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2022 International African Penguin Awareness Day (IAPAD) is Sat., Oct. 8, and we have
2022 International African Penguin Awareness Day (IAPAD) is Sat., Oct. 8, and we have
Many people wonder how we find the amazing staff who care for our animals. What are their backgrounds? What makes them qualified? How do they work together? Just as our year-round sponsor, Children’s Hospital Colorado, shares tips on choosing great child care, we’re sharing what we look for in the incredible folks who care for . . .
“Our animal department team members have a variety of experience, but all have experience
The female Siamang born on Labor Day in Primate World to parents, Eve and Wayan, is growing well and will soon get a name! Our partner, Children’s Hospital Colorado, partnered with us to invite the public to vote on four names chosen by the baby’s keepers. The public can vote on her name through Sunday, . . .
Nine-year old Eve and 12-year-old Wayan are first-time parents, but have picked up
colleague in the fight to save wildlife. “We strongly believe all of our animals have
Chastain, CMZoo President & CEO June 4, 2020 As many of you know, even though we have
Eve is a vocal, active, seven-year-old female siamang gibbon who lives in Primate World at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. She came to the Zoo nearly two years ago, as a non-breeding companion partner for Wayan, who is 11 years old. Now, she is adjusting to another major life change, and is demonstrating her species’ resiliency, once . . .
staff decided Eve’s only chance at recovery would unfortunately mean her leg would have
Conservation (Q4C) Project May 2022 – One tiny frog in Panama… what impact does that have
It doesn’t have a smell, and it isn’t menthol or textured.
Update: April 26, 2023 Last month, 2-year-old Alaska moose, Atka, had surgery to remove a toe with progressive bone degradation from his front left foot. Since then, the ‘Prince of Rocky Mountain Wild,’ as he’s called by his keepers, has been leaning on the trusting relationship he has with his care team to continue his . . .
We have to ask a lot of Atka right now, to give him the best possible care, and he
Although many people in the Pikes Peak region consider fire danger a thing of the past when the temperatures begin to drop, there is actually still a high risk for wildland fires during the fall and winter months. Because of this, Cheyenne Mountain Zoo plans to run a realistic, full-scale wildland fire safety drill on Thursday, November 9, 2017. The Zoo will close to guests at 2 p.m., with the last admission at 1 p.m.
Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. “While we run a wildland fire drill every year to ensure we have