IN PROG JUL 29
BZC ⇄ CMH
Western lowland gorilla
B+ Brookfield
FINAL MAY 13
PIT ⇄ BOS
Western lowland gorilla
A Pittsburgh
FINAL JAN 30
TOL ⇄ DET
Polar bear
A- Toledo
FINAL AUG 25
BAL ⇄ ROC
African elephant
A- Baltimore
FINAL APR 15
DEN ⇄ TEX
Nile hippopotamus
A Denver
FINAL JUN 25
STL ⇄ DAK
Western lowland gorilla
A Animal Kingdom
IN PROG JUL 20
MAR ⇄ SHD
Beluga whale
A Receiving clubs
FINAL JAN 27
TOK ⇄ CHN
Giant panda
F Japan
SCHEDULED APR 23
CHN ⇄ ATL
Giant panda
A Zoo Atlanta
FINAL MAR 1
OKC ⇄ TPA
African lion
A- Busch Gardens
FINAL JUL 8
FTW ⇄ STL
Western lowland gorilla
A- Saint Louis
FINAL NOV 6
PHX ⇄ MIA
African lion
A- Phoenix
Breaking Chicago Trades Two Homegrown Sisters: Brookfield moves Kamba and Nora and takes back two from Columbus. First shake-up to that troop in twenty years.

The Trade Tracker

Every trade on file.

The only public, structured record of zoo animal transfers we know of. Built by hand from zoo press rooms and local reporting, with a source link on every entry.

DateTradeSpeciesFront officesStatusTop grade
Sep 1, 2026 Denver Trades The Mother And Keeps The Whole Litter African lion Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance · Undisclosed AZA zoo announced A-
Aug 31, 2026 Seattle Sends Its Homegrown Six-Year-Old To A Bachelor Club, Destination Sealed Western lowland gorilla Woodland Park Zoo · Undisclosed AZA zoo in progress A-
Aug 25, 2026 Baltimore Commits To An All-Male Roster And Trades Its Last Veteran African elephant The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore · Seneca Park Zoo completed A-
Jul 29, 2026 Chicago Trades Two Homegrown Sisters Western lowland gorilla Brookfield Zoo Chicago · Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in progress B+
Jul 20, 2026 Thirty Belugas, Five Franchises, One Plane at a Time Beluga whale Marineland Canada · Shedd Aquarium · SeaWorld San Antonio · Georgia Aquarium · SeaWorld San Diego · Oceanogràfic València in progress A
Jul 17, 2026 Columbus Signs An International Free Agent Amur tiger Seoul Zoo · Columbus Zoo & Aquarium completed A-
Jul 8, 2026 Fort Worth Moves Its Homegrown Star Before He Challenges Dad Western lowland gorilla Fort Worth Zoo · Saint Louis Zoo completed A-
Jul 2, 2026 Three Years Of Negotiation For One Elephant African elephant Pittsburgh Zoo · International Conservation Center · Canadian facility completed A-
Jun 25, 2026 Bakari Takes the Disney Job Western lowland gorilla Saint Louis Zoo · Disney's Animal Kingdom completed A
Jun 12, 2026 The Hug Chimpanzee Houston Zoo · Chattanooga Zoo completed A-
May 31, 2026 Eight Horses, One Military Transport, Extinct In The Wild No More Przewalski's horse Prague Zoo · Tierpark Berlin · Golden Steppe reintroduction site completed A
May 13, 2026 The Gorilla Trade Western lowland gorilla Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium · Franklin Park Zoo · Smithsonian's National Zoo completed A
Apr 23, 2026 Atlanta Signs Two in Free Agency Giant panda Chengdu Research Base · Zoo Atlanta announced A
Apr 15, 2026 The Hippo Who Delayed His Own Trade Nile hippopotamus Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance · Texas wildlife preserve completed A
Apr 10, 2026 Saint Louis Gets An Ocelot For The First Time Since 1969 Ocelot Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo · Saint Louis Zoo completed B+
Mar 30, 2026 The Komodo Barter Komodo dragon Indonesia · Shizuoka Prefecture zoo, Japan announced A-
Mar 15, 2026 San Francisco Ends 96 Years Of Chimpanzees Chimpanzee San Francisco Zoo · The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore completed A-
Mar 1, 2026 The Five-Brother Package Deal African lion Oklahoma City Zoo · Busch Gardens Tampa Bay completed A-
Jan 30, 2026 Kali for Nuka, Straight Up Polar bear Toledo Zoo · Detroit Zoo completed A-
Jan 27, 2026 Japan Relegated to Zero Pandas Giant panda Ueno Zoo · China Giant Panda Conservation and Research Center completed F
Jan 15, 2026 The Trade That Refuses To Happen Asian elephant Saint Louis Zoo · Columbus Zoo stalled INC
Dec 5, 2025 Two Lions, Two Countries, And A Customs Problem Asiatic lion Köln Zoo · London Zoo · Chester Zoo completed A-
Nov 15, 2025 The Zoo That Had To Trade Its Best Player To Fix The Stadium Amur tiger Bramble Park Zoo · Indianapolis Zoo completed B
Nov 6, 2025 Phoenix Ran a Full Offseason African lion Phoenix Zoo · Zoo Miami · Lincoln Park Zoo completed A-
Oct 15, 2025 Madison Assembled A Superteam Polar bear Oregon Zoo · Lincoln Park Zoo · Henry Vilas Zoo completed A
Oct 1, 2025 San Antonio Ends A 35-Year Drought Western lowland gorilla Dallas Zoo · San Antonio Zoo completed A