Calgary Zoo Association of Zoos and Aquariums. The report, released in 2010, spotlighted systemic problems. In response, the zoo developed a 36-point plan that included improving animal care procedures and collection planning, addressing staffing issues like training and structure, enhancing security systems and safety drills, and upgrading aging zoo infrastructure. Later that year, the zoo hired noted animal welfare specialist, Dr. Jake Veasey, who has since instituted major changes and spearheaded new investment in animal facilities. In March 2012, Amur tiger Katja gave birth to three Amur tiger cubs at the zoo. The species is so highly endangered (there are an estimated
Bronx Zoo sits atop the Rainey Memorial Gates. In 1916, the zoo built the world's first animal hospital located at a zoo. In 1937, the zoo became the first in North America to exhibit okapi. In 1960, the zoo became the first in the world to keep James's flamingo, a species which had been thought to be extinct until 1957. They were imported along with the similar Andean flamingo. The zoo was one of the few in the world to exhibit proboscis monkeys outside of Southeast Asia and, in the 1976 International Zoo Yearbook, the zoo reported having eight monkeys, seven of