Wow I'm stupid. This is whole staying at home thing has not been good for me....
Smithsonian National Zoo Smithsonian National Zoo News 2020
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Cheetah conservation station animals:
1. Lesser kudu 3.1
2. Sitatunga 1.0
3. Red river hog 1.2
4. Dama gazelle 0.3
5. Schmitar- horned oryx 0.2
6. Grevys zebra 1.0
7. Abyssinian ground hornbill 1.1
8. Rupells griffon vulture 1.1
9. Maned wolf 2.0
10. Cheetah 3.0
1. Lesser kudu 3.1
2. Sitatunga 1.0
3. Red river hog 1.2
4. Dama gazelle 0.3
5. Schmitar- horned oryx 0.2
6. Grevys zebra 1.0
7. Abyssinian ground hornbill 1.1
8. Rupells griffon vulture 1.1
9. Maned wolf 2.0
10. Cheetah 3.0
AmbikaFan
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AmbikaFan
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Apologies to ZC rules. I failed to add any "content" in my haste to post the link above the other day. It's called a member newsletter in my Inbox, so I never know if I may be the only one to get and post it. The entire newsletter was enormous this, which I think is a splendid way of keeping people feeling involved while zoos aren't open. I think everyone should be doing more of this. Somehow Cheyenne Mountain Zoo and Oregon Zoo have acquired my email address, and I'm enjoying the very frequent updates so much I'm only mildly bothered that someone clearly sold it to them!
If a mod could join this paragraph with the orphan link, I'm told that may save it from deletion!
If a mod could join this paragraph with the orphan link, I'm told that may save it from deletion!
Nolie Thornell
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They are still at the zoo but off exhibit. Behind where the prarie dogs and american porcupines are. Still three of them: Yoda, Cheese, and Ollie
Interesting, so they are still there. Were they taken off exhibit because of the escape that happened in 2017? And do you know if caracal are off-exhibit but still present as well?
They were supposed to renovate the bobcat exhibit after the escape, but nothing has been modified yet. The zoo no longer has caracals and the exhibit is empty. I believe they are now phased out after their last individuals died.
AmbikaFan
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I never knew there was off-exhibit space in the zoo. It would seem every nook and cranny is well-utilized. I especially liked that use of space for the caracals, and the whole outdoor reptile complex is just an aesthetically stunning space. Have they put anythjng in the yard across from the elephant house yet? Have the new bison arrived yet?
Right before the zoo closed I did ask this question. I might have the conversation on video but, one of the curators did confirm that there are two new bison. I do not however know their gender.
Two Guam kingfisher's hatched at SCBI, one on April 21, the other April 23.
Two Extinct-in-the-Wild Guam Kingfishers Hatch at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
Two Extinct-in-the-Wild Guam Kingfishers Hatch at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
Some sad news from the National Zoo:
Asia Trail keepers at the Smithsonian National Zoo are mourning the loss of Remi, a 6-year-old female sloth bear who was humanely euthanized May 2, following a foot wound that was not healing despite medical treatment.
Remi was the only surviving cub of three born to female sloth bear Khali Dec 29, 2013, at the zoo. It is always preferable for cubs to be raised by their mothers, but that was not possible given Khali’s inability to care for her offspring. Keepers knew the only way that Remi had a chance to survive was to hand-raise her.
Although she was paired with the Zoo’s 5-year-old male, Niko, Remi never gave birth to any cubs.
Read the full article here: Female Sloth Bear Dies at Smithsonian’s National Zoo
Asia Trail keepers at the Smithsonian National Zoo are mourning the loss of Remi, a 6-year-old female sloth bear who was humanely euthanized May 2, following a foot wound that was not healing despite medical treatment.
Remi was the only surviving cub of three born to female sloth bear Khali Dec 29, 2013, at the zoo. It is always preferable for cubs to be raised by their mothers, but that was not possible given Khali’s inability to care for her offspring. Keepers knew the only way that Remi had a chance to survive was to hand-raise her.
Although she was paired with the Zoo’s 5-year-old male, Niko, Remi never gave birth to any cubs.
Read the full article here: Female Sloth Bear Dies at Smithsonian’s National Zoo
Remi
Dec 29, 2013 to May 02, 2020
RIP
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Dec 29, 2013 to May 02, 2020
RIP
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The camel exhibit is still there. I knew it as the Przewalski Horse exhibit though. Does anyone remember when Przewalski Horses were at the zoo for the public?
Or the Caracals?
Did they have an exhibit other than the one next to the reptile house?
The Przewalski's horses always lived in the old camel exhibit next to the small mammal house, at least since they replaced the camels.
Yeah. It empty now, though. All the horses are at SCB
Any plans for that location?
I think that they are planning to upgrade it and bring the horses back