# @enquirer on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DVlRu8eD-RI
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/58757375-enquirer-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/5fe081008c.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-03-07T15:00:14.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Sam Greene (@sgdoesit) — https://gondola.cc/sgdoesit

## Caption

There's a new animal that visitors can meet up close and personal at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden.

The zoo announced the arrival of Rye, a "cuddly" prairie dog and the newest ambassador animal, on social media earlier this week.

Zookeeper Samantha Villa said via email that Rye is a "cuddly boy who loves his snacks and running on his wheel! One of the cutest things he does is greet us with a happy 'Yahoo!' when we come in for the day."

Rye came to the zoo after he was rescued from a home in Pennsylvania, where he was kept as a pet. The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Services confiscated him because it's illegal to keep prairie dogs as pets in Pennsylvania, Villa wrote.

Read more about Rye at the link in our bio. (📽️: Provided by cincinnatizoo) #cincinnatizoo #cincinnati #cincinnatiohio #prairiedog

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## Tags

cincinnatiohio, cincinnati, cincinnatizoo, prairiedog

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