What is the oldest animal in the Toronto Zoo?

Celebrate North America's oldest Sumatran Orangutan and the oldest resident at the Zoo! Join us in celebrating her 56th Birthday with a birthday cake this Saturday and some special enrichment fit for a queen. Puppe has been at the Toronto Zoo since opening in 1974 and has had five children and five grandchildren.



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Celebrate North America's oldest Sumatran Orangutan and the oldest resident at the Zoo! Join us in celebrating her 56th Birthday with a birthday cake this Saturday and some special enrichment fit for a queen. Puppe has been at the Toronto Zoo since opening in 1974 and has had five children and five grandchildren.

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In October 2011, after a spate of elephant deaths and harsh criticism from a U.S.-based animal-rights group, city council voted 31 to 4 to send the Toronto Zoo's three remaining African elephants — Thika, Toka and Iringa — to the Performing Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) sanctuary in San Andreas, Calif.

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Five years later, not only did Er Shun give birth to two cubs on Canadian soil, the four white and black-coloured bears also delighted millions of attendees at the Toronto Zoo. All four pandas will be moved to the Calgary Zoo for the next five years to end their 10-year loan.

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What do zoos do when a large animal dies? They perform a necropsy – which can take all day for an animal as large as an elephant. They offer grief counseling for the staff. The remains are removed from the compound and cremated.

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Police say six exotic animals were taken from the zoo on Talbot Trail in Morpeth, Ont., on three separate occasions between October and November 2021. The missing animals are a squirrel monkey, lemur, red eclectus parrot, a lime green eclectus parrot and two umbrella cockatoos.

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It's been more than a decade since the forlorn face of a monkey staring outside? an Ikea window went viral. We are happy to report Darwin, a ?Japanese macaque, is now loving life at his home at Story Book Farm Primate Sanctuary in Ontario, Canada.

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On September 24, 1974, Charles was sent to the Toronto Zoo, where he has lived ever since. His name was given to him because his particularly round face reminded the staff at the zoo of Charlie Brown.

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The Tierpark in the Berlin district Lichtenberg is the largest zoo in Europe. It is best to plan a whole day for your visit. Over 8,000 animals live on an area of 160 hectares and there are about 650 different animal species in total - from the Malaysian bear to polar bears.

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One of the aims of the Toronto Zoo is to show not just the animals, but the animals in their native environments. Public walkways are at varying levels, allowing the visitor to see the animals from many different viewpoints.

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