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African Savanna and Visit All Those Crepuscular Animals! Friday, May 29 Gates Close at 8 P.M.; Grounds Remain Open Until 9 P.M African Savanna Special Edition an Sav ic an r n f a A BOWL Experience ZK IN A G the Zoo in True A F S O O Safari Style! R R HIN The Utah Chapter American Association of Zoo Keepers would like to invite you to join us at our annual Bowling for Rhinos fundraiser! Funds raised go to rhino protection programs in Africa and Indonesia, benefitting numerous other threatened species. Your participation also helps provide schools, clinics and jobs for the local communities. This is a fun, family event that includes all-you-can-eat pizza, as well as the opportunity to win fabulous prizes. Registration for adults and $25 for children under Did you know that many of our animals $10 10 years. (including our new lions) are crepuscular? For more event info, please visit our website: www.utahaazk.org or email us at [email protected] This means that they are most active at dawn and dusk. You can also follow us on Our members-only Sunrise and Sunset Safaris are a perfect time to visit the Zoo, see the new African Savanna and visit all those crepuscular animals! Friday, May 29 Gates close at 8 p.m.; grounds remain open until 9 p.m. June 20, 2014 Explore African Savanna all by yourself! Be one of the first to see this state-of-the-art exhibit. 5 – 9 p.m. Features Gazing and Grazing Utah’s Zoological Society Board Members African Savanna is set to open in May! 2 President James E. Hogle Jr Vice President Paul M. Dougan Secretary/Treasurer Patrick Hogle Executive Committee Steven Barth Bill Hulterstrom Jim Bird Carlene Walker Blake Fisher Jr. Greg Williams Sam Granato Members J. Scott Anderson Sandra Gonzalez Corey Brand Rick Graham Tim Dahle David Huntsman Analecia Dumke Norma Matheson Missy Ekstrom Patty Miller Amy A. Garff Marianne Woolsey Moyle John D. Garfield Julie Anne Thomas Dennis Gay Lauryn Wingate Hogle Zoo Nostalgia Utah’s Hogle Zoo nurtures respect and 4 appreciation for the natural world by providing diverse educational, recreational and conservation opportunities. This is accomplished through imaginative exhibits and programs, professional animal care and a commitment to excellence. Lions Times Four! 6-7 The Safari Team Executive Director: Craig Dinsmore Editors: Lesley Scoville Tiffany Burnett Art Direction: Matt Bates The Safari is printed on acid-free paper with a minimum of 10% post-consumer recycled fiber, using earth-friendly inks. How to reach us: (801) 584-1700 Development ext. 708 Marketing ext. 749 Docents ext. 713 Memberships ext. 542 Education ext. 714 Public Relations ext. 729 Education Programs ext. 763 Volunteers ext. 737 Public Events ext. 750 Zootique ext. 734 Group Sales ext. 792 hoglezoo.org Postmaster: Send address changes to The Safari Utah’s Hogle Zoo Calendar 2600 Sunnyside Avenue 10-11 Salt Lake City, UT 84108 Follow us on Open every day at 9 a.m. Closed only on September 4, Christmas and New Year’s Day GAZING AND GRAZING AFRICAN SAVANNA IS SET TO OPEN IN MAY! BY BRAD C. PARKIN, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, MARKETING SERVICES ntering the main Interested gate at Hogle in even more E Zoo will never be memories? Imagine the same again! You will enjoying panoramic immediately encounter views of the large giraffes, see zebra from herbivores as they overlook areas in the main plaza, graze or gather and may even hear a nearby lion’s roar. at the watering Welcome to African Savanna! hole. Or, take an Following one and a half years of immersive ride on construction, Hogle Zoo is excited to the brand-new open our all-new African Savanna. More Zoofari Express train than four acres have been transformed along the Savanna’s into amazing grasslands, featuring perimeter. And, African wildlife in a large, multi-species for that special environment. African Savanna provides family photo op, a new and enhanced home for our don’t forget that giraffes, which will live alongside the iconic, newly- ostriches, zebras, nyala antelope and restored, and original lion drinking fountain is returning! dozens of guinea fowl. Now you and your family can see these magnificent The naturalistic lion habitat within species and more without traveling to Africa. Learn what is Africa Savanna is sure to be a favorite. threatening their survival in the wild; conservation programs The large floor-to-ceiling viewing in which Hogle Zoo participates and supports; and what you windows will allow Zoo guests to get can do to make a difference. It all becomes a reality soon nose-to-nose with our four African lions. for you and your family – and thousands of other Hogle Zoo Hogle Zoo keepers will be interacting members and non-members alike, ready to welcome African with the lions daily, providing behavioral Savanna to the cavalcade of Hogle Zoo guest experiences. enrichment demonstrations throughout African Savanna is the final project funded in part by the the summer. The lion demo area is Salt Lake County “Renew the Zoo” bond of 2008. Hogle Zoo sponsored by The Les Schwab Tire thanks Salt Lake County residents for their support in helping Centers. make African Savanna a reality. Welcome our new animals with a housewarming gift! We can’t wait to welcome all our new animals to their state-of-the-art home in African Savanna! You, too, can help welcome our new animals with a housewarming gift! Did you know that our animals need toys such as piñatas, puzzle feeders, and balls to stimulate all of their senses? Not only do our animals need To provide these a comfortable home, they also need opportunities to learn and interact in housewarming gifts, ways that stimulate their natural behaviors. This helps keep them healthy, so, donate by returning how do we provide these opportunities? By giving them physical and mental the enclosed envelope, enrichment activities with play items to make every day fun and active. giving online at www.hoglezoo.org, Your charitable gifts to our Annual Fund help us continue to provide the best for all of the animals in our care and are tax deductible to the extent provided by law. Give a or by calling gift today to help us give our new lions, zebras and nyala the warmest of welcomes. (801) 584-4546. 2 Utah’s Hogle Zoo www.hoglezoo.org King of the Savanna BY LIZ LARSEN, CONSERVATION COORDINATOR ith the opening of African one of the largest protected areas in Savanna, Hogle Zoo is Africa, with an amazing diversity of W bringing back lions! The apt animals. This space is also critical, and frequently coined term “Simba,” as it provides important corridors for the Swahili name for lion, also refers wildlife, enabling them to migrate and to “strength” or someone with “much disperse between parks. Niassa is an power.” These king-like references international treasure – one that needs describe lions well. They are Africa’s to be preserved. top predator and are large -- both Hogle Zoo is proud to partner in size and disposition. And, like all with the Niassa Lion Project (NLP), nobles, they need a large territory to working to conserve and protect reign. In the wild, lions need a lot of carnivores in this area. Within the space, not for the change in scenery, Niassa National Reserve, there are but to support their vast appetites. 3,500 people living and raising their It takes a lot of antelope to fill their families amongst the lions and other stomachs, and antelope herds need a carnivores. Naturally, whenever lot of savannah or grasslands to sustain humans and wildlife intersect, conflict healthy populations. can arise. The lofty goal of the project is to “secure lion populations and to develop a model of community-based NLP workers tracking lions. conservation that works.” As associates of Niassa, we are pleased to report the project is progressing well. The NLP has developed plans aimed at reducing lion attacks, reducing snaring and improving food security and the community’s livelihood. Programs include the building of predator-proof goat corrals, elephant-proof beehive fences, conservation agriculture, animal husbandry, land-use planning, skills training, anti- poaching and mentorship. NLP radio-collared lion. There are financial incentives in the NLP plan, and local In recent years, there has been a residents are educated, trained tremendous loss of savanna habitats and hired to facilitate this work. across Africa. This has resulted in Building sustainable “lion the reduction of the lion’s range by communities” takes time and there 75 percent, causing a major decline are many challenges ahead. The in lion populations. Since the 1950s, human population continues to grow it is estimated that lion prides have and there is increasing international decreased by nearly half. Most lion demand for illegal wildlife. However, populations are small and fragmented, the NLP is reporting the lion population which means they are unsustainable in Niassa is increasing, with several populations. However, there are 10 new cubs last year and no lion attacks remaining strongholds for lions. One occurring in the last few years! Long of these is the Niassa National Reserve live the King of Savanna! in northern Mozambique. Niassa is Utah’s Hogle Zoo www.hoglezoo.org © Photo provided by Woodland Park Zoo. 3 Hogle Zoo Nostalgia BY ERICA HANSEN, COMMUNITY RELATIONS COORDINATOR The Lion Drinking Fountain From the very first moment kids see it, they’re equal-parts thrilled and nervous. Will the lion’s mouth close? Will they be able to sneak their head in its mouth and get a drink without the lion noticing? For those who grew up here, or have spent any amount of time at Utah’s Hogle Zoo, the lion drinking fountain is an iconic snapshot of childhood in Salt Lake City.
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