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“I was lucky to have all of my ‘firsts’ as a giraffe trainer with ‘Mishy Girl.’
“I was lucky to have all of my ‘firsts’ as a giraffe trainer with ‘Mishy Girl.’
“I was lucky to have all of my ‘firsts’ as a giraffe trainer with ‘Mishy Girl.’
Abuto, our 9-year-old African lion patriarch, is participating in impressive training that supports his ongoing health care, thanks to the creativity and dedication of his animal care team. We have been keeping you informed as Abuto’s kidney disease and high blood pressure progress, and these two new behaviors – a ‘drink’ cue and subcutaneous fluid . . .
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Go behind-the-scenes to meet, feed, or train your favorite animals.
Go behind-the-scenes to meet, feed, or train your favorite animals with up to five
Cheyenne Mountain Zoo will conduct an emergency preparedness drill on Wednesday to train
Cheyenne Mountain Zoo will conduct an emergency preparedness drill on Wednesday to train
Viv, Kay and Wednesday are besties and munch, nap, play and even train together.
Viv, Kay and Wednesday are besties and munch, nap, play and even train together.
She is very smart and eager to train . . .
She is very smart and eager to train with her keepers, often offering a behavior
Zoo Chronology; past to present. 1916 Spencer Penrose receives a bear as a gift, sparking his passion for collecting animals. 1926 Penrose begins relocating animals from his ranch and the Broadmoor Hotel to the present site of Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. 1937 Will Rogers Shrine of the Sun is dedicated. A miniature railroad, The Zoo Special, . . .
Monkey and feline houses are constructed. 1950 The Cadillac-designed Mountaineer cog train
CMZoo year-round sponsor, Children’s Hospital Colorado, has created a guide to first-year doctor visits for human babies. Similarly, Cheyenne Mountain Zoo’s experience with our prolific giraffe breeding program, founded in 1954, gives us some great milestones for the first year of life for a giraffe calf. Let’s see how Viv, CMZoo’s giraffe calf born to . . .
Keepers rely on a calf’s interest in solid foods to train.
For giraffe, hoof health is vital to overall health. As the zoo profession evolves to further embrace animal husbandry training, and new veterinary technologies allow for better diagnostics, Cheyenne Mountain Zoo is working to improve the future of giraffe care. “Horses have been domesticated for thousands of years, and the mantra has been ‘no hoof, . . .
The team developed co-working communication that allows one person to train and keep