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Wild For Life

The Toronto Zoo

Science

Frequency: 1 episode/13d. Total Eps: 96

Wild For Life is the Toronto Zoo podcast that brings you behind the scenes and unveils the "hidden zoo." Each episode brings you information on the critical conservation work that protects endangered species and works to preserve biodiversity. You will hear from nutritionists, ecologists, veterinarians, social scientists, wildlife biologists, and more that are working hard to help protect wildlife from all over the world.

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https://plasticfree.ecochallenge.org/
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http://www.torontozoo.com/terralumina
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https://www.lionrecoveryfund.org/
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https://www.instagram.com/thetorontozoo
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https://www.instagram.com/zoogreenhouse
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https://twitter.com/TheTorontoZoo
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Preventing the Vancouver Island Marmot form going extinct

Season 1 · Episode 95

mercredi 24 août 2022 • Duration 40:00

The Vancouver Island Marmot is designated Critically Endangered under the Canadian Species At Risk Act and the Toronto Zoo (and their partners) are making sure that the cute marmots increase in a population where they would be no longer considered endangered. Stacy Soh, zookeeper at the Toronto Zoo, joins me on the podcast to tell you why she loves the Vancouver Island Marmot so much and how the Zoo is trying to help increase its population. Stacey also talks about how she ended up working at the Toronto Zoo after leaving her home country of New Zealand and how she has an interesting connection to Yeshy (our guests on the last podcast.

The Black-Footed Ferret conservation program at the Toronto Zoo

Season 1 · Episode 94

jeudi 28 juillet 2022 • Duration 37:15

The Toronto Zoo is working to help protect the critically endangered Black-Footed Ferret from going extinct in the wild through a breeding program. Yeshy Beyersbergen joins me on the podcast to tell us about the program that raises the ferrets at the Zoo with the goal of releasing them into the wild to add to the population in North America.

Yeshy describes the program and the criteria that each ferret must have before being released in the wild. She talks about the precautions that she and her colleagues have to take to keep the animals healthy and the number of new kits (babies) the Zoo has this year. The number of kits certainly keeps Yeshy and her fellow keepers busy!

WFL 85: Considerations when designing habitats at The Toronto Zoo

Season 1 · Episode 85

mercredi 9 février 2022 • Duration 39:19

Have you ever wondered how each habitat at the Zoo is designed and what type of considerations are taken into account when a new habitat is designed? Brent Huffman, Lead Keeper of Mammals at The Toronto Zoo, returns to the podcast to talk about one of his favourite things are the Zoo: habitat design. Brent tells about all of the different considerations that need to be addressed when designing a new habitat or altering existing ones. Habitats need to provide accessibility to keepers, the veterinarian staff, the garden staff, and more. It also needs to provide a number of different viewing areas that will be optimal for visitors to see the animals. Of course, the most important consideration is that of the animals and their welfare. Brent provides us with different thinking around habitats at The Toronto Zoo.

WFL 84: Celebrating Charles, the Silverback Gorilla’s 50th Birthday

Season 1 · Episode 84

mercredi 26 janvier 2022 • Duration 50:15

Heidi Manicki joins me on this episode to help celebrate Charles, the iconic Silverback Gorilla, who turned 50 this year. We discuss how Charles has matured over his years at the Toronto Zoo including his number one fear! We also discuss how important Charles is as an iconic connection for visitors to learn about how we can better protect critically endangered Western Lowland gorillas in the wild.

Keep listening for a surprise announcement to help protect gorillas!

WFL 83: How the Toronto Zoo uses their manure to produce electricity in partnership with Zooshare

Season 1 · Episode 83

mercredi 12 janvier 2022 • Duration 31:33

I am excited to tell you that Kyla Graham, Manager of Conservation and Environment at the Zoo, joins me on the podcast to discuss the planning and implementation of the Zoo’s new BioGas program that it runs in partnership with ZooShare. Kyla described how the partnership with ZooShare was initiated to help the Zoo to find a process that will not only dispose of the 3,000 metric tons worth of manure per year but do it in a way that contributes to renewable energy. Here are links to ZooShare and an article that provides a summary of the project: 1) ZooShare website: https://zooshare.ca/ 2) Summary article of BioGas: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-zoo-manure-into-electricity-1.6277735?fbclid=IwAR078VDoK_mB3LxrSgLKHSKLaZCevbysU7FwicP0nMZ6h3AO-a0U_LnaxSc

WFL 82: Learn about the Amur tiger breeding program and the new tiger cub at the Toronto Zoo

Season 1 · Episode 82

mercredi 22 décembre 2021 • Duration 50:13

Nigel Parr, Zookeeper, stops by the podcast to tell us about the breeding program that brought us Mila, the Amur tiger cub, to the Toronto Zoo. We go in-depth on the breeding process and Mila’s parents; how the Zookeepers help monitor the health of the cubs; and, how the cub is cared for by Mila’s mom Mazyria and the Zoo staff.

Help protect Amur Tigers: https://www.sumatranrangerproject.com

WFL 81: New Wild Encounters at the Toronto Zoo

Season 1 · Episode 81

mercredi 8 décembre 2021 • Duration 35:27

You can count on the Wild Encounters program at the Toronto Zoo to add more benefits to your visit to the Zoo to get a behind-the-scenes tour of some of your favourite animals such as the polar bears and giraffes. There are now new encounters including goats, reptiles, and the hidden zoo (a look behind the zoo into some of the research). Hollie Ross, the behavioural husbandry supervisor, is my guest on the podcast today to discuss the new encounters and how they can add even more to your Toronto Zoo experience.

WFL 80: Coorporative Breeding Programs at the Toronto Zoo

Season 1 · Episode 80

jeudi 25 novembre 2021 • Duration 35:36

Brent Huffman, lead curator of mammals, at the Toronto Zoo joins me on this episode to discuss the importance of coorporative breeding programs at the Zoo. Brent defines the term “Cooporative Breeding” and tells us about various examples of breeding programs at the Zoo as well as some of the other zoos with which the Toronto Zoo works to ensure the proper breeding of a species in question. Brent also discusses the purposes of the Species Survival Plans (SSP) and how they function at the Toronto Zoo.

WFL 79: Transferring Theo The Rhino from the Toronto Zoo

Season 1 · Episode 79

mercredi 10 novembre 2021 • Duration 29:06

How to you transport a juvenile rhinoceros from Toronto to Vancouver during a pandemic? Vicki Hardstaff, the Toronto Zoo’s Animal Logistics Coordinator, joins me in today’s episode to discuss the planning and execution of transferring Theo the rhinoceros to the Greater Vancouver Zoo. We discuss the number of Zoo staff that accompanied Theo; his surroundings during the transfer; and, how long the distance actually is between Toronto and Vancouver!

WFL 78: Native Bat Conservation at the Toronto Zoo

Season 1 · Episode 78

mercredi 27 octobre 2021 • Duration 52:49

Toby Thorne, Native Bat Coordinator, and Melissa Mayhew, Senior Environmental Scientist at the Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) join me on the podcast to discuss why native bat conservation is so important to the Canadian environment and how the partnership between the Zoo and the NWMO is working to help protect bats and their habitat.