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Other 2021 news

On January 11th, the zoo announced that they have acquired a (0.1) mandrill named Iris from an undisclosed facility.

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On February 6th, the zoo announced they have acquired (0.0.2) Solomon Islands skinks.

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On February 17th, the zoo announced they have acquired a (1.0) generic bongo (guessing it is eastern) named Malachai.

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On March 26th, the zoo announced that (0.0.16) African black-footed penguins have been born between September 2020 to March 2021.

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On April 5th, the zoo announced they have acquired a (1.0) generic giraffe named Davis.

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On May 7th, the zoo announced that a (0.0.1) ring-tailed lemur was born.

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On May 24th, the zoo announced that their new waterpark section of the park, Tanganyika Falls, would have its grand opening on May 29th.

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On June 12th, the zoo announced that they are in the process of building a new barn for the rhinos, giraffes, and bongo, as well as sable antelope.

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On July 23rd, the zoo announced that on July 24th, Tanganyika Falls will reopen after having an E. coli outbreak.

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On July 24th, it was reported that the zoo had been cited with a critical violation of the Animal Welfare Act, as in early May the zoo moved Eurasian lynx kittens (that were under the legal limit to be shipped) to another facility.

https://www.roadsidezoonews.org/pos...k-cited-for-mishandling-eurasian-lynx-kittens

On August 12th, the zoo announced they have acquired (0.0.2?) red-faced spider monkeys, a first for the zoo.

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On December 1st, the zoo announced the name for the (0.1) mandrill, Olympia.

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There were probably other births I missed, including kangaroo, black-and-white ruffed lemur, and clouded leopard births, but since the zoo never made it apparent, I have skipped mentioning them.
 
I don't believe I have seen red-faced spider monkeys in other collections before. Are they in any AZA facility?
I don’t believe so, as the species is very rare in North America. I’m not sure where they could have received them from, but it probably isn’t that credible.
 
I don't understand why they'd spend a lot of money importing the species - which is what I am assuming happened - when they could likely get other spider monkeys for much cheaper. (It isn't like most visitors are going to appreciate one species over the other.)
 
I don't understand why they'd spend a lot of money importing the species - which is what I am assuming happened - when they could likely get other spider monkeys for much cheaper. (It isn't like most visitors are going to appreciate one species over the other.)
Hey, I’m not complaining! I would hope they could do something similar to what they’ve done with the Javan Langur.
 
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