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Many animals are extra active on snowy days, while others have cozy indoor habitats
Many animals are extra active on snowy days, while others have cozy indoor habitats
Many animals are extra active on snowy days, while others have cozy indoor habitats
has been a focus at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo for nearly a decade, and while strides have
Golden Years Seeing LouLou, a 36-year-old female African elephant at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, participate in one of her daily care routines is like witnessing a pedicure of gigantic proportions. Annie Dinwiddie, senior elephant keeper, points her target pole toward a horizontal rod and gently says, “foot.” Three-and-a-half-ton LouLou gracefully places her twelve-inch diameter round pad . . .
They’re all African elephants, but have unique personalities and some distinguishable
– CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL COLORADO PRESENTS OPEN-TO-THE-PUBLIC BIRTHDAY PARTY, SUNDAY JUNE 30 AT 10 A.M. – Turning fifty years old is a big deal for anyone. When an elephant turns fifty, it’s an enormous occasion. Missy, one of Cheyenne Mountain Zoo’s female African elephants, is half a century old this year, and Children’s Hospital Colorado is . . .
Staff from Children’s Hospital Colorado will have a booth at the event, and encourage
CMZoo’s 10-Week-Old Amur Leopard Cubs Have Names!
Two CMZoo staff members recently returned from Cape Town, South Africa, where they helped hand-rear orphaned African penguin chicks at the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCCOB), a Cheyenne Mountain Zoo conservation partner. SANCCOB rescues penguins, provides medical care, incubates eggs, hand rears chicks, helps park rangers monitor penguin colonies on . . .
Some have to turn back without providing food for their families.
Sisters Hope and Shadow have stepped up as confident leaders, often being the first
BFFs have incredibly few breeding opportunities.
Unlike our other evening events, we will not have live music, announcements over