TORONTO \u2014 Two delightfully shaggy new faces will be on display at the Toronto Zoo starting on Friday.<\/p>\n
The nine-month-old brothers are Scottish Highland cattle, with long, woolly, reddish coats and fringe over their eyes. <\/p>\n
The zoo\u2019s manager of wildlife care, Marc Brandson, says the two were born and raised at a local Ontario farm before moving to the zoo about a month ago.<\/p>\n
He says they completed a quarantine period and now live just outside the Eurasia Wilds area of the zoo. <\/p>\n
Membership holders can visit the brothers at a pre-screening on Thursday, while other visitors can see them starting Friday.<\/p>\n
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highland cows The nine-month-old brothers, seen in this handout photo, are Scottish Highland cattle who were born and raised at a local Ontario farm before moving to the zoo in July. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Handout – Toronto Zoo (Mandatory Credit) <\/p>\n
Brandson says there is \u201ca lot of excitement\u201d around the pair because of how popular the Highland breed already is.<\/p>\n
He says the zoo is hoping to have the brothers walk through the public area of the zoo as part of its animal ambassador program, which can give visitors a closer look at certain animals. <\/p>\n
\u201cEach and every day, our outreach and discovery staff are working to get them to that level,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
\u201cHaving a bonded pair is a really great social situation for Highland cows. These brothers are very calm and they are gaining confidence each and every day that they interact with their caregivers.\u201d<\/p>\n
The brothers don\u2019t have names yet, and Brandson says the public should stay tuned on ways to contribute naming ideas.<\/p>\n
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 13, 2025.<\/p>\n
Fatima Raza, The Canadian Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TORONTO \u2014 Two delightfully shaggy new faces will be on display at the Toronto Zoo starting on Friday.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":68346,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[49,48,295,890,44,11867],"class_list":{"0":"post-68345","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-canada","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-environment","11":"tag-lifestyle","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-ontario-quebec"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68345"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68345\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}