I am assuming their planned holders haven’t officially been announced to the public yet? Will they ever announce it or is the move going to happen quietly?
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The animals are moving to the private sector, much like the majority of hoofstock species phased out by SDZ and Safari Park, and it's unlikely neither the park nor the receiving facilities will announce this.
Wait for it as it has to be an aridland specialist collection wirh experience of these delicate antilope species
The other place with Red-fronted Gazelle is in Florida.
Keep in mind the closely related Thompsons Gazelles easily withstand all types of environments.
A new generic giraffe calf was born approximately Monday night going into Tuesday morning this week. Was there on Tuesday, saw and photographed the calf myself, was out with mom in East Africa field exhibit. Caravan tours into East Africa for the next few days may be diverted for a bit due to the new calf, they were most of the day on my visit but was able to do a later tour myself as long as staff allow 
The park has a generic giraffe herd in the East Africa field habitat while the Masai giraffe herd lives in the South Africa field habitat.
The park will be phasing out the generic giraffe in the next few years so that they can focus on their Masai giraffe program which has not had too much success, breeding wise.
From my understanding, the manage both Generic and Masai giraffes at the Safari Park. They’re kept in opposite field exhibits from what I’ve seen.
@Animals R AMAZING! and @Julio C Castro You guys really know your stuff! Thanks for the info, how many Masai Giraffes do they currently have then?
This is what I have listed at the moment, and I believe this is accurate as I remember seeing 6 Masais during my last visit back in November.
San Diego Zoo Safari Park - 1.5 (6)
1.0 Gowon (Hodari x Genny) July 31st, 2014 at San Diego Zoo Safari Park
0.1 Gasira (Ahidi x Genny) October 1st, 2004 at Mountain View Conservation and Breeding Center
0.1 Zindzhi (Mtembei x Tyra) April 10th, 2017 at Houston Zoo
0.1 Mara (Mtembei x Asali) April 24th, 2017 at Houston Zoo
0.1 Setchan (Philip x Hasina) October 5th, 2019 at Los Angeles Zoo
0.1 TBD (Gowon x UNK) 2020 at San Diego Zoo Safari Park
They should have 5-6 Masai giraffe at the Safari Park, unfortunately we lost a calf recently born earlier this year
This is correct. Once the last of the calves are born and are old enough to transport, the remaining generic animals will be moved out. The old breeding bull should already be gone.
Though I'm glad the park will no longer be housing or breeding generics, it should be noted that once the remaining animals are sent out, iirc it will be the first time the park will be without any giraffes with Rothschild's or Reticulated blood (though obviously the generics aren't purebred).
Do you know if they will be recieving new Masai giraffes to be housed in the East Africa habitat or will they leave it without giraffe for the time being? They don't really have enough animals at the moment to split into two herds.
The plan is to eventually have three separate herds across the two facilities, allowing San Diego to act as a consortium within itself. It will be a great asset to the population, especially when combined with the other successful Masai herds in California. I do not know whether the East Africa habitat will be without giraffe until new individuals are sourced or if they will splinter individuals off from the herds at the park and zoo to create the foundings of the second herd at the park.
So after the base exploration camp area in the San Diego zoo is completed, the next project is renovating the entire African Bush elephant exhibit and the elephant valley area, how would the construction will affect the herd and when will it start?
And my next guess is that the next project is either made more small exhibits on the African tram safari for animals off-exhibit like the Hartmann’s mountain zebra or the long awaited Asia area and opening up the open field asian exhibits to the public again after so many years, what do you think?
And my next guess is that the next project is either made more small exhibits on the African tram safari for animals off-exhibit like the Hartmann’s mountain zebra or the long awaited Asia area and opening up the open field asian exhibits to the public again after so many years, what do you think?
In the state alone they have the LA giraffe herd, Santa Barbara's herd, Sacramento, Fresno Chaffee and I'm probably missing a few but those are the main ones that I am familiar with. So the Safari Park could contribute loads. good Job on the state for mainly having one species... If only Canada could switch to one species. sigh
My understanding from talking to an elephant keeper and tour guides, the idea is to work on each of the yards separately so they can allow for their elephants to be on display when possible. I imagine they may have times they won’t be able to display them due to the construction noise and sight that can stress them out. It’s not yet settled down when they’re going to start as they need to get some major capital first before breaking ground.
The park has seen a 60% turnover in staff in the last year, including almost all of the upper management, so nothing beyond the elephant renovation will likely be set in stone. (Also, the Hartmann’s mountain zebras have been gone for several years now).
The SSP had plans in the works a couple of years ago to pull the remaining Masai giraffe from Canada due to the limited holders and the difficulty of moving animals across the border in order to better incorporate those individuals into the breeding population. Institutions had been selected as quarantine facilities for the transfer of generic giraffe to Canada as replacements, but then COVID happened not shortly after which threw a wrench in those plans.
I didn’t know Setchan was at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park! When I was in Los Angeles in March 2020 I had planned to visit the Los Angeles Zoo but by the time I got there the zoo had closed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. I knew she had been born but I had no idea she was there now!