Kumbali and Kago, now 8 months old, got to play in the snow for the first time during Winter Storm Jonas. While the Zoo was closed, one of our zookeepers let the best friends run and explore in a large enclosed field covered with 7 inches of snow. Their reaction to...
Winter Storm Jonas dumped around twelve+ inches of snow at the zoo on January 22 and 23, 2016. Zoo staff worked hard to prepare for the snowstorm. As always, all of our animals have access to heated barns or shelters as necessary. However, due to the extremely cold...
The Metro Richmond Zoo is excited to announce a unique companionship between a cheetah cub and a puppy. Kumbali was born on May 12, 2015, to Khari and Hatari, in a litter of four cheetah cubs. When he was two weeks old, animal caretakers at the MRZ noticed that he...
The Metro Richmond Zoo welcomes RJ, a male orangutan born earlier this year to parents Tasha and Rory. RJ, named after his father, weighed approximately 4 pounds at birth, a healthy normal weight. During the cooler months, Tasha and RJ spent their time in their indoor...
The Metro Richmond Zoo is excited to announce the birth of 2 more litters of cheetah cubs. Lana and Kitu, who sired our famous first litter of 5 cubs recently gave birth to six more cubs (2 males and 4 females) on April 29, 2015. The birth of six cubs is a rare event...
Happy 20th Anniversary, Metro Richmond Zoo Twenty years ago, the Metro Richmond Zoo opened to the general public on April 22, 1995. Here is a timeline of our growth in 20 years:1995: Zoo opens with 250 animals covering 30 acres of land.1996: Jack is the Zoo’s...
