![]() They determined they would need to add a new indoor and outdoor space to house a male elephant to breed with Zuri, something that just isn't feasible for the zoo or the species. They added that they were the first zoo to successfully train an elephant for voluntary artificial insemination however, Zuri has been unable to reproduce. Hogle Zoo constructed its current Elephant Encounter in 2005, as it sought to offer elephants the "social dynamic benefit of living in a multigenerational herd," zoo officials said Tuesday. The species continued to be a fixture when the zoo moved operations closer to Emigration Canyon in 1931. Salt Lake City's parks department brought in Princess Alice, a 32-year-old Asian elephant, before it constructed an enclosure for the animal in 1917. The ultimate choice to move Christie and Zuri is to provide them both the best chance to have a calf in the important social dynamic of a multigenerational herd," Lund said, in a statement.Įlephants have always been a major part of zoos in Utah, and the zoo's elephant care program dates back to 1916, more than a decade before Hogle Zoo's current grounds were established. ![]() ![]() "We have talked to many professionals, consultants, community members and our staff as we carefully assessed what is best for all our animals, including elephants Christie and Zuri. Zoo officials explained that the facility doesn't have the right resources to bring in a bull elephant needed for breeding at the moment. ![]() Utah's last two elephants are going to be sent to another zoo as Utah's Hogle Zoo plans to pause its continuous care of the species after a run that dates back over a century.ĭoug Lund, the zoo's CEO, said Tuesday that the zoo will indefinitely suspend the program, while its two remaining elephants - Christie, 36, and her daughter, Zuri, 13 - will be transferred to another zoo sometime in the near future. ![]()
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