The Assiniboine Park Zoo

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The Assiniboine Park Zoo

• Samantha
• Annaliza

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Introduction

• The Assiniboine zoo is the second largest animal
  collection in Canada.
• It has over 1 600 different kinds of animals
• Over 240 different kinds of species
• A major attraction here in Winnipeg
• The zoo covers 45 hectares of riparian forest
  along the bank of the Assiniboine River
• It was established in 1904
• The zoo specializes in animals from cooler
  climates of the world
• The zoo has a long record of displaying and
  breeding rare and endangered species
• In the last decade, 473 000 people have visited
  the zoo
• The Assiniboine Zoo is the oldest zoo in Canada,
  which makes it an important place in both
  Manitoba and Canada

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Introduction Contd

• There are outdoor and indoor facilities,
  depending on the season
• Countless peacocks wonder wherever they please
• Several waterfowl ponds are home to a variety of
  native and exotic species
• Animals are kept in a variety of environments,
  they are beautifully landscaped enclosures

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Animals

• The zoo has numerous exotic animals and tropical
  species
• The zoo has four species of bears
• Some birds include the black necked swan, cape
  barren goose and Hawaiian goose
• There are many rare and exotic species displayed
• Most of the animals displayed are from the
  northern latitude and mountain ranges
• Adjacent is an owl section with nine winter hardy
  species
• The zoo has four species of bears polar,
  grizzly, American black and spectacled bears
• There are wild cats displayed at the zoo, for
  example, Siberian tiger, and Irkustsk lynx
  represent Eurasian cats
• The animals are housed in natural exhibits
• Many of the animals can be seen outdoors
  throughout the year

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Displays Exhibits

• Down Under Display, displays Australian fauna
• There is a pair of Matschies tree kangaroo
• There are many parrots such as golah, lorikeets,
  and finches
• There are also four additional Parma wallabies
  displayed
• There is also an African fauna display
• There are few traditional large animals kept, due
  to the long winter confinement and high
  maintenance costs for heated quarters
• There are seven lemurs maintained
• The seven types are ring tailed, black, red
  fronted, mongoose, black and white, red ruffed
  and brown. All of the latter species have
  produced offspring
• Some African animals displayed are Chapmans
  zebra, brown hyena, Cape hyrax, marabou stork,
  African crowned crane, Abyssinian lovebird,
  cape-thick knee, numerous species of finches and
  African spotted lungfish

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Displays Exhitbits Contd

• The zoo also has a neo tropical exhibit
• There are 34 Caribbean flamingoes displayed
• 22 compatible white fronted marmosets are
  displayed as well
• There are 12 cotton tipped tamarins and groups of
  red-bellied tamarin
• As well as a common squirrel monkey and bush dog

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Tropical House

• The tropical house provides warm weather viewing
  of tropical animals
• It is home to monkeys, reptiles and free flying
  birds from tropical forests
• Here, birds fly freely overhead
• There are over 41 species of birds
• There is also an American alligator
• Red piranhas are also displayed
• A two toed sloth and orange rumped agouti is also
  displayed
• Five adult Aldabra tortoises have been displayed
  there for over a 26-year period

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Kinsmen Discovery Center

• The Kinsmen Discovery Center has a
  self-sufficient ecosystem where creatures no
  longer have to be fed by zookeepers
• It has a large indoor and outdoor facility
  (including a barn)
• It exhibits farm animals, reindeer, and llama
• There are exhibits of short tailed fruit bat and
  six kinds of rat snakes
• There are tortoises, lungfish, and a red tailed
  catfish
• It is good for children because it has an
  interactive display and a petting zoo

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Life Expectancy and Historical Events

• Life expectancy
• 14 years and 8 months a male pronghorn
• 20 years and 7 months an alpine ibex
• 17 years and 7 months an Afghanistan markhor
• 20 years and 1 month - a Stones sheep
• Historical Events
• A gibbon made history with an eye operation
  (November 05, 1983)
• A blind ape underwent cataract surgery (October
  18, 1983)
• A brave hare arrived at the zoo after surgery on
  a frozen foot (February 25, 1984)
• The zoo experienced the death of the worlds
  oldest pronghorn (November 16, 2000)

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Zoo Map
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Legend for the Zoo Map

• Bears
• Porcupine
• Red Pandas
• Snowy Owls
• Owls
• Pheasants
• Small Primates
• Markhor
• Crowned Cranes
• Wallaby
• Red Kangaroo / Creopsis Goose
• Prairie Dog
• Raccoon
• Monkeys
• Future Development

• Future Development
• Northern Cats
• Stones Sheep
• Stones Sheep
• Spectacle Bear
• Siberian Tiger / Leopards
• Llama
• Alpine Lbex
• Vicuna
• Gazelle
• Pronghorn
• Alpaca
• Goiterred Gazelle
• Bactrain Camel

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Legend Contd

• Cougar
• Canadian Lynx
• Wolverine
• Formosan Sika
• Elk
• Mule Deer
• Reindeer / Common Crane
• European Bison
• Flamingo
• Kinsmen Discovery Center
• Zoo Gift Shop
• Miniature Train
• Animal Tracks Café
• Leo Mol Sculpture Garden
• English Gardens

• Yak
• Arabian Camel
• Zebra
• Waterfowl
• Muskox
• Guanaco
• Tropical House
• Native Water Birds
• Pelican
• Caribou
• Bobcat / Arctic Fox
• Native Birds
• Eagles
• Amur Leopard Cat
• Bison / White-tailed deer

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Newspaper Headings

• 1.6 million was given to the zoo to house more
  and bigger monkeys (1980)
• Zoo trespasser loses his finger to a tiger (June
  1983)
• Three wolverine cubs were born in captivity. At
  time there were the first of such births in
  Canada (March 7, 1987)
• An infection wipes out a caribou and mule deer
  herds (March 31, 1987)
• Zoo saved reindeer from a deadly disease
  (December 01, 1987)
• 2 million dollars spent to renovate bear pits
  (June 09, 1988)
• City councilors approve 379 000 for panda
  enclosure (January 05, 1989)
• Zoo makes plans about bringing beluga whales,
  seals, and penguins for display (July 23, 1989)
• Winnipeg animal rights group planned to protest
  the panda exhibit in preson. They claimed that
  panda loan programs are expolitive and say that
  it helps to the extinction of the animal (August
  04, 1989)

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Newspaper Headings Contd

• Chinese pandas are sent back to China (September
  17, 1989)
• Assinibone Zoo planned to bring a special exhibit
  of Australian animals (December 05, 1989)
• Three year old bull elk introduced to two elk
  cows in hope that they would mate (May 2000)
• Zoo discusses the possiblilty of a name change in
  the future (June 2000)
• Zoo sells lights of the wild to the city of
  Portage la Prairie and the Greater Vancouver zoo
  (August 2000)
• The city decides to make the zoo a bigger tourist
  attraction (December 2000)
• Male gibbon from Singapore is sent to Assiniboine
  Zoo for a lonely female gibbon (August 2001)
• Judge clears zoo in the death of a zookeeper
  bitten and stomped to death by a camel (April 14,
  1988)

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Pictures
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Pictures Contd
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Conclusion

• The Assiniboine Zoo is important in many
  different ways
• This a place where people can learn a lot about
  different kinds of animals
• The zoo is also a historic place in Manitoba and
  Canada
• It is also a home to a variety of animals, big
  and small
• The zoo saves the animals that are close to
  extinction
• It is one major and incredible attraction of
  Winnipeg
• This gives the animals a chance to live on earth
  longer