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Cheyenne Mountain Zoo Celebrates the Long Life of a Long-Necked ‘Nanny’ Giraffe named Msichana – CMZoo

https://www.cmzoo.org/news/archive/cheyenne-mountain-zoo-celebrates-the-long-life-of-a-long-necked-nanny-giraffe-named-msichana/

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, . . .
Those lessons have shaped their training program and benefitted giraffe around the

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More Than a Pretty Appendage: How ‘Bouncy Boy’ Bhutan’s Impressive Tail Allows Keepers to Monitor Age-Related Health Discoveries – CMZoo

https://www.cmzoo.org/news/archive/more-than-a-pretty-appendage-how-bouncy-boy-bhutans-impressive-tail-allows-keepers-to-monitor-age-related-health-discoveries/

A snow leopard’s tail is an incredibly useful tool. About as long as their bodies, their tails act as a counterbalance, so they can make hairpin turns at lightning speed in the wild. When they’re pursuing prey in their native Himalayan Mountains, their tails act like an automatic rudder on a speed boat, instinctively correcting . . .
“We know kidney disease is common in aging cats, and we have successfully monitored

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CMZoo Conservation Team Prepares for Busy Wyoming Toad Breed-and-Release Season – CMZoo

https://www.cmzoo.org/news/archive/cmzoo-conservation-team-prepares-for-busy-wyoming-toad-breed-and-release-season/

The soft serenade of Wyoming toad mating calls will soon echo through the hallways of the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo conservation center, as Field Conservation Coordinator Jeff Baughman welcomes ten breeding pairs of critically endangered amphibians back from 38 days of hibernation. “It’s a busy time of year for us,” said Baughman, who has been intimately . . .
Soon, we’ll have our hands full, welcoming thousands of their babies into our care

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CMZoo Grizzlies Get Ready for Winter – CMZoo

https://www.cmzoo.org/news/archive/cmzoo-grizzlies-get-ready-for-winter/

Join Digger and Emmett, CMZoo’s two 15-year-old male grizzly bears, and Rocky Mountain Wild Keepers, Sarah and Kristen, to get up close with the bears and learn about hibernation and torpor. Cooler temperatures mean the boys are preparing for winter, when they go into a slight stage of torpor and generally slow down a bit. . . .
Digger and Emmett as much as it affects their wild relatives, because our boys have

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Cheyenne Mountain Zoo Gets Ready for Saturday’s Re-Opening; Staff Reflects on Their Experiences – CMZoo

https://www.cmzoo.org/news/archive/08-09-2018/

Cheyenne Mountain Zoo has been in what is known among the staff as “sprint mode” for the past three days to ensure that guests are able to visit again, starting Saturday. The Zoo will reopen for members at 8 a.m. and for the general public at 9 a.m. on Sat., Aug. 11 after being closed following an unprecedented hail storm on Monday afternoon. The storm caused guest and staff injuries, animal injuries and deaths, and extensive property damage.
Animal keepers have been asked to get animals ready to resume “life as normal,” which

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