Signage in zoos on individual animals

Bonobo ID signage at Frankfurt zoo, Germany:
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Photo credits to @zoogiraffe.
 
I was honestly surprised while looking through this thread at the diversity of animals that are looked at individually on signs. I usually assign these signs to species of apes and monkeys, but I'm glad that this is also happening to other species as well. I believe individual signs can really help in creating an appreciation for the animals exhibited. It may encourage conservational action because of that appreciation.
 
OstrichMania said:
I was honestly surprised while looking through this thread at the diversity of animals that are looked at individually on signs. I usually assign these signs to species of apes and monkeys, but I'm glad that this is also happening to other species as well. I believe individual signs can really help in creating an appreciation for the animals exhibited. It may encourage conservational action because of that appreciation.
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Thank you for the comment @OstrichMania !

I totally agree, I think that its great when zoos do this not only for megafauna but all kinds of species.
 
The Sacramento Zoo has a couple signs throughout the zoo with profiles on individual animals (mainly large mammals). The signs don't provide too much information (just the animals' name, DOB, POB, and a little blurb about their personality), but it's a nice addition that was added in the last couple years. In addition the zoo, and its zookeepers, often mention individual animal names on their social medias.

I just visited and these are the signs I recall seeing:
  • Common chimpanzees - Amelia, Doug, Joey, Maria, Pablo
  • Giant anteater - Beata
  • Giraffes - Amirah, Chifu, Shani, Skye (the zoos youngest and newest giraffe, Glory doesn't appear to have a sign yet)
  • Jaguars - Sasha, Tikal
  • Lions - Cleo, Kamau
  • Okapis - Forest, Mo
  • Snow leopards - Blizzard, Mischia
  • Sumatran orangutans - Cheli, Indah, Makan
The zoo also had temporary signs up for animal ambassadors that were hanging out in exhibits:
  • Great horned owl - Charlie/Charley
  • Moluccan eclectus parrot - Robbie
  • Thick-billed parrot - Julia
And finally the zoo also has "keeper notes" situated throughout the zoo, which are just little white boards for the staff to write on. The two animals I saw named on keeper notes were:
  • American alligator - Patrick
  • White-faced saki - Aurora
I don't have any pictures of any of the permanent signs but fortunately @Anteaterman uploaded one to the gallery of Beata's sign. The rest of the individual animal sings look quite similar.
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Hipporex said:
The Sacramento Zoo has a couple signs throughout the zoo with profiles on individual animals (mainly large mammals). The signs don't provide too much information (just the animals' name, DOB, POB, and a little blurb about their personality), but it's a nice addition that was added in the last couple years. In addition the zoo, and its zookeepers, often mention individual animal names on their social medias.

I just visited and these are the signs I recall seeing:
  • Common chimpanzees - Amelia, Doug, Joey, Maria, Pablo
  • Giant anteater - Beata
  • Giraffes - Amirah, Chifu, Shani, Skye (the zoos youngest and newest giraffe, Glory doesn't appear to have a sign yet)
  • Jaguars - Sasha, Tikal
  • Lions - Cleo, Kamau
  • Okapis - Forest, Mo
  • Snow leopards - Blizzard, Mischia
  • Sumatran orangutans - Cheli, Indah, Makan
The zoo also had temporary signs up for animal ambassadors that were hanging out in exhibits:
  • Great horned owl - Charlie/Charley
  • Moluccan eclectus parrot - Robbie
  • Thick-billed parrot - Julia
And finally the zoo also has "keeper notes" situated throughout the zoo, which are just little white boards for the staff to write on. The two animals I saw named on keeper notes were:
  • American alligator - Patrick
  • White-faced saki - Aurora
I don't have any pictures of any of the permanent signs but fortunately @Anteaterman uploaded one to the gallery of Beata's sign. The rest of the individual animal sings look quite similar.
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Thanks for sharing this @Hipporex !

It seems like Sacramento zoo pretty much excell in this kind of signage and trying to form an emotional connection / identification between the visitors and the animals and thats great in my opinion.

Especially considering that they do this with not just the usual charismatics but also some of the more unusual choices like the alligator, giant anteater, saki monkey, okapi , owls and parrots.

I could only find these two pictures in the gallery of two of the signs one of which for an owl (taken by you) and the other for jaguars (taken by @Arizona Docent ) that can just be seen but not very clearly:

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Hartley's Crocodile Adventures has individual signage for some of their Saltwater Crocodiles.
For context for some of the signs, many of Hartley's Saltwater Crocodiles were removed from local waterways and brought to the zoo for being a potential threat to people.
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Onychorhynchus coronatus said:
Quite a minimalistic information sign for Western lowland gorillas "Mike" and "Nyuki" at Zoo La Palmyre, France:

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Photo credit to @Maisie.
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Horrible ugly sign. I think it says 'two of the many(?) gorillas born at La Palmyre'. They were halfbrothers, surplus to their needs really, that lived together for many years, first in a nasty cage and later in an open grotto-type enclosure. Mike is dead and Nyuki is now the group male- though he appears not to breed...
 
Pertinax said:
Horrible ugly sign. I think it says 'two of the many(?) gorillas born at La Palmyre'. They were halfbrothers, surplus to their needs really, that lived together for many years, first in a nasty cage and later in an open grotto-type enclosure. Mike is dead and Nyuki is now the group male- though he appears not to breed...
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Agreed, not a very impressive sign indeed.

I didn't know much about these animals or indeed that La Palmyre had gorillas.
 
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