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Also on July 26th, the zoo announced that a (0.0.1) sunbittern was born in late June and is currently on exhibit in the Living Treehouse area.

The zoo also announced that (0.0.5) golden-breasted starlings were born to 2 different sets of parents and are now on exhibit in the Grigsby and Anatomy of Flight aviaries.

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On August 16th, the zoo announced that made improvements to the Komodo dragon's indoor space, including a new lighting system, an in-ground pool, and a basking platform. The zoo also announced that one of its exhibits in the Scaly Slimy Spectacular building (a fully aquatic habitat adjacent to the Gaboon viper exhibit) is transitioning to a dry habitat.

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That’s exciting! I know the zoo had kept at least bongo and lesser kudu within the past decade but they don’t currently have any antelope besides this new one, right?
 
On October 13th, the zoo announced that a (1.0) Saanen goat named Tobias passed away due to a decline in health.

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On October 21st, the zoo announced that a (0.1) plains zebra named Hannah passed away at age 20 due to an advanced stage of kidney failure.

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I have a couple of questions: Does the zoo still have tanuki, if not do they plan on getting more? Where are the tanuki housed and what are their plans with that area if they have passed?
 
ZooNerd said:
I have a couple of questions: Does the zoo still have tanuki, if not do they plan on getting more? Where are the tanuki housed and what are their plans with that area if they have passed?
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OKC Zoo has the only Tanuki in the US, IIRC. Atlanta's last ones passed away a while ago.
 
ZooNerd said:
Darn that’s a shame…wonder why they are so rare in US zoos
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For one thing, they are listed as a potential invasive species (see: eastern Europe), which means that any zoo that wants to import them has to go through a separate permitting process. There are some popular US zoo species, such as meerkat and anaconda, which also have this distinction, but they're already established comfortably in the US. Between low visitor popularity, secure conservation status, spatial limitations, and logistical challenges, there's not much to encourage zoos to bring the species back
 
Aardwolf said:
For one thing, they are listed as a potential invasive species (see: eastern Europe), which means that any zoo that wants to import them has to go through a separate permitting process. There are some popular US zoo species, such as meerkat and anaconda, which also have this distinction, but they're already established comfortably in the US. Between low visitor popularity, secure conservation status, spatial limitations, and logistical challenges, there's not much to encourage zoos to bring the species back
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Would their status as reservoir species for zoonotic parasites also contribute to this?
 
ZooNerd said:
I have a couple of questions: Does the zoo still have tanuki, if not do they plan on getting more? Where are the tanuki housed and what are their plans with that area if they have passed?
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Others have mentioned the unfortunate passing of the tanuki, but as for your other questions: they were part of the Complex Carnivores section of the zoo, being situated in proximity to the red panda, fossa, binturong, clouded leopard, and bush dogs (when the zoo still had them). As of my last visit about a year ago, their enclosure was being used for a species of tortoise that I don't recall off hand. I'd be interested to know if that's changed, because it felt like a temporary thing (or maybe that's just me hoping that it was).
 
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