Toronto Zoo Toronto Zoo Births, Deaths and Transfers 2022

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Small update on jaguar Luca, he was sent to the Wildlife Health Centre a few days ago for a dental cleaning, during which a broken canine was discovered and will require an extraction. Although the zoo reminded us that Luca is considered geriatric, they report no signs of discomfort and that he will likely make a full recovery.
 
Maybe we'll get some Hamerkop chicks it sounds like their putting in the effort.

Are they likely to transfer Snow Leopards right now? It seems there particularly at risk to Covid. I think there have been at least five deaths.
 
@kingoffreaks, I do think they would still transfer snow leopards. We got Pemba after all. But covid will probably be the problem if the plan is to bring up a female from the states. As is the common thing since the pandemic began, the border is a problem.
 
Yeah they mentioned in the fb live with Pemba that they had added additional barriers to the enclosure exterior for the leopards' sake. It will probably negatively impact guest viewing but at least we'll be mitigating a very real risk. Add snow leopard susceptibility to the laundry list of pandemic/bureaucratic reasons we won't see snow cubs for a while.

For what it's worth, we have plenty of breeding birds and herps and babies from any of them will bring people to the zoo just the same. I'm excited for Hamerkop chicks (hopefully) and while they aren't exactly on-display the turacos are nesting as well. We also have a breeding pair of incredibly valuable fiji banded iguanas.
 
@Kalvin defiinitely agreed The fact remains that Covid has ruined almost all of the predictable transfers from 2020 alone. Zoey the Masai giraffe was supposed to be here but nothing has happened. By now she would've likely been pregnant and this spring 2022 we could've had 2 calves zooming around the exhibit. That was just my opinion as I wasn't a zoo lover before when they actually last had 2 breeding females, so having 2 calves at once would've been special but Covid had other plans.
 
The zoo does have lots of breeding opportunities without transfers. We tend to just focus on the big guys but thats also partly do to the zoo not being as great about promoting all births. They will talk about tiger and red panda cubs every day but the first breeding of a bird or reptile far less likely.

Genuinely hope there are hamerkop chicks as they would be a first for the zoo just like the Fiji banded iguanas.
 
Emarah had her cubs this past Monday morning. Three of the four survived and seem to be doing well. They have been observed nursing. No plans for formal exams for a bit so for know the sex of each kit is undetermined. Let’s cross our fingers that these three stay healthy. Exciting start to 2022!!
 
Sad one cub didn't make it but glad the other three cheetah cubs are thriving.
 
This is good news, despite the one cub not surviving. Hopefully the 3 remaining cubs will pull through.
 
@ProjectGames, they will probably debut in late April or early May. The zoo usually waits until cheetahs are about 3-4 months old for them to go on display unlike other felines that are 2-3 months old.
 
Wonderful news! The fact that both Clark and Emarah now proven, and are also on the younger end of middle aged bodes well for us hopefully getting one or two more litters out of them as well down the road, which is pleasant.
 
New tawny frogmouth, Erkle, is now in the Australisia free flight aviary so he will be available when guests return.
 
From a recent Facebook livestream – the zoo will soon acquire Spotted Whistling Ducks Dendrocygna guttata for Australasia. They will arrive around spring.
 
That'll be a fun addition, they'll make the river turtle pond a lot livelier. Did they say where the ducks would be coming from?
 
Nice to have another duck species back at the zoo. It's an SSP species so I would assume the zoo will be getting them from one of the other holder zoos but all of them are in the US and with covid maybe they have another source within Canada. It's weird they would announce them so casually and early as they haven't even arrived yet. Must be pretty confident they can get them.
 
They could be coming out from Patrick in Manitoba, his surplus offspring are first generation imports out of Europe. However in recent years Toronto has been increasingly reluctant to deal with private aviculturists. There’s also a very good chance they could be coming out of the states, the SSP has been doing very well with them in recent years and they’ve become a very common species, and waterfowl are also amongst the easiest group of birds to import, they have much simpler requirements as opposed to most other avian species.
 
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