Tag: cheyenne mountain zoo
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Cheyenne Mountain Zoo mourns loss of legendary primatologist
Jane Goodall was in her early 50s, decades into a legendary career evolving the human-primate dynamic, when her passion and mission brought her to Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs. Goodall visited the zoo in 1985 as part of her ChimpanZoo research program, a sweeping collaboration among the renowned primatologist and colleges and zoological facilities…
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Two-toed, artistic sloth at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo dies at 6
Bean, the 6-year-old Hoffman’s two-toed sloth at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, died recently after a short illness. Bean, born in May 2019, died Wednesday after being diagnosed one week earlier with kidney disease. A necropsy, or an animal autopsy, found that she also had heart disease. Bean’s trainers said they remember her as one of…
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Critically endangered baby gorilla born at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Cheyenne Mountain Zoo is celebrating the birth of a critically endangered Western lowland gorilla baby, according to a release from the zoo. The bundle of joy was born early Monday morning to 32-year-old mother Asha and first-time father Goma. Asha and her new baby are…
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Colorado justices skeptical of animal rights group’s attempt to free Cheyenne Mountain Zoo elephants
An animal rights group faced a critical reception from the Colorado Supreme Court on Thursday, with the justices doubting they could recognize the legal rights of five elephants in Colorado Springs without also opening the floodgates for widespread attempts to release numerous species from captivity. “Half the people in this room have dogs or cats…
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Cheyenne Mountain Zoo makes top-10 list of North American zoos yet again
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Cheyenne Mountain Zoo remains a fan favorite, having made the USA Today 10 Best Readers’ Choice Awards list for the eighth consecutive year. The zoo announced today that the annual ranking list for 2024 places Cheyenne Mountain Zoo as the fifth best zoo in North…
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Prince Charming: Meet the common warthog at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo
Alex the common warthog is anything but common.
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Pikes Pick: Cheyenne Mountain Zoo offers two more Dog Days at the Zoo
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Cheyenne Mountain Zoo invites all well-behaved dogs to come hang with the meerkats, elephants, lions and other animals during Dog Days at the Zoo March 12 and 14. Dogs need to be up-to-date on their…
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Cheyenne Mountain Zoo celebrates milestone in efforts to help at-risk species
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Cheyenne Mountain Zoo has raised more than $5 million toward driving conservation efforts, one quarter at a time. The zoo in Colorado Springs announced a major milestone Tuesday in its fundraising goal of helping wild animals in wild places through its Quarters for Conservation Program.…
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Feisty, sunbathing diggers: Meet the meerkats at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo
Meet the meerkats at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. It doesn’t take much to make a mob of meerkats happy. Give the little scamps some cockroaches, a mound of dirt, a heat lamp and call it good. That’s the order of a frigid January day that finds brothers Havoc, Pandemonium and Nugget and their paterfamilias, Kamikaze, scampering…
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How Cheyenne Mountain Zoo animals were impacted by the polar vortex
With a weather system driving Colorado Springs temperatures into the negatives the past few days, fans of the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo might wonder how the variety of animals are cared for during extreme winter conditions. Rachel Wright, public relations manager for the zoo, said not to worry. “This recent weather system didn’t create any unforeseen…