2017 ANNUAL REPORT INSPIRING OTHERS TO JOIN US IN CARING FOR ANIMALS AND CONSERVING THE NATURAL WORLD. 2 CEO/Executive Director, Toledo Zoo&Aquarium Jeff Sailer Sincerely, our missionofinspiringotherstojoinusincaringforanimalsandconserving thenaturalworld! it formany, manymore. Read onforthefull2017yearinreviewofyourToledo Zooastoldthrough been educating,inspiringandengagingvisitorsforwellover100 years andwelookforwardtodoing Malawi EventCenterandcontinuingtomake uspartofyourfamilyholidaytraditions!TheZoohas coming outtoviewandappreciateournewanimals,takingpartin ournewevents,utilizing Best ZooLightsDisplayinthenation,wemadelotsofmemoriestogether! We appreciateeveryone Art andLuminous Nights,tothedebutsofanewkoala andrescuedcougarcubsrepeatingas without you.Fromthebirthsofseveralendangeredspeciesandhosting twonewevents,Wildabout 2017 wasanothernote-worthyyearfortheToledo Zooand,ofcourse, wecouldn’t havedoneit FROM THEDIRECTOR AT AGLANCE Dr. MarciaLatta John C.Jones James Hoffman Pamela Hershberger James Haudan Dr. ShandaGore Carol Contrada Elaine Canning Angelita CruzBridges Susan AllanBlock 2017 BOARD TOLEDO ZOO VIDEOS TOLEDO ZOO SEASONAL PROMO view donorshere Olivia Summons Marc Stockwell Clarence Smith,Jr. Rasesh Shah Dr. Rodney Rogers Harlan Reichle Bonnie Rankin William McDonnell Richard LaValley footage ofouranimalsandeventsfromthroughouttheyear! Look fortheplaybuttonsthroughoutourannualreportandclickfunvideo

Shayla BellMoriarty ASSISTANT EDITORS /JeffSailer, COPY EDITOR /KimHaddix ANNUAL REPORT EDITORS 419-385-5721 Toledo, OH43614-0130 PO Box 140130 TOLEDO ZOO &AQUARIUM DESIGNER /AnnKinsman MUST DOZOO

daughter inSwahili, wasborn. Female Masaigirae, Binti,whichmeans SEPTEMBER 21 Utah’s HogleZoomade. Hope, SSPrecommendedmoveto Announcement offemalepolarbear, MAY 24 beloved orpreciousoneinSwahili, wasborn. Female Masaigirae, Kipenzi,whichmeans APRIL 13 ZOOtoDO kicko event. MARCH 9 means governorinSwahili, wasborn. Male westernlowlandgorilla,Mokonzi, which NOVEMBER 24 Washington madetheirpublicdebut. Three rescuedfemalecougarcubsfrom OCTOBER 4 Renovated MalawiEventCenteropens. AUGUST 31 means surpriseinKazakh, wasborn. Female snowleopard,Dariga,which JUNE 8 dainty/diminutive inChinese, wasborn. Female Francois’ langur, Ling,whichmeans JANUARY 15 MOKONZI, NEWBABYGORILLA COUGAR CUBFEEDING NEW GIRAFFECALF DARIGA, SNOWLEOPARDCUB KIPENZI’S FIRST DAYOUT! ZOOTODO 2017 BABY LANGUR IN 2017 NEW Male koala, Coedie, onloanfromSanDiegoZoo’s TOLEDO ZOO &AQUARIUM 2017ANNUAL REPORT New festivalofcolor, Luminous Nights,opened. Zoo hostsfirston-grounds,WildaboutArtFair. Toledo ZoohonoredwithOhioDepartmentof Lights BeforeChristmashonoredforsecond Female polarbearNan,movedtoBrookfield Koala Loan Program,madehispublicdebut. Natural Resources DivisionofWildlife2017 as partofSSPbreedingrecommendation. year inarowasBestZooLightsbyUSA Omaha’s HenryDoorlyZoo&Aquarium Zoo onSSPbreedingrecommendation. Male African elephant,Louie, movedto Wildlife DiversityConservationAward. Female westernlowlandgorilla,Sufi Male whiterhinoceros,Sam,passed away attheadvancedageof44. Bettine, madeherpublicdebut. Today 10Best contest. SEPTEMBER 29 SEPTEMBER 5 LBC 2017PROMO AUGUST 5&6 DECEMBER 8 FEBRUARY 14 OCTOBER 26 MARCH 17 JUNE 7 MAY 5 3 BY THE NUMBERS

TOTAL ATTENDANCE TOTAL MEMBERSHIPS lbc ATTENDANCE ICE21,456 SLIDE BUMPER9,462 CAR RIDERS RIDERS 1,057,116 57,869 167,797 12.79% of LBC attendance 5.64% of LBC attendance

Wine Tastings ZooBrew TOTAL WEDDINGS ADULT1,046 EVENTS 45 WITH GUESTS 704 guests during 5 events 332 guests 6,643 GIRAFFE140,215 FEED DECK AND ATTENDANCE EVENTS 3.7% average group size REHEARSAL DINNERS 105 225 AFTERHOURS 5 held in the new WITH 206 GUESTS MALAWI EVENT CENTER EVENTS Nearly STAFF LIVE NATION CONCERT SERIES TOTAL ATTENDANCE: 18,931 11,148ESTIMATED TOTAL MEMBERS Paul Simon HA ImpracticalHA Straight No Matchbox Sammy HEADS OF LETTUCE 1,000 Jokers Chaser & Twenty Hagar HA HA Postmodern DISTRIBUTED FULL AND PART TIME 4,475 HA Jukebox 4,084 3,631 3,827 200 800 employees 2,914 Utilized a volunteer corps OF individuals, including

BASKETS37,898 SOLD 863 ZooTeens! 24.75% of attendance on days the deck was open to the public 375 MUSIC UNDER THE STARs JULY 9 JULY 16 JULY 23 JULY 30 ATTENDANCE: 10,457 2,800 2,914 2,243 2,500 Participating in over BUSIEST MONTH BUSIEST DAY BUSIEST WEEK individual10,000+ animals representing more than Survival Species Programs DECEMBER 2 DECEMBER 18-24 species through80 the Association of Zoos and Aquariums THE NATURAL WORLD . ANIMALS AND CONSERVING THE NATURAL JOIN US IN CARING FOR TO INSPIRING OTHERS JULY 720 13,026 VISITORS 43,616 VISITORS 151,358 VISITORS

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2017 Cases of Note technician performed weekly Hue, our 26-year-old female gibbon ultrasound exams to ensure that they would normally learn in the wild. Enrichment enrichment program to ensure that we are broke her finger and required a cast everything was progressing was customized for each cat based on its meeting their behavioral and emotional needs to allow it to heal. To keep her from smoothly. All of our great developmental level (age and size) and included and allowing these animals to thrive. Guests can removing her bandage, a cast had apes and many of our primates are trained with toys such as balls, PVC tubes, large dog toys see our enrichment and training programs in to be fashioned to cover her entire arm to keep it positive reinforcement to allow ultrasounds to and puzzle-type feeders that challenge them action at our many on-grounds events including, in place. Fortunately, the cast was strong and help monitor reproductive health and neonatal to find food. The cats were also given items Vanimal-tine’s Day, Animal Egg Hunt, Enrichment allowed the finger to heal well. Hue was quickly care. After Mokonzi was born, the veterinary staff and activities to encourage exploration of their Day and Pumpkin Stomp & Chomp. able to return to doing what she does best, began training with Kitani to allow for physical environment and different scents, like spices and ANIMAL SOUNDS FROM THE TOLEDO ZOO swinging through the air! examination as well as vaccination of Mokonzi to extracts, to stimulate their sense of smell. As the ensure that he remains safe and healthy. Kitani cats continue to grow and develop, so will their During our female gorilla Kitani’s pregnancy with shows wonderful maternal instincts and Mokonzi new baby, Mokonzi (1) a trained ultrasonography continues to grow and explore. The veterinary department is RESPONSIBLE for the health of ALL THE ZOO’S ANIMALS, a collection spanning more than 10,000 INDIVIDUALS.

1,100 400 897 570 WOLVES EXAMS BLOOD TESTS FECALS RADIOGRAPHS BABY GALAPAGOES SLOTH Hippo Tusk Trimming Both Nile hippos, Herbie and Emma, have been blue and white pool float mounted on a pole, with trained to voluntarily work with behavior staff and their upper lip. As the target is raised, the hippo CHICKS keepers to have their tusks trimmed. Hippo tusks opens its mouth to meet the target. After the SCORPIONS continually grow. Wild hippos keep their tusks hippo learns to open its mouth to meet the target, sharpened due to the larger lower canines we increase the amount of time the hippo holds rubbing against the shorter upper canines and its mouth open a little at a time. Once it holds is also eat tall grasses, which can naturally file the mouth open, we then introduce the file – a flat tusks. Occasionally, their tusks grow a bit long blade with diamond dust that can cut through the and can occlude the gums, causing discomfort tooth without any sharpness that could injure the for the hippo. The animal behavior and mammal hippo or keeper. Training sessions last as long as BROWN the hippos seem interested and are willing to BEAR CUDDLES participate. As we train with positive reinforcement, the hippos are well-rewarded with oranges, apples and bananas as food treats for their efforts.

New to the Zoo MEERKAT PUPS 2017 brought the Zoo four big cat cubs: Dariga, a female snow leopard that was born to parents Greta and Shishir, and three cougar/puma cubs that were orphaned in the wild and taken in departments worked together to develop a plan by the Zoo. Being young animals, these cubs,

THE NATURAL WORLD . ANIMALS AND CONSERVING THE NATURAL JOIN US IN CARING FOR TO INSPIRING OTHERS to routinely trim their tusks. The hippos were first especially the orphaned cougars, needed a MACAW trained to open their mouths when shown food considerable amount of enrichment to encourage GORILLA SNACKS FAST FACTS treats. They then learned to touch a target, a play and help them learn important life skills that

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8 TOLEDO ZOO & AQUARIUM 2017 ANNUAL REPORT 9 INSPIRING OTHERS TO JOIN US IN CARING FOR ANIMALS AND CONSERVING THE NATURAL WORLD. 10 improves motorskillsinyoungchildren. elicits sciencelearningbehaviorssuchasobservationandcauseeffectinquiry of achild’s cognitive, physical,emotional andsocialwell-being.Additionally, natureplay Foundation. Ithasbeenproventhatoutdoorfamilynatureplayenhancesmanyaspects nature play. The2017programwasfundedthroughtwograntsbytheToledo Community Bowling GreenState Universitytointroducefamilieswithchildrenages3–12 to family Metroparks oftheToledo Area,the577Foundation,MosaicMinistries ofSouthToledo and Play NaturallyToledo (PNT)wascreatedasacollaborationbetweentheToledo Zoo, animals, colors,numbers,textures, movementsandsongs. in 2017. Over150infanttothreeyearoldscamesixconsecutiveweeks tolearnaboutzoo Stroller Safaricontinuedtobeourmostsuccessfulprogrambringinginrecordnumbers EDUCATION Planet Party for the

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property bytheZoo's WildToledo program. mentor teachersandstudents toutilizeprairiesthathavebeeninstalledonschool B) ProjectPRAIRIE-$7,900 fromtheMarthaHoldenJennings Foundationtotrainand professional development. in sciencethroughadoptionofa“citizenscience” modelsupported byteacher performance A) iEvolve– $18,427 The EducationDepartmentreceivedseveralgrantsin 2017. Themostnotable: red pandatoursandoctopusencounterswerehighlightsofour2017tourofferings. outstanding carethatoccursfortheZoo’s animalcollection.Elephanttrainingsessions, animals andtheanimalcarestaff. Emphasisisplacedonconservation,enrichmentandthe Behind-the-scenes toursgivegueststheopportunitytohaveupcloseexperiences with more thandoubledfromthepreviousyearwith939students. fromlocalschooldistricts.Thenumberofparticipants teachers andstudents recruiting out theyear. Afocusin2017wasonincreasingovernightopportunitiesduringtheweekby Overnights areofferedforscouts,communitygroups,schools,familiesandadultsthrough development, purchasingequipmentandconductinginquiryclasseswiththestudents. Martha HoldenJenningsFoundationprovidedfundsforteacherprofessional the through currently collaboratingwiththeZooduringinitialphaseofProjectPRAIRIE.Agrant (Perrysburg), GatewayMiddleSchool(Maumee)andChaseSTEM Academy(Toledo) are ries forinquiryandcitizenscienceinvestigations.Threeschools,HullPrairieIntermediate school propertybytheZoo's WildToledo program.Theprairiesserveaslivinglaborato- trains andmentorsteachersstudentstoutilizeprairiesthathavebeeninstalledon Project PRAIRIE(PRAIRESTHATINVIGORATE INQUIRY L EARNING) isaprogramthat 774 Behind-the-ScenesTours: 337tours for 1,253participants ZooSnooze:107Overnights with4,818participants Total Education#:

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