Tag: cheyenne mountain zoo
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An elusive, wild family unit: Meet the Mexican wolves at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo
Meet the Mexican wolves at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. (Video by Skyler Ballard/ The Gazette) The most wild of the wild animals at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo are hard to spot in their yard. Which is just the way it should be for the animals the zoo intentionally keeps as wild as possible. On a frigid,…
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Cheyenne Mountain Zoo affected by power outage Friday night; Electric Safari running as scheduled Saturday
The Cheyenne Mountain Zoo’s power is fully restored following a brief power outage in the Broadmoor area Friday night. According to zoo spokesperson Rachel Wright, the zoo lost power around 10 p.m. Friday. “Our automatic backup generators that heat vital animal areas started immediately as planned,” Wright said, adding the response plan at the zoo…
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Judge dismisses petition seeking ‘personhood’ status, relocation of Cheyenne Mountain Zoo elephants
An animal rights group’s lawsuit accusing Cheyenne Mountain Zoo of illegally confining and neglecting its five elderly African elephants, and demanding they be relocated to a sanctuary, has been dismissed by the 4th Judicial District in Colorado Springs. “Issues of the sort raised by this case, involving mankind’s stewardship of the planet and its living…
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A rodent with superpowers: Meet Mocha, the prehensile-tailed porcupine at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo
If it’s true that an animal’s superpower is related to its largest feature, then sweet Mocha could smell her favorite corn cob snack from across the rainforest. On a warm November afternoon at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, the prehensile-tailed porcupine’s whiskery, bulbous nose is working full-time. Animal care manager Kevin Pellow holds slivers of sweet…
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Cheyenne Mountain Zoo’s electric safari in running for ‘best zoo lights’ award
The Cheyenne Mountain Zoo’s electric safari is in the running for a national award. According to a press release from the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, the electric safari zoo lights experience is in nominated for the best zoo lights in North America, voted on by USA Today’s 10Best Readers’ Choice awards. The Cheyenne Mountain Zoo is the…
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The original grumpy cat: Meet the Pallas’ cats at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo
Meet Nancy and Bo. the Pallas’ cats at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. (Video by Skyler Ballard/ The Gazette) The original grumpy cats are alive and well at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. Six-year-olds Nancy and Bo are known as Pallas’ cats. And with their eerily humanlike faces often contorted into a variety of expressions, it’s no wonder…
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Cheyenne Mountain Zoo welcomes endangered tree kangaroo
Som (which rhymes with “roam”) has joined the zoo family
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Cheyenne Mountain Zoo moves tree kangaroo to Denver Zoo on breeding recommendation
Pearl in her habitat at the Denver Zoo. Image courtesy of the Denver ZooAbbeySoukupReporterabbey.soukup@gazettedev.gazette.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2b74a74a4c090708ae900dc1155c3907?s=100&d=mm&r=g Officials at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs and Denver Zoo are playing “Matschie’s maker” as they try to spark a love connection between each of the zoo’s endangered Matschie tree kangaroos, Tristan and Pearl. Tristan on Wednesday made the journey…
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Cheyenne Mountain Zoo transitions giraffe to hospice care
Cheyenne Mountain Zoo has transitioned one of its elderly giraffes into hospice care. Mahali, a 20-year-old giraffe, has already lived four years beyond the species’ life expectancy. In recent weeks, the elderly giraffe has shown signs of reduced mobility and range of motion leading to the zoo’s decision to stop medical intervention. “We’re taking into…
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Sweet, mohawked, maple syrup-scented: Meet the cape porcupine at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo
Meet Waffles, an 8-year-old cape porcupine at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. Waffles is oblivious to her own magnetism. With her long, coarse hairs that puff up into a mohawk when she feels threatened or excited to see humans, the maple syrup smell she emits and the impossible to miss crunching sounds she makes when she…