Two-year-old Nuna Joins the Zoo Family BRIDGEPORT, Conn. –— October 23, 2023-- Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo is the new home for Nuna, a two-year-old female Andean bear newly arrived from the Queens Zoo in New York. Nuna has just completed her standard 30-day quarantine and has joined twenty-year-old female Andean bear Cayambe in the habitat which opened in May of this year. As a species, the Andean bear population is classified as vulnerable, with a decreasing population. The bears suffer from destruction and fragmentation of their habitats in the wild, with deforestation causing a decline in their numbers. Nuna was born on July 28, 2021. Her name means soul, or spirit, in the language spoken by the indigenous Quechua people of the Peruvian Andes. With the Power of Millions Behind Us: We Are Resolved to Halt and Reverse the World’s Catastrophic Decline in Biodiversity Bridgeport, Conn., October 11 ,2023 – The Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) member facilities are uniting behind advancing the goals of the Kunnming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, including protecting at least 30 percent of the planet by 2030 (30x30). More than 100 AZA-accredited members, including Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo, have already signed a declaration uniting behind efforts to end and reverse the world’s catastrophic decline of biodiversity. AZA members, located in 13 countries, currently invest more than $250 million annually in field conservation, making it one of the largest funders for biodiversity globally. In addition, these zoos and aquariums inspire and engage more than 200 million visitors a year to care about and take action for animals and their ecosystems. Observation Studies led by Biology Professor Ashley Byun Seek to Better Understand Animal Behaviors Bridgeport, Conn.—September 29, 2023--Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo was awarded Top Honors in Education from the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) at their annual national conference, held this month in Columbus, Oh. The annual award was given to the Zoo’s RIZE program, recognizing outstanding achievement and the ability to promote conservation knowledge. The RIZE program is Research, Internships, and Zoo Education, developed with Associate Biology Professor Ashley Byun, Ph.D., and Fairfield University Vertebrate Zoology Lab students in conducting behavioral observation studies at the Zoo. Each spring semester since 2013 (with a one-year interruption due to the pandemic), Vertebrate Biology Lab students have gathered at the Zoo each Tuesday to conduct behavioral observation studies on a variety of species. Additional longer-term studies are also conducted. Phase One of a Multi-Year Plan Begins This Fall BRIDGEPORT, Conn. – September 28, 2023 – Changbai, a sixteen-year-old Amur tiger and the mother of cubs born at the Zoo in 2017, is scheduled to depart Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo. Born on May 24, 2007, Changbai arrived at Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo in January 2017 from the Philadelphia Zoo. After a brief transfer to the Columbus Zoo, Changbai returned in 2020. Her departure is scheduled for early next week. After the birth of two endangered Amur tiger cubs in November 2017, the Zoo began a campaign to create a new, more spacious home for its tigers. Pamela Kochiss Werth first stepped forward with a $1 million pledge for a new tiger habitat, with additional funds raised from Zoo supporters. In April 2022, the Zoo received $4.1 million in funding from the state in bond awards, which made the new tiger habitat a reality.
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