4 Chacoan peccaries are new at Hogle Zoo

Deseret News (Salt Lake City) | July 4, 2004 | Copyright

It's four for the Fourth of July at Hogle Zoo this year. Four new animals, male Chacoan peccaries (pronounced cha-KOE-in peck-AH-rees) are now on exhibit.

Located in the newly refurbished exhibit at the west end of the zoo, near the Bear Grotto and African Savannah exhibits, the four animals came to Utah from other zoos -- two from St. Louis, two from Phoenix.

Two of the peccaries came from the St. Louis Zoo. "Walker" is 5 years old and weighs 71 pounds, while "Palito" is only 2 years old and weighs 57 pounds.

"Chili Pepper" and "Habanero" came from the Phoenix Zoo and weigh 66 pounds and 52 ...

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