I can now confirm that these tigers have both arrived. The two-year old female from Bush Gardens has completed her quarantine period, however, the male from Dickerson Park has not. Neither are likely to go on exhibit before spring, however.
It appears that the alligator snapping turtle tank will be home to not one alligator snapping turtle, but two alligator and one Florida snapping turtles.
A male Linne's two-toed sloth named Twix will be arriving from the Racine Zoo in Wisconsin to breed with resident female, Moe. They will be held off-exhibit in the Africa interpretive collection building through the winter and early spring.
One of the zoo's Arabian sand cats, Jallah, passed away recently. Her daughter, Najah, is still on exhibit, however.
A male fennec fox is in quarantine and will join the resident female on exhibit later this month for breeding.
A breeding pair of Pallas' cats are now on exhibit together. The zoo is hoping for natural breeding.
