BABY BOOM New life at the Zoo is a beautiful thing, especially in the midst of a pandemic. The births of a baby black howler monkey, a baby siamang and three Malayan tiger cubs brought a renewed sense of hope and a steeled resolve for our mission of saving wildlife and wild places. These animals represent the rare, threatened and endangered species and their wildlife cousins we serve to protect. Many of our animals are part of a global population in great zoos around the world. Through the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) Species Survival Plan ® (SSP), we do our part to make sure we have genetically healthy populations to ensure that the species persist over time.