Baird's Tapir Video on NGC.com

Patricia Medici sent us this link to the video. When the ad is finished playing, you'll see nice tapir scenes - enjoy!

New tapirs at Mountain View

A Malayan (or Asian) tapir baby follows its parent at the Mountain View Conservation Breeding Centre in BC, Canada, near Langley. Here the tapirs have unusually large enclosures. Mountain view has two pair of Asian tapirs and has recently aquired a male mountain tapir to pair with their female. Word has it that the two get along famously. This makes only three pair of mountain tapirs in captivity anywhere.

Mountain View has two pair of Asian tapirs. All of their tapirs live in extremely generous enclosures (almost the wrong word, since you cannot - or can barely - see one side from the other). One enclosure for the Asian tapirs has steep ravine and a heavily-wooded landscape where the tapirs gallop surprisingly fast and show their abilities as climbers. Each pair enjoys a small lake. One of the features here is that both parents are left together to raise the infants. This process has been successful at Mountain View and has made for some interesting observations and viewing.

Both of the above photos are from the Mountain View Web site. The calf was born sometime during this past winter, so please follow the link above, phone ahead and ask about the baby if you're expecting to see stripes and spots. They may be faded by this time as the calf has been growing.

Tapir rescue in Sumatra

An amazing photo series was sent to us recently from Indonesia, and I wanted to put a link in the blog so it's easy to find. The page has a permanent home in our Tapirs in Pictures section under Asian Tapirs (Photos of Living Tapirs).

What's new?

This is Sheryl, originator of the Tapir Gallery Web site and President of the Tapir Preservation Fund. Years ago I tried making a "What's New" page on this site, and it was way too hard to keep it up to date and then archive all of the new (now old, but full of good links) stuff. I'm hoping the blog format will help.

Yesterday while messing with the new blog in the tapir gift shop, I clicked on the Google News link and up came April the Tapir's birthday party from the day before, which I thought was so cool. Sharon Matola had just e-mailed me that they were going to have another all-out birthday party for April. This news story was just what I was looking for, and I wanted a link to tell you about it quickly. Let's see if this does the trick.

Feel free to leave replies. Bookmark the site, and let's have fun with the blog.

Sheryl