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Chimpanzee death
3:14 pm
Wed July 6, 2011

"Father figure" chimpanzee euthanized

Credit (photo by Carol Weerts/St. Louis Zoo)
Zookeepers at the St. Louis Zoo on Wednesday announced they had euthanized the chimpanzee Smoke, pictured here with his foster daughter Tammy, on June 22. Smoke was 43.
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Updated to reflect the fact that chimp was euthanized last month.

A chimpanzee who helped foster six young apes at the St. Louis Zoo while raising his own youngster has died.

The Zoo announced today that Smoke was euthanized June 22 after veterinary staff found that an infection and inflammation in his abdomen had spread.

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St. Louis Zoo
5:25 pm
Fri June 24, 2011

Baby elephant born at St. Louis Zoo

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The new addition at the St. Louis Zoo - a to-be-named Asian elephant.
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Updated 2:47 p.m. July 5 with name finalized:

The St. Louis Zoo announced that a name has been chosen for the baby elephant, Kenzi, which won with 69,406 (53.88%) votes. Runner up June received 40,683 votes (31.58%), Zoe received 12,249 votes (9.51%) and Mya received 6,438 votes (5%). Write-ins received .03% of the vote.

Updated 10:27 a.m. June 28 with naming contest information

It's a girl: The latest addition to the St. Louis Zoo is a bouncing baby elephant.

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Zebra foals
11:36 am
Thu April 14, 2011

Zoo visitors get first view of new zebra foals

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Zebra foals Asante (L) and Zuri (R) explore their new home at the St. Louis Zoo. Both foals were born last winter, and are venturing outside for the first time now that it's warmer.
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Mother Tiombe keeps a close eye on daughter Zuri. Three-month-old Zuri and her half-brother Asante are now venturing outside in the warm weather.
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Little Zuri sticks close to her mother as she explores the zebra's outdoor area.
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Zuri gets brave enough to venture off on her own.
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Spring marks a lot of firsts in the city of St. Louis - the first pitch, the first Ted Drewes concrete, the first of the daffodils along area highways.

There's a special "first" this year for visitors to the St. Louis Zoo - a chance to see two new Grevy's zebra foals as they venture outside for the first time after their births.

Asante was born in November, and his half-sister Zuri arrived in January. Now that the weather has warmed up, Zuri and Asante are outside with the rest of the herd.

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St. Louis Zoo
4:34 pm
Mon April 11, 2011

Elephant at St. Louis Zoo tests positive for tuberculosis

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Donna, the 40-year-old Asian elephant at the St. Louis Zoo, has tested positive for tuberculosis.
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A 40-year old Asian elephant at the St. Louis Zoo named "Donna" has tested positive for tuberculosis, but is expected to be just fine.

Donna the Elephant came to the St. Louis zoo as a 3-year old juvenile in 1971.

All elephants get complete medical evaluation each year including blood collection, vaccinations and trunk cultures to look for tuberculosis.

Randy Junge, the Zoo's Director of Animal Health said the 40-year-old pachyderm will live off-display for the next year, but won't be quarantined.

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