Post on 19-May-2018
Scout Male Bengal TigerBorn May 1998. Scout has
lived at the ABQ BioPark Zoo since he was 6 months old. He has shared his exhibit with Lucy, our female Bengal Tiger for most of his life. Scout loves
to smear the paint on the canvas with his nose and then lick it off.
Lucy Female Bengal TigerBorn September 18, 1988.
Lucy has lived at the ABQ BioPark Zoo since she was 4 months old. She has shared her exhibit with Scout, our male
Bengal Tiger most of her life.
Spanky Male Mountain LionBorn January 2002. One of
the set of mountain lion triplets that arrived at the ABQ BioPark Zoo when they were three months old. Born in the wild, all three had to be hand raised at a few weeks old due to their
mother’s death. Spanky takes pleasure in stepping on paint
and also rubbing his nose in it.
DarLa Female Mountain LionBorn January 2002. One
of the set of mountain lion triplets that arrived at the ABQ BioPark Zoo when they were three months old. Born in the
wild, all three had to be hand raised at a few weeks old due to
their mother’s death.
azeo Male Snow LeopardBorn May 11, 2001. Azeo has lived at the ABQ
BioPark Zoo since he was 3 years old. He shares his exhibit with female snow leopard Kachina. Azeo and Kachina have produced 7 healthy snow leopard cubs in the past four years. Azeo likes to smear paint with his nose, step on the canvas, and then rub his cheeks over it.
FirebaLL Female Ocelot Born August 24, 1997.
Fireball has lived at the ABQ BioPark Zoo for 10 years. She shares the exhibit with Beamer, the male ocelot. Fireball likes to step on the paint then make foot-
prints all over her den.
beamer Male OcelotBorn September 9, 1994. Beamer has lived at the ABQ
BioPark Zoo for 10 years. Beamer shares the exhibit with his companion Fireball, the fe-male Ocelot. Beamer likes to smear paint with his paws and then climb into the zookeeper’s
lap. Needless to say, the canvas and the keeper quickly become
lovely works of art.
manchaS Male JaguarBorn November 14, 1998,
in Leon, Mexico. Manchas has lived at the ABQ BioPark Zoo since he was 2 years old. Manchas likes to smear paint
with his face and also step in the paint.
merLina Female JaguarBorn July 2000 in Leon, Mex-
ico. Merlina has lived at the ABQ BioPark Zoo since she was 6 years old. Merlina likes to smear paint with her paws and she almost always takes a
small bite out of the canvas.
Sarah Female African Lion:Born September 1, 1989, Sarah came to the ABQ
BioPark in 2002 from the Knoxville Zoo. She shared the lion exhibit with her companion Cosmo, a male African Lion. Sarah passed away at the ripe old age of 22 in October of 2011.
Sarabi Female African Lion:Born in 1995, Sarabi arrived at the ABQ BioPark
Zoo on November 6, 2011, from the Ellen Trout Zoo in Lufkin, TX. She and new companion, Cosmo, are slowly being introduced to one another throughout De-cember of 2011.