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These adults will have to meet up with the groups at the drop-off area after the
These adults will have to meet up with the groups at the drop-off area after the
The Tsavo Trust, which works to protect elephants and rhinos in Africa from illegal poaching, is gaining more ground, thanks to the continued support of Cheyenne Mountain Zoo guests. This year, donations are supporting the Trust’s long-term viability through infrastructure development, in addition to ongoing support for aerial surveys. Two $18,333 donations for infrastructure . . .
Two $18,333 donations for infrastructure have already been sent this year, along
which allows shoppers to scan the barcodes of items to learn whether producers have
Have you ever wondered what animals do when they feel danger nearby?
It was a big year to celebrate for black-footed ferret (BFF) conservation enthusiasts. Including Cheyenne Mountain Zoo’s kits, 417 BFF kits were born into the program. That’s the most kits born in a single year program-wide in a decade! Led by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums Black-Footed Ferret SAFE (Saving Animals From Extinction) and . . .
Wildlife, National Black-footed Ferret Conservation Center and other organizations have
In that time, giraffe professionals have learned a lot about providing world-class
camps, classes, field trips, animal experiences, school group or VIP tours, even have
With Mother’s Day around the corner, staff at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo are reflecting on one mother-daughter relationship that stands out: Bornean orangutans, Hadiah [huh-DEE-uh] and Ember. “They’re incredibly close,” Ashton Asbury, animal keeper in Primate World, says. “Great apes are intelligent and complex beings, and we see different parenting types in each of them. Hadiah, . . .
are mostly solitary as adults, unless they are interacting for breeding or they have
conservation in action.� Since starting in November 2019, the bushfires in Australia have
Biko (BEE-koh), a 17-year-old male Nile hippopotamus who joined us at the end of June, is quickly winning over the hearts of humans and hippos alike. In just a couple of months, he has learned to navigate his new home, met CMZoo’s hippos sisters, Zambezi and Kasai, warmed up to his keepers, and started engaging . . .
We have seen on our overnight surveillance footage that when they’re separated, he