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Staff on birth watch for Western lowland gorilla:

Woodland Park Zoo on birth watch for pregnant gorilla

The baby will be the second for 24-year-old Nadiri, who gave birth to Yola in 2015. Nadiri is due to give birth between late January and early February.

Zoo volunteers will monitor cameras for signs of behavioral changes and a zookeeper is on call in case Nadiri goes into labor overnight.
 
Beginning tomorrow, the zoo will begin its facelift of the Northern Trail complex, which will result in a name change to Living Northwest Trail. This is copied and pasted from a zoo email:

"We're excited to announce we'll be making improvements to our Northern Trail exhibit, including signage, art installation, seating areas and updates to existing buildings.

The exhibit will be partially closed beginning January 27 - February 27 and fully closed beginning March 1 - April 17 in order to make these changes. We will be transitioning the exhibit name to Living Northwest Trail after these Phase 1 improvements, and we can't wait for you to see them!"
 
Vip the Western lowland gorilla has died:

Vip, beloved gorilla at Woodland Park Zoo, dies

Vip was apparently the first gorilla born in the Netherlands, when he was born in 1979. That same year, Apenheul welcomed the first of what has been many gorilla infants.

Vip sired nine infants, six surviving.

Vip was housed with a female named Jumoke (1985). She will presumably be integrated with the zoo’s family troop (or a troop at another zoo) in the coming months.
 
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Red ruffed lemur triplets were born March 29:

Triplets! Baby lemurs born at Woodland Park Zoo for first time in 16 years

Seattle’s Woodland Park Zoo recently celebrated the birth of three red ruffed lemurs — the first lemur births at the zoo in 16 years.

Born March 29, the triplets each weigh between 6.7 and 7.8 ounces.

They’re currently in the off-view den bonding with their mom, Sally, but the zoo hopes they’ll be outdoors in the public exhibit later this spring.

The Woodland Park Zoo has colonies of red ruffed lemurs and ring-tailed lemurs in its Tropical Rain Forest loop.
 
Last August a male Matschie’s tree kangaroo was born and he is now starting to venture outside of the pouch. He was given the name Havam which is the word for “tree kangaroo” in one of the many languages of the YUS Conservation Area in Papua New Guinea.

"Havam is the third joey for dad Rocket, who fathered Havam’s half-siblings Ecki and Keweng, born to the zoo’s other female tree kangaroo Elanna in 2018 and 2020, respectively. This is the fourth joey for Omari, who had three other joeys at another zoo before coming to live here. All of the zoo’s tree kangaroos are currently living in a habitat that is off view to the public."

Source:
Blog of Woodland Park Zoo (28/04/2021) Baby reveal! Adorable tree kangaroo joey emerges from mom’s pouch
 
The zoo has advertised for design teams to work on a replacement for the Former Day/Night Exhibit built in 1972 and closed since 2016. The documents do not specify what kind of exhibit is to be designed. Part of the design work will be to work with the zoo and the community to determine that.
 
Zooplantman said:
The zoo has advertised for design teams to work on a replacement for the Former Day/Night Exhibit built in 1972 and closed since 2016. The documents do not specify what kind of exhibit is to be designed. Part of the design work will be to work with the zoo and the community to determine that.
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Let’s just all hope for the best, and dream that the project itself will become an exhibit themed to Papua New Guinea, enough said.
 
Zooplantman said:
The zoo has advertised for design teams to work on a replacement for the Former Day/Night Exhibit built in 1972 and closed since 2016. The documents do not specify what kind of exhibit is to be designed. Part of the design work will be to work with the zoo and the community to determine that.
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Please be a new nocturnal house, please be a new nocturnal house, please be a new nocturnal house....
 
Can any regular visitors confirm the recent arrival of an Orangutan? And is there a reason why on the website Snow Leopards are listed under the 'Australasia' section? Thanks.
 
WanderingDragon said:
Can any regular visitors confirm the recent arrival of an Orangutan? And is there a reason why on the website Snow Leopards are listed under the 'Australasia' section? Thanks.
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I just checked and I have exactly 30 different Woodland Park Zoo maps, with the oldest going back to 1994. The 'Australasia' section has always been labeled on the zoo's map, and the Snow Leopards have been in that same spot since their exhibit opened (1982).

Woodland Park Zoo's orangutan situation changed with the addition of Godek, an 8 year-old Sumatran Orangutan, in 2017. He arrived that summer from Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, and he was the first addition to the zoo's group of orangutans in 28 years! There's more information on the link below, but I have certainly not heard news about any other orangutans joining the zoo since Godek 4 years ago.

Meet new orangutan of the forest, Godek
 
Does the zoo still have an ocelot? It didn't appear on their USDA inspection last month.
 
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