Orang update... Budi is to continue breeding with Ramai and Sekali with priority on Sekali as she is the more gentically valuable female. Still no confirmation on a pregnancy. Kembali will remain at the zoo another year at least.
Marabou storks George and Gracie are to try to breed again. With no surviving chicks capable of breeding they are back to being potential founders. Zuri as we all know will not be allowed to breed due to her bill. Artie (who turned out to be a female) died recently in Dallas. A bigger effort should be made to get them breeding again even if it means hand rearing the chicks.
Turns out new male kookaburra, Jake, was the long awaited male from Fresno. It took so long to get him I assumed the zoo had to look elsewhere.
Did not know this but our false gharial may not be male. Fernando is unsexed at the moment. If the zoo can determine its sex then an attempt will be made to provide a mate. Problem is Fernando has a lot of siblings born to San Antonio's pair. Choices will be limited.
The male cheetah from the National Zoo and the female from San Diego Safari Park were still expected to arrive prior to the birth of the cubs. Hopefully they still will arrive.
A new female lynx has been selected to breed with Ryan. She is from Minnesota this time. At three years old she will be ready to breed with Ryan next winter if she arrives in time.
I can't remember if anyone mentioned this last fall but the new male wattled crane arrived. Now I'm a little disappointed in myself for not going to look at Curly Rita. Wonder what his name is. He is two and while they can breed he is still two years away from definitely being able to breed. Time will tell if he's ready.
Sea Eagles, Zakhar and Zarina, are still too immature to breed. Zarina may be capable of breeding but Zakhar needs another two or three years to mature.
Eurasian eagle owl, Sheldon is getting a mate from Edmonton. Edgar was unsuitable due to unknown pedigree. Plus she's more valuable as part of the outreach program. New female Vega is still less than a year old. It would be at least another two years before chicks are possible.
The spectacled owls are to remain non breeding.
Greater one horned rhino, Nandu, will be on the move probably in the fall. He will be Parc Safari's first greater one horned rhino.
If white rhino, Tom, has not achieved his mission to get Zohari and Sabi pregnant the focus is not to shift to Tony. The number one priority is to get both females to have a calf before they turn 13 when it becomes less likely they will ever have a calf if they have not already done so.
Capybaras, Brutus and Lucy, are to return to breeding after a few years off. Remaining son Diego has been neutered.
A meerkat mix up should be coming soon. All Canadian zoos with them have been told to swap around animals so breeding can continue or in Toronto's case restart. It will be nice to see meerkat pups again.
They will continue to try to breed red river hogs, Philip and Tisa. I would love to see this be successful. Come on Philip be more than just friends with the girls you are introduced to.
I can finally confirm the second last litter of warthog piglets, Zuma, Winnie and Petunia, ended up at Parc Safari. I know they have been gone since 2014 but I didn't know where they went, or I forgot. As well all of the previous litter are still at the zoo. I did not know that Bert was short for Englebert and Ru was short for Rupert. I just thought the short forms were the names. Learn something new every day. And despite the fact we all thought Stephane was the father of the most recent litter it was actually Woody. So they are the grandkids of JJ (Jack Junior) and Pumba who were real zoo favourites of many and the great grandkids of the zoos first warthogs Gonzo and Roberta. I didn't care if the piglets left before but now I would like to see Savannah stay on with Lucy and become our new breeding female to carry on the Toronto legacy.
