THE ALBUQUERQUE BIOPARK HAS A NEW RESIDENT. IT’S A 2-AND-A-HALF YEAR OLD TASMANIAN DEVIL NAMED MIA. SHE ARRIVED LAST FRIDAY AND IS STILL IN QUARANTINE BUT SHOULD BE RELEASED TO JOIN THREE OTHER TASMANIAN DEVILS AT THE ZOO IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS.
MIA COMES TO ALBUQUERQUE FROM AUSTRALIA … MAKING THE ZOO ONE OF ONLY TWO IN THE U-S TO HAVE THESE ANIMALS. THE OTHER ZOO IS IN SAN DIEGO.
ONE OF FOUR TASMANIAN DEVILS SENT TO ALBUQUERQUE IN 2013 DIED LAST FALL WHEN A CHUNK OF CONCRETE ACCIDENTALLY FELL ON HIM.
