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The Zoo Atlanta family is saddened to announce the passing of Chantek, a 39-year-old male orangutan, on August 7, 2017. Although his cause of death is not yet known, the Zoo’s Animal Care and Veterinary Teams had been treating Chantek with a regimen of advanced medical therapy targeted at mitigating his progressive heart disease. At … Continue reading "Zoo family mourns passing of Chantek"

The Zoo Atlanta family is saddened to announce the passing of Chantek, a 39-year-old male orangutan, on August 7, 2017. Although his cause of death is not yet known, the Zoo’s Animal Care and Veterinary Teams had been treating Chantek with a regimen of advanced medical therapy targeted at mitigating his progressive heart disease. At … Continue reading "Zoo family mourns passing of Chantek"

Hello everyone, my name is Kayla and I have the amazing opportunity to intern with the Program Animals Department here at Zoo Atlanta for the summer. This is my first internship and I have gained an abundance of knowledge. As an intern, I get to work with several different keepers, one of which is our … Continue reading "Learning with Program Animals"

It’s been awhile since my last shift in PandaLand, and I’m amazed at how much the girls have grown, both physically and mentally. They are so smart! With their first birthday just over the horizon, we’re working diligently to help fine-tune shift training with the girls so that by the time we are no longer … Continue reading "Panda Updates – Friday, August 4"

I know we’ve talked a lot about how playful Yang Yang’s been …but his antics have been cracking all of us up for days now! I love summertime-funtime! Lun Lun even seems to have been bitten by the “play bug” because she’s been more playful with the cubs when she’s not devouring bamboo. While I … Continue reading "Panda Updates – Wednesday, August 2"

Hello! I am one of the new Mammal Swing Keepers here at Zoo Atlanta. I have had a lot of people ask me what a Swing Keeper is. It means that I will be trained in multiple sections within the Mammal Department: Hoofstock, Carnivores, Elephants and Outback Station. I started in May and just finished … Continue reading "Getting the swing of things"

Yang Yang isn’t the only one in a playful mood the past few days! He has, however, caused early retirement for some of our enrichment items. We had a few casualties in the Jolly Ball department the past two weeks, but it’s not quite time to put them up for good. Some of the toys … Continue reading "Panda Updates – Monday, July 31"

As we’ve mentioned in previous posts, one of the most fun parts of watching the twins grow up is observing their preferences in food and enrichment. Although the girls are playing with and chewing on bamboo, they are not fully consuming it, and it isn’t considered a portion of their diet at this point. Still, … Continue reading "Panda Updates – Friday, July 28"

If anyone has visited Scaly Slimy Spectacular recently, you may have noticed some changes happening. One change in particular is that we no longer have our female alligator snapping turtle inside the main gallery. She now lives in the Georgia River habitat with many other turtles, including our big male alligator snapping turtle, Flint. Moving … Continue reading "The new Georgia River turtle couple"

A few days ago we were privileged to have the Atlanta Journal-Constitution out to the Zoo to visit Ya Lun and Xi Lun and get an update on how quickly the cubs have grown and their upcoming first birthdays. We had the area all prepped and ready, assuming Ya Lun would be the adventurous one … Continue reading "Panda Update – Wednesday, July 26"