Young Mexican wolf pup born at the El Paso Zoo and Botanical Gardens in 2022. The Right to be Wild, a documentary by Madileine Torneman opens with a quote by Aldo Leopold “Only the mountain has lived long enough to listen objectively to the howl of the wolf.” Fifteen years ago I transferred to video…
Month: February 2023
Meet Tatu the armadillo
Tatu is a southern three-banded armadillo (Tolypeutes matacus). She was born on April 19, 2017 at the Frank Buck Zoo and arrived at the El Paso Zoo when she was just four months old. All of her keepers just love taking care of her and our Education Team will often include her at animal encounters…
The Zoo’s support of the Indonesian Species Conservation Program
Slow loris rescued by the Indonesia Species Conservation Program Without a doubt the most important conservation goal of the El Paso Zoo and Botanical Gardens is working to save endangered species. Recently the Zoo received a report from the Indonesia Species Conservation Program in northern Sumatra summarizing their activities in 2022. We have supported this…
Meet Evita, a long-tailed chinchilla
Evita is a long-tailed chinchilla from the Andes mountains of South America. She is presented today in a short video we made with Zoo keeper Prentice. Evita was born at the Atlanta Zoo on January 18, 2017 and came to the El Paso Zoo three months later in April. Chinchillas can best be described as…
Conservation Education 