CINCINNATI — After a two month lockdown, Cincinnati Animal CARE’s Colerain Avenue shelter is back open to the public. The shelter was plagued by canine distemper virus (CDV). The highly contagious virus causes multiple symptoms, including fever, cough, swelling of paw pads, nasal and eye discharge, gastrointestinal distress and more. Back in April, the shelter […]
Cincinnati Zoo volunteers enriches zoo animals’ lives
It’s the haunting season and funny-faced pumpkins and spooky hideouts, often with night creatures tucked inside, are now habitat-enhancing at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden. It looks festive and crowd-pleasing, sure, but the animals are really the ones who benefit from all the seasonal decor, creative toys and hidden treasure added to habitats throughout […]
Animal Tricks and Treats | Cincinnati Zoo Blog
By: Jordan Hubrich and Josh Harris The kind of treats typically associated with Halloween often involve sugar, chocolate, and candy. But many of the animals at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden have a different idea of a tasty treat. Pumpkins, blood popsicles, rotting carcasses, decaying vegetables—they may be better at this season than we […]
Conservation in Kenya | Cincinnati Zoo Blog
Billy and I were selected to join the Zoo team headed to the South Rift of Kenya, where we spent a week immersed in the Maasai culture. After a bumpy and dusty three-hour truck ride from the capital city of Nairobi, we found ourselves in a land teeming with zebra, giraffe, baboons, and gazelles, with evidence of […]
Happy International Orangutan Day! | Cincinnati Zoo Blog
Today we celebrate the most endangered apes in the world: orangutans! The Jungle Trails team cares for one special Sumatran orangutan here at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden, Henry! Orangutans are considered semi-solitary apes so they spend more time alone than with others. While Henry has had female orangutan companions in the past, he […]
World Gorilla Day 2022 | Cincinnati Zoo Blog
Happy World Gorilla Day! This year we are celebrating the 55th anniversary of Dian Fossey’s research and establishment of the Karisoke Research Center in Rwanda’s Virunga Mountains. Fifty-five years ago, Fossey was one of the first to lead groundbreaking research and observations of mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei) that led to current conservation efforts and […]