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Shock and “aawww!” with Sihil the ocelot – the Power of Ambassador Animals

Another year brought another successful Ocelot Conservation Festival in March for the Zoo’s ocelot ambassador, Sihil, and her trainers. As always, superstar Sihil had a jam-packed schedule, spreading awareness about ocelots to the people [...]

Road Trip with Sihil the Ocelot!

Sihil, ambassador ocelot (Photo: Kathy Newton)

Co-Written By: Cat Ambassador Trainers Colleen Nissen and Lauren Kimbro Prep and Planning Gearing up for the Ocelot Conservation Festival in Brownsville, TX is one of the Cat Ambassador Department’s favorite times of the [...]

Pushing the Envelope on Frozen Semen Fertility with Gek the Pallas’ Cat

Back in the early 1990s, an eager young post-doctoral fellow was hired to study cat reproduction at the Smithsonian’s National Zoological Park. One of his first projects involved a small-sized, little-known Central Asian felid [...]