a member. At least one guanaco was visible on two out of three of my visits and seemed very docile with the rheas. I didn't know they were considered bad-tempered, although I've heard that about llamas. Interestingly, the zoo also has two dromedary camels so the camelid family is well-represented there. The San Diego Zoo is on my bucket list -- hopefully, I'll finally get there next year!
 
Lori Patton said:
I didn't know they were considered bad-tempered, although I've heard that about llamas. Interestingly, the zoo also has two dromedary camels so the camelid family is well-represented there. The San Diego Zoo is on my bucket list -- hopefully, I'll finally get there next year!
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Yeah I didn’t know that either! But then again I don’t know a lot of stuff about non-marine animals lol. You’re gonna love SD Zoo when you go but I’m definitely enjoying the improvements Santa Ana is making. I hope they achieve AZA accreditation again someday.
 
A couple updates from the Zoo:
- The construction in the main elephant habitat is slated to finish next week. The focus was around the untilitrees and the rock work surrounding the main pool.
- A female Maned Wolf arrived a short while ago and will be going on habitat soon.
- A group of Tigerfish have been added to the Hippo pool.
- Three Emerald Tree Monitors are now housed where the Timor Python used to be by the Pygmy Hippos.
- The Kopje habitat is also now under minor construction
 
RJB Wildlife said:
A couple updates from the Zoo:
- The construction in the main elephant habitat is slated to finish next week. The focus was around the untilitrees and the rock work surrounding the main pool.
- A female Maned Wolf arrived a short while ago and will be going on habitat soon.
- A group of Tigerfish have been added to the Hippo pool.
- Three Emerald Tree Monitors are now housed where the Timor Python used to be by the Pygmy Hippos.
- The Kopje habitat is also now under minor construction
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Correction, three Emerald Tree Boas
 
There’s a chance I might be visiting the zoo this January, I’ve never gone to a zoo in the winter. Any notable species that may be more active around this time of year? I’m thinking the snow leopard, polar bear, red pandas, and giant pandas might be especially fun to see.
 
BenFoxster said:
There’s a chance I might be visiting the zoo this January, I’ve never gone to a zoo in the winter. Any notable species that may be more active around this time of year? I’m thinking the snow leopard, polar bear, red pandas, and giant pandas might be especially fun to see.
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Activity is about the same year round with minor variation. Polar Bears are most active in the morning and Pandas are active when they get fresh bamboo periodically throughout the day. Other than that there isn’t really a pattern.
 
RJB Wildlife said:
HUGE UPDATE:
- It appears that an Aye-Aye is now on habitat in Bear Canyon in between the Sloth Bear male and Grizzly Bears!
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Although there is now signage for an Aye-Aye in the habitat where the lemurs were housed recently, I was told by a primate keeper that both of the Aye-Ayes have been moved up the hill to an area not accessible to the public. I’m not sure why they put the sign there, but I believe all of those habitats have been vacated in anticipation of construction. The two Francois Langur males who were in the adjacent habitat have been moved to the old Lion Tailed Macaque habitat near Scripps Aviary.
 
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