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Originally Posted by grantsmb
That's good news about Luka. He was underused at Port Lympne as so many births didn't survive- in fact only the female calf now at Antwerp. I hope they can handle him okay as he's known to be a dangerouis male (he killed two keepers in Belgrade...)
Regarding the younger females and bull Alex. Does ANtwerp have a good facility for Elephants or are they living in an old style Elephant House there?
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Luka at Benidorm
I think that with Luka being at Benidorm the behavorial issues he experienced at Belgrade Zoo are a thing of the past. It really comes down to housing and training methods.
Anyone here know what is happening with him breeding to the 3 young females Khaing Soe Soe, La Grande and Momo at Benidorm?
Antwerpen elephants
Antwerpen Zoo have refurbished a stall for the breeding bull Alex. It is not a big development as he is only there short term and will leave I think in October for Sevilla (to live out the remainder of his life - the reason I think is that he has enough offspring in the EEP population for now).
Long term the entire breeding group at Antwerpen are to be relocated to Planckendael. At Planckendael a separate bull elephant facility will be in the siting plans. I yet have to see any building plans for what set up (number of elephants etcetera ...) they will have.
Perhaps Unt Bwe can fill us in on that!
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