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Tujoh and his primary trainer, Amy Tuchman, successfully completed a voluntary electrocardiogram
Tujoh and his primary trainer, Amy Tuchman, successfully completed a voluntary electrocardiogram
Orangutans helping Orangutans. After realizing the potential of orangutans in zoos to contribute toward wild orangutan conservation, we decided in 2008 to see if our orangutans were interested. The orangutans choose whether or not they want to paint. The first painting sessions resulted in a few simple dots of paint on paper, and a lot . . .
the other orangutans used for a painting, and often accidentally splattered his trainer
keepers’ eye view of hoof care and injection training with Atka, while his primary trainer
keepers’ eye view of hoof care and injection training with Atka, while his primary trainer
keepers’ eye view of hoof care and injection training with Atka, while his primary trainer
SPRING HAS SPRUNG WITH THE ARRIVAL OF A RING-TAILED LEMUR BABY AND A RED RIVER HOGLET – Two first-time animal moms at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo welcomed their babies just in time for Mother’s Day this year! Rogue, a ring-tailed lemur, gave birth on Monday, April 26, and Zena, a Red River hog, welcomed her little . . .
in your life,” said Brooke Powell, African Rift Valley keeper and Zena’s primary trainer
Our ‘firecracker,’ Viv, is turning two years old! Born two days after the Fourth of July, on July 6, 2019, Msitu and Khalid’s daughter gained her nickname pretty much immediately and has lived up to it ever since. Just six hours after she was born, Viv famously leap-frogged over Msitu’s back (while she was lying . . .
” said Amy Schilz, senior lead keeper in African Rift Valley, and Viv’s primary trainer
Cheyenne Mountain Zoo is home to five Western lowland gorillas. Within the group, the gorillas have unique individual relationships, but Juju and Roxie, our eldest and closely-bonded longtime residents, are especially tight knit. They’ve both surpassed the 39-year median life expectancy for females of their species in human care, with Roxie at 44 and Juju . . .
being less energetic,” said Carrie Supino, Primate World keeper and Juju’s primary trainer
Tujoh and his primary trainer, Amy Tuchman, successfully completed a voluntary electrocardiogram
keepers’ eye view of hoof care and injection training with Atka, while his primary trainer