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Ungulates: Underdogs of the Zoo World
A young female nilgai gets eye to eye with Jonnie! I almost always root for the underdog. Did you know that most ungulates (hoofed animals) are the underdogs of the zoo world? Well, for starters, they...
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Cinco de Rhino
One way to help rhinos? Throw a party! It sure seems like we are having a party, but this is serious, official rhino conservation business! May was a particularly busy month for rhino conservation, and...
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Where Are Those Rhinos?
Alta and Charlees sleeping away in their “rhino hideout.” One morning, I turned off the truck engine to enjoy the tranquility of the field exhibit at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park and realized it was...
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The Sitatunga: Elusive and Amazing
A sitatunga gives Jonnie a curious look. I hopped out of the feed truck and hauled a 40-pound bag of grain over to the shallow feeder where several antelope waited patiently. I dumped the entire...
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Rhinos: Back to Normal
Tanaya and Sundari watch as Bhopu relaxes in a mud wallow on his first day back into the field exhibit. I was hoping to write a short update about how we reintroduced the big guy, greater one-horned...
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A Creepy Night Watch
Tanaya peers over at scaredy-cat Jonnie. I slowly descend the ladder one rung at a time, shifting my backpack around to protect my computer as I jump off onto the sandy ground. Bhopu is staring at me,...
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Giraffe Calf Introduction
Kizuwanda, with Kato at her side, gives Jonnie the once over. I stretched up on my tiptoes to unlock a steel padlock and slid the pin holding the door shut over to the open position. Towering high...
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Helping Rhino Calf Mili, Part 1
Mili is fed by Melodi Tayles, a lead keeper at the Safari Park.I sat in the dark, nestled in a bed of hay entering notes into the computer with only a lantern by my side. It was a cold night, and...
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Helping Rhino Calf Mili, Part 2
Mili gets a mud bath from her keeper staff.Be sure to read Helping Rhino Calf Mili, Part 1. Soon after the birth, the 24-hour watches stopped, but we still spent our entire workday observing and caring...
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Helping Rhino Mili: Part 3
Mili checks out the world outside of the protective boma. Be sure to read Helping Rhino Mili: Part 2. The time has flown by, and by mid-January, Mili is already one month old. She is about 230 pounds...
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