‘Explosion’ of baby animals at Idaho Falls Tautphaus Park Zoo

Published at 8:00 am, July 31, 2015 | Updated at 3:16 am, February 5, 2021

Lindsey Johnson, EastIdahoNews.com

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Zoo celebrates 80th birthday with photo contest

The zoo staff has invited the community to join them in a celebration of their 80th birthday by participating in the history picture contest, according to an Idaho Falls news release.

To qualify, photos must have been taken in the zoo, before major renovations took place in the early 1990s. Multiple photos can be submitted, and can be emailed to zooeducation@idahofallszoo.org, with the photo date, participant’s name and contact information.

The photos will be judged by a group of zoo enthusiasts for authenticity, uniqueness and age. The winner will receive a pass for up to six people to get an exclusive behind-the-scenes tour of the zoo.

The contest deadline is Aug. 7.

IDAHO FALLS — The Idaho Falls Zoo at Tautphaus Park is celebrating its 80th birthday by welcoming a new zebra foal, along with other species of baby animals.

“We are thrilled to have another addition to our zebra herd,” Interim Zoo Superintendent, Linda Beard said.

Beard said the female foal is the third baby to be born to the 9-year-old zebra mare, and the 18th foal fathered by the zoo’s 24-year-old zebra stallion.

The zebra foal’s name is Adanna, which translates to “her father’s daughter” in Swahili, Zoo Education Curator Sunny Katseanous said.

There is usually a baby zebra born at the zoo every other year or so, Katseanous said.

“It’s just a nice surprise to have their birthday and our birthday,” Katseanous said.

Katseanous said that aside from the baby zebra, the Idaho Falls Zoo at Tautphaus Park recently welcomed wallaby joeys, penguins, ring-tailed lemurs, hyrax, tinamou chicks, tortoises and spur-winged lapwing.

“Everybody likes baby animals,” Katseanous said. “It’s a good year for babies in this park.”

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