Sustainable Safari at Maplewood Mall

Baby kangaroo makes appearance at Burnsville Planning Commission meeting
I have been following this issue since it appeared in the local newspaper. I agree,the owner brought a baby kangaroo to give everyone that warm fuzzy feeling. It should be in its mothers pouch, of course. This guy regularly clouds the issue and claims things like aspiring to be AZA certified. BS!
The baby roos are spent in the mother's pouch every day, they also get to explore and hop in the habitat with the older roos once they are ready to do so for a little bit, and yes people get to experience holding them for a few minutes getting lots of love. We have vet techs on site daily as well who ensure the animals are getting a proper diet and our healthy.
 
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I visited this place today for the second time, with my last visit being a few years ago. The grison and tayra were not there, but the olingo (did not get a great look at it, but as stated in another thread, it does appear to be an olingo and not another kinkajou, which is also in the exhibit), palawan porcupine, and kusimanse are. I remember being pleasantly surprised not to find any camels, nyala, or other antelope at the zoo on my first visit, but there was a Thomson's Gazelle there this time, sadly.

The new "surprise" species is they have a pair of coatimundi that are labelled as Mountain Coatimundi (Nasuella olivacea). I spent a long time looking at them and am pretty sure this is a mislabel, as this zoo has done at least one other time (that sign is now fixed), and they are instead South American Coatimundi (Nasua nasua). Additionally, these would likely be the only mountain coatis outside South America, if it were true. I did not get any good pictures of them as they were highly active, but these "Mountain Coatis" can be seen in this video on their Facebook page and another one on their Youtube channel if others want to look for themselves. It's actually quite funny as the image on their sign in the zoo appears to be a South American Coati as well, while the image on their website is clearly a White-nosed Coati. It truly makes it seem like they have no idea that there are multiple species of coatis and further leads me to believe these aren't actually mountain coatis.
 
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