San Diego Zoo Safari Park San Diego Zoo Safari Park News 2017

[jayjds2]

Article about the Rüppell's griffon vulture breeding program:
Ruppell’s Vulture Breeding at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park

It's apparently the only successful program (at present) in the US for this species.

 

[vogelcommando]

Up-date of the Cheetah-cubs :

San Diego Cheetah Sisters Ready to Be Weaned

 

[TZFan]

Meet 10 week old Indian rhino calf Taj.

Rhino calf explores habitat at San Diego Zoo Safari Park

 

[jayjds2]

Critically Endangered Bat Pup Defies Odds at San Diego Zoo Safari Park

A Rodrigues fruit bat was born through emergency C-section (the first ever for the species). Sadly, his mother Patty passed away, so he is being hand raised.

 

[vogelcommando]

Another article about the hand-raising of the Rodrigues fruit bat :

Tiny Bat Pup Delivered by C-Section Defies Odds

 

[TZFan]

Gorilla, Vila, has undergone a procedure to reduce fluid build up.

San Diego Zoo Safari Park's Sick Gorilla Recuperating

 

[Ninja Penguin]

Anyone know when the bongo in Nairobi Village was born?

 

[GraysonDP]

Meet the new baby animals at the San Diego Zoo and Safari Park

 

[vogelcommando]

Bighorn sheep births :

March Went “Out Like a Lamb” at SDZ Safari Park

 

[jayjds2]

Sometime within the last few months, the park acquired 3.7 Barbary deer (Cervus (elaphus) barbarus). This brings their total population to 3.43, the only AZA zoo (and one of few worldwide) with the species. Hopefully breeding will be successful!

 

[pachyderm pro]

Have any updates come out about the new Australian exhibit?

 

[jayjds2]

Have any updates come out about the new Australian exhibit?

None that I am aware of. I have never even seen it mentioned on social media by SDZ.

 

[jayjds2]

The park's 200th condor hatched recently:

200th California Condor Chick Hatched

 

[kelvin]

96th white rhinoceros born at SDSP

Diet Change Helps Endangered White Rhino Give Birth at Safari Park - Times of San Diego

 

[Kifaru Bwana]

This means 3 / 4 reproductively successful females have given birth to a live calf in the last 2 years. I expect the 4th will re-deliver end of season or early 2018.

 

[vogelcommando]

Another article about the latest rhino-calf :

Rare Rhino Calf Born with Help from Science

 

[jayjds2]

A male black-footed cat is now on exhibit, hopefully there will be kittens in the future!

 

[snowleopard]

I just uploaded 55 photos into the gallery, including several of the fairly new Tiger Trail complex.

 

[jayjds2]

Three blue-crowned laughingthrushes hatched recently.

 

[Andrew_NZP]

The tiger cub from the National zoo arrived safely and has been introduced to the rescued cub.

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