| Show tions Chai was sent to Dickerson and got pregnant within weeks She did “power walks” twice daily leg lifts and abdominal exercises to ensure that she did not gain too much weight and that the calf would not be too big two factors that may have contributed to the deaths of previous calves Only 300 Asian ele- phants remain in North American zoos and the population is aging After age 25 the chances of reproduction decline The National Zoo experts an Asian elephant baby in December 2001 Miami Metrozoo hopes lizard' lightning strikes twice: This month zookeepers will bring together its adult Komodo dragons — they like Sumatran rhino: Cincinnati's - p'xaJ- zoo awaits - a baby next summer to mate at the darkest time of the year — in the hope that eggs will hatch late next summer or in early g lizards found only on four Indonesian islands are endangered 5000 to 6000 remain in the wild Two years ago Miami’s dragon lady laid 30 eggs 27 of which hatched and are in zoos around the nation After the mother lays the eggs in a hole they are removed and artificially incubated to protect them from egg predators “We can’t afford to lose a Komodo egg to a raccoon” says the zoo’s Ron Magill WTiile the equally precious pandas bring in more visitors and dollars the expense is daunting As a result no zoo with pandas is rolling in dough Zoo Atlanta spent $7 million on its habitat and like other zoos must pay $1 million a year to China for the loan of the animals The zoo hired a new pandakeeper plus more concessions workers and other staff And that doesn’t count the millions being spent on research But pandas definitely draw crowds: fall The flesh-eatin- favorite But did you know seven of your Campbell’s soups now come ready to serve? all-ti- me ar When Atlanta’s pair arrived last year attendance topped 1 million visitors for the first time in the 113-yehistory of the zoo Q M’M! rVM! GOOD! ar usa weekend Dci 3jooo 19 wwwcampbellsoupconi © 2000 Campbell Soup Company |
