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bonded,” said Diana Miller, senior keeper in African Rift Valley, and Boma’s primary trainer
bonded,” said Diana Miller, senior keeper in African Rift Valley, and Boma’s primary trainer
CMZoo’s animal care and veterinary teams are working hard to make Zwena, a 13-year-old African lioness who was born at CMZoo in 2007, as safe and comfortable as possible as she deals with increasing mobility issues. The 13-year-old sister to Lomela and aunt to Elsa, Boma and Aslan, has been showing symptoms that her team . . .
from the pride,” said Diana Miller, African Rift Valley keeper and Zwena’s primary trainer
The results are in! Last month, we asked for your help to finalize our logo for an exciting new endeavor. Thanks to your votes, we’re happy to share the final result and to tell you more about our program. Cheyenne Mountain Zoo has established a first-of-its-kind giraffe training, knowledge-sharing and giraffe emergency response program, called . . .
It’s incredibly fulfilling as a trainer, and I’m excited to be able to share these
being less energetic,” said Carrie Supino, Primate World keeper and Juju’s primary trainer
” said Amy Schilz, senior lead keeper in African Rift Valley, and Viv’s primary trainer
Most people who have been to Cheyenne Mountain Zoo have seen our African lions majestically gazing out over Colorado Springs from atop Pride Rock, or hanging out on the perches and heated floors in their Relaxation Room. Abuto, CMZoo’s 9-year-old African lion pride patriarch, is an amazing ambassador for his species, having formed countless connections . . .
From the other side of the panel, Schilz, his primary trainer, asks him to enter
CMZoo’s oldest male giraffe, Mahali, is dealing with progressive foot disease and suspected ligament injuries in his legs. The intelligent and confident ‘grandpa’ of the herd will be 18 years old on May 10. He has lived a good quality of life, well beyond the median life expectancy of male giraffe – 14.7 years – . . .
Because of Mashama’s inspiring relationship with his primary trainer, Amy, he seems
Although Water’s Edge: Africa’s opening date hasn’t been set, Cheyenne Mountain Zoo is steadily preparing to welcome home Zambezi (zam-BEE-zee) and Kasai (kuh-SIGH), two female Nile hippopotamuses who are taking an extended vacation at Dickerson Park Zoo, in Springfield, Missouri. They moved there in 2016 to allow us to build a new state-of-the-art exhibit for . . .
Wallace spent five of those years as their primary trainer.
On Wednesday, Cheyenne Mountain Zoo said goodbye to Msichana [muh-SCHAW-nuh], a nearly 21-year-old female reticulated giraffe. After months of successful treatment for age-related issues, Msichana declined quickly over her last two days, and her care team made the difficult, but compassionate, decision to humanely euthanize her. Msichana was well-known among CMZoo members and online fans, . . .
“I was lucky to have all of my ‘firsts’ as a giraffe trainer with ‘Mishy Girl.’
However, her primary trainer continued training, and Kera has made incredible progress