Named Animals

Athena, a female bald eagle, has lived at the zoo since 2003. She was hatched in the wild in Washington. She dislocated both wings and broke bones above her beak when she flew into power lines near Olympia, Wash. The injuries hindered her ability to fly so she could not survive in the wild...

Bakari is a male reticulated giraffe born on Sept. 17, 2007. He arrived at the Oregon Zoo on Nov. 12, 2009. Bakari likes carrots as a treat, but fresh browse is his favorite...

Boris is a male Amur leopard born May 5, 1999 at Jungle Cat World Inc. (Ontario, Canada). He arrived at the Oregon Zoo in October 2010...

Chendra is a 4,545-pound female Asian elephant born in Sabah, Malaysia in 1993. She is the only Borneo pygmy elephant living in the U.S.  Malaysian wildlife officials found her wandering - orphaned, alone and hungry - near a palm oil plantation in Borneo. She had wounds on her front legs and left eye, which ultimately left her blind in that eye...