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Ah ok! I thought you meant they were housed separately or something. Thank you for the replies and clarification.

Time to book a plane ticket I guess haha.
 
TheGerenuk said:
A cloned male Przewalski's horse foal was born on February 17th. This foal is a genetic twin to Kurt, the first cloned Przewalski's horse foal born in 2020, making this foal the world's second successfully cloned Przewalski's horse.
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The foal is currently at ViaGen Pets & Equine in Texas and will be moved to the facility later in 2023.

Meet the world's second successfully cloned Przewalski's horse. | The future is now. We're excited to announce the recent birth of the world's second successfully cloned Przewalski's horse. This birth offers further... | By San Diego Zoo Safari Park | Facebook
Second Endangered Przewalski’s Horse Foal Born as a Result of Cloning
 
TheGerenuk said:
A cloned male Przewalski's horse foal was born on February 17th. This foal is a genetic twin to Kurt, the first cloned Przewalski's horse foal born in 2020
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What is meant by "cloned"? I don't really know what it is but thought that there were a lot of arguments about how humane the process is.
 
Kudu21 said:
New breeding bulls for the fringe-eared oryx and Thomson's gazelle herds have been introduced to the East Africa field exhibit. There are now multiple Arabian oryx calves and Nubian ibex kids in their hillside exhibits around the Asian field exhibits.
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Great to hear!
 
There’s a new male lion at the park! 7-year old Boma has arrived from Cheyenne Mountain Zoo and is now on habitat. They will begin introductions with him and the 3 females soon!

San Diego Zoo Safari Park on Instagram: "Meet the new mane man San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance recently welcomed 7-year-old male lion Bo to the Safari Park. This distinguished gentleman is ready to lead his own pride and will begin to socialize with lionesses Malika, Amira, and Zuri as he settles into his new role. Lions are the only big cats who live in social groups, so Bo’s move provides him with the opportunity to experience natural dynamics and structure that reflects big cat ecology in the wild. Bo will be visible as he rotates on and off habitat with the lionesses until all four lions are comfortable interacting together. #bigcatenergy #lion #lioncamp #sdzsafaripark"
 
Visited yesterday and here are a few notes:

  • Walkthrough aviary near Hidden Jungle is open and filled with the bird residents from Hidden Jungle. Signage by Hidden Jungle indícate birds will be returned to the space.
  • Bo, formerly Boma, the African Lion was on exhibit during visit, rotating out with the females. Keepers are keeping an eye on him as he is timid at times. The females were out most of the day, he was on exhibit for about an hour.
  • It appears an unsigned Kagu is on exhibit, the small aviary closest to former Lemur Walk. Did see it last month as well, this visit was able to see it a bit longer.
  • There’s a new demonstration of ambassador animals at the Benbough Amphitheater called Journey into the Wild, lasts about 20 minutes and begins at 2 PM.
 
To add to @Julio C Castro’s updates:


Per the park’s photography Facebook page, a male Masai giraffe calf was born in the South Africa habitat on Monday to dam “Zindzhi” and sire “Gowan”.

All of the sitatunga from the exhibit in African Outpost have been moved to the African Forest field exhibit, and the gerenuk herd has been moved into that exhibit. The former gerenuk habitat is now serving as an additional okapi habitat.
 
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Zoofan15 said:
Matschie’s tree kangaroo joey announced:

San Diego Zoo Safari Park Welcomes Endangered Kangaroo Joey – NBC 7 San Diego

Born to proud parents Arona and Bek, Kikori the Matschie’s tree kangaroo marks an exciting milestone since her birth is the second time her species was born at the Safari Park.

Although little Kikori was born in August 2022, the Safari Park made the announcement Thursday.
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There’s a posting I made about it from March, she had began poking her head out around that time :)
 
Other 2023 News:

On March 14th, it was announced that the zoo transferred a (0.1) Sumatran tiger named Anne to the Nashville Zoo in Tennessee.

Nashville Zoo

On May 8th, it was announced that the zoo acquired a (0.1) aardvark named Padmae from the Sacramento Zoo in California.

Sacramento Zoo

On May 13th, it was announced that the zoo transferred a (1.0) sitatunga named Chopper to the John Ball Zoo in Michigan, where it passed away a couple days later after an altercation with a pygmy hippo.

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On May 18th, it was mentioned that the zoo acquired a (0.1) black-footed cat named Zoey from the Brookfield Zoo in Illinois.*

*Information was given by @MeiLover on the Brookfield Zoo News 2023 thread and @Grant in the San Diego Zoo News 2023 thread.
 
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