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  Octopus Chalupa

• Dino Don’s Dragon Kingdom
  May 28 – Sept. 5

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• Conservation
• Sustainability
• Research Programs
• Bird Conservation
• Bat Conservation
• Collaborative Support
• Endangered Species
• Species Survival Plans
• Enrichment

 

SPECIES SURVIVAL PLANS

We participate in Species Survival Plans (SSP®) of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums. These groups join scientists and collaborating experts to develop breeding and management plans to help protect the welfare and genetic variation of species in human care. These plans improve the survival of SSP-managed species at the Milwaukee County Zoo and in the wild. We also participate in collaborative programs with other countries to assist with wildlife conservation.

The following species that live at the Milwaukee County Zoo are included in SSPs. (The Milwaukee County Zoo also participates in SSPs for our animals that live at other AZA institutions.):

Mammals Armadillo, Southern Three-banded Agouti, Red-rumped Bat, African straw-colored Fruit Bear, Polar Bongo, Eastern Bonobo Bushbaby, Moholi Cheetah Chevrotain, Greater Malayan Colobus, Eastern Black & White Elephant, African Fox, Fennec Gazelle, Thomson's Giraffe Gorilla, Western Lowland Hippopotamus, River Hog, Red River Hyena, Spotted Impala Jaguar Kudu, Greater Leopard, Snow Lemur, Red Ruffed Lemur, Ring-tailed Lion Macaque, Japanese Mandrill Mongoose, Dwarf Monkey, Black-handed Spider Monkey, Goeldi's Moose Orangutan, Bornean Otter, North American River Panda, Red (refulgens) Porcupine, North American Porcupine, Prehensile-tailed Rhinoceros, Black Seal, Harbor Serval Siamang Sloth, Hoffman's Two-toed Tapir, Baird's Tamarin, Cotton-top Tamarin, Golden Lion Tiger, Amur Waterbuck, Common Zebra, Plains

Birds Barbet, Bearded Cardinal, Red-crested Chat, Snowy-headed Robin Crane, Black-crowned Crane, Gray-crowned Crane, Whooping Curassow, Northern Helmeted Dove, Beautiful Fruit Dove, Black-naped Fruit Dove, Luzon Bleeding Heart Duck, Spotted Whistling Flamingo, Chilean Flamingo, Caribbean Frogmouth, Tawny Guineafowl, Crested Hamerkop Heron, Boat-billed Hornbill, Red-billed Hornbill, Rhinoceros Hornbill, Southern Ground Hwamei, Chinese Ibis, Scarlet Ibis, Waldrapp Jay, Plush-crested Kingfisher, Guam Lapwing, Masked Leiothrix, Red-billed Myna, Bali Partridge, Crested Wood Peafowl, Congo Penguin, Gentoo Penguin, Humboldt Penguin, Southern Rockhopper Pigeon, Green-naped Pheasant Pigeon, Nicobar Pigeon, Victoria Crowned Rhea, Greater Screamer, Southern Crested Spoonbill, African Starling, Golden-breasted Stilt, Black-necked Stork, Abdim's Stork, Marabou Sunbittern Swan, Trumpeter Tanager, Blue-gray Tanager, Silver-beaked Tanager, Turquoise Teal, Madagascar Teal, Marbled Tern, Inca Thrush, Common Shama Turaco, Violet Vulture, Cinereous (Eurasian Black) Weaver, White-headed Buffalo

Reptiles Alligator, Chinese Cobra, King Gecko, Fantastic Leaf-tailed Iguana, Grand Cayman Blue Monitor, Black Tree Rattlesnake, Eastern Massasauga Skink, Prehensile-tailed Turtle, Blanding’s Turtle, Spotted

Fish Cichlid, Lake Victorian

Updated February 2021