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Woodland Park Zoo has announced on Facebook the passing of an elderly pair of Colobus Monkeys.

There is also a story and photos here: Woodland Park Zoo Blog: Farewell to colobus companions, Pokey and Lambchop

Yesterday we said goodbye to Pokey and Lambchop. At 30 years old, the two were among the oldest colobus monkeys in North America. Lifetime companions, Pokey and Lambchop produced four offspring together and eventually grew old together, side by side. After a period of age-related physical decline, the elderly pair was humanely euthanized.

In the pair’s lifetime, colobus monkeys have lost ground in Africa, but there is hope. Every time you visit, you help us support Colobus Conservation Ltd. through our Wildlife Survival Fund conservation program, and good work is underway to protect and reforest colobus habitat in Africa.
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snowleopard said:
The zoo has produced a brand-new map that has many significant changes from the format that had been present for many years. Banyan Wilds (Malayan Tigers and Sloth Bears) is now open to the public and so that zone needed to be added; Maned Wolves are also new; Asian Elephants are gone; and many species have been added to the map along with colour-coded geographic regions. I have a collection of approximately 1,200 zoo maps and I really like the look of the new Woodland Park map. One minor pet peeve is that the zoo still continues to call the Reptile House (with around 40 terrariums of various sizes) a "Day Exhibit". Why not simply "Reptile House"? Other than a solitary tree kangaroo every animal in the building is cold-blooded.

http://www.zoo.org/document.doc?id=1582
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What is your favorite zoo map that you have, if you have a favorite?
 
That is very exciting news, although frustratingly vague (and I'm sure 2018 will become 2019 or 2020). I take it the nocturnal house is still largely as it was when it was shut, and has just been left shuttered. It will be very interesting to see how they go about reopening it, and fixing the issues that led to its closure in the first place (heating expenses mostly I think). The species list should also be extremely interesting, I am hoping for an "Americas" theme myself, with vampire bats, night monkeys, opossums (hopefully some of the South American species), ringtails, armadillos, rodents, etc. :D

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I visited the zoo yesterday with my wife and 4 young kids and here are a few observations:

- The Asia trail that goes along the former Asian Elephant exhibit has now been reopened, as it was closed off earlier this year. Unfortunately it is a lot of walking to see a single species (Visayan Warty Pig) and according to the zoo's strategic plan it could well be a number of years before there is a decision on what replaces the elephants.

- On the Northern Trail route the first mesh enclosure (just past the wolves) now holds a single Great Grey Owl. It is an exhibit that used to have Barred Owls and before that Arctic Foxes.

- The Great Grey Owl aviary in the Family Farm area is now empty with all signs taken down.

- The zoo no longer has Arctic Foxes in its collection and that species used to share a habitat with Rocky Mountain Goats in the Northern Trail loop. Speaking of the goats, on my last 10 visits to the zoo I would estimate that I've seen a clear image of a goat on perhaps two occasions. Maybe the zoo should consider bringing in a group of Dall Sheep or Bighorn Sheep to bring that exhibit back to life.

- The "Day" Exhibit (essentially a Reptile House) holds the following species:

Species List (46 species): Matschie’s Tree Kangaroo, Three-Banded Armadillo, African Dwarf Crocodile, Sidewinder Rattlesnake, Northern Pacific Rattlesnake, Speckled Rattlesnake, Southern Copperhead, King Cobra, False Water Cobra, Baron’s Green Racer, West African Gaboon Viper, Eyelash Viper, Large-Eyed Pit Viper, Blair’s Kingsnake, Taylor’s Cantil, Burmese Vine Snake, Trans-Pecos Rat Snake, Tentacled Snake, Mangrove Snake, Madagascar Tree Boa, Desert Rosy Boa, Reticulated Python, European Legless Lizard, Gila Monster, Armadillo Lizard, Shield-Tailed Agama, Ornate Spiny-Tailed Lizard, Chinese Crocodile Lizard, Prehensile-Tailed Skink, Madagascar Giant Day Gecko, Asian Brown Tortoise, Egyptian Tortoise, Radiated Tortoise, Yellow-Margined Chinese Box Turtle, Pan’s Box Turtle, Yellow-Spotted Side-Necked Turtle, Black-Breasted Leaf Turtle, Western Pond Turtle, Chinese Flying Frog, Blue Poison Dart Frog, Giant Leaf Frog, Waxy Monkey Frog, Tomato Frog, Colorado River Toad, Smooth-Sided Toad and Axolotl.
 
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