Photographs from the Son - Toledo Zoo

The following pictures were taken in August 2009 at the Toledo Zoo in Toledo, Ohio. At the time indicated, two elephants resided at the zoo - 30 year old African elephant Renee and her six year old son Louie. Renee was impregnated via Artificial Insemination with semen collected from Bulwagi of Disney's Animal Kingdom. At the time, both animals in the zoo's collection were managed in Free Contact.

The Toledo Zoo celebrated Louie's eighth birthday last week.

>> "Zoo gives Louie star treatment for 8th birthday," ToledoBlade.com, 05/01/2011

Photo 1, Renee, Toledo Zoo
Photo Courtesy of R Easley

Photo 2, Louie, Toledo Zoo
Photo Courtesy of R Easley

Photo 3, Renee, Toledo Zoo
Photo Courtesy of R Easley

Photo 4, Louie, Toledo Zoo
Photo Courtesy of R Easley

Photo 5, Toledo Zoo
Photo Courtesy of R Easley

Photo 6, Former Carnivora building, Toledo Zoo
Photo Courtesy of R Easley

"Completed in 1927 in The Toledo Zoo's signature Spanish style, the Carnivora building originally housed the Zoo's big cats. In 1993, the Carnivora was transformed into the festive, neon-lit Carnivore Cafe, where visitors - not animals - now dine behind cage bars."

>> ToledoZoo.org

>> "Toledo Zoo's Feline House Renovation," Circus No-Spin Zone, 09/19/2009