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2022 International African Penguin Awareness Day (IAPAD) is Sat., Oct. 8, and we have
2022 International African Penguin Awareness Day (IAPAD) is Sat., Oct. 8, and we have
Many people wonder how we find the amazing staff who care for our animals. What are their backgrounds? What makes them qualified? How do they work together? Just as our year-round sponsor, Children’s Hospital Colorado, shares tips on choosing great child care, we’re sharing what we look for in the incredible folks who care for . . .
“Our animal department team members have a variety of experience, but all have experience
MALE TREE ‘ROO, TRISTAN, IS MOVING NORTH TO HELP SAVE HIS RARE, ENDANGERED AND ELUSIVE SPECIES – On Wed., Sept. 20, Cheyenne Mountain Zoo’s 8-year-old male Matschie’s tree kangaroo, Tristan, hopped onto I-25 in Colorado Springs and headed north to Denver with one of his new keepers. Tristan’s mission? To help save his endangered species . . .
“We have been working with him on voluntarily entering his crate and staying calm
The animal care and guest services teams at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo are a hard-working and dedicated bunch. Each day, they navigate their mountain Zoo, preparing it for thousands of guests to safely explore and make connections with the animals who live there. That means, at a minimum, working with the commissary team to prepare and . . .
Keepers have protocols (otherwise known as administrative controls) and protective
Conservation (Q4C) Project May 2022 – One tiny frog in Panama… what impact does that have
The female Siamang born on Labor Day in Primate World to parents, Eve and Wayan, is growing well and will soon get a name! Our partner, Children’s Hospital Colorado, partnered with us to invite the public to vote on four names chosen by the baby’s keepers. The public can vote on her name through Sunday, . . .
Nine-year old Eve and 12-year-old Wayan are first-time parents, but have picked up
Chastain, CMZoo President & CEO June 4, 2020 As many of you know, even though we have
Eve is a vocal, active, seven-year-old female siamang gibbon who lives in Primate World at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. She came to the Zoo nearly two years ago, as a non-breeding companion partner for Wayan, who is 11 years old. Now, she is adjusting to another major life change, and is demonstrating her species’ resiliency, once . . .
staff decided Eve’s only chance at recovery would unfortunately mean her leg would have
Now they have officially lost in Colorado.
These fully aquatic salamanders have amazing regenerative qualities, evidenced by