Short news from European Zoos

17-09-2007

Thats sad about the Lion and the Hippo

18-09-2007

Very! On a hippo-related note, Copenhagen Zoo will recieve 3 new hippos from Emmen Zoo in about a month, when the new Hippo House opens on october 12th

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I am Toddy, the zoo-enthusiast from Denmark!
Different zoos visited: 77
Favourite animal: Aardvark
Website: www.zoos.dk

18-09-2007

Yes, it will be the present male, who is only temporarely in Emmen, and two of the females. Beware of him: Polo is a very huge hippo! I think you will like him.

18-09-2007

Huge hippos are the best . I thought we were just getting a young male, but this sounds great . Im so looking forward to seeing him. Perhaps i should take a few pictures of him when he gets to his new home, and upload them just for you Dutch zoofans to enjoy

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I am Toddy, the zoo-enthusiast from Denmark!
Different zoos visited: 77
Favourite animal: Aardvark
Website: www.zoos.dk

20-09-2007

Baby Bottle-nosed dolphin born at Duisburg Zoo. The female calf has been named Dolly and sofar is doing well...

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25-09-2007

Another hippo born in Emmen Zoo on September 15.

26-09-2007

And another baby Bottle-nosed dolphin at Duisburg. They had 1.3 so the two youngsters are a big addition to the group. Their habitat is okay, nothing spectacular but fitting for 4 animals...

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28-09-2007

Two female hippos (named Dhary and Loekje) were transported to Copenhagen today. Polo, the giant hippo man is leaving for Copenhagen next Monday.

28-09-2007

Sounds great! I just got an exclusive tour of the new Hippo House during an event for all the Copenhagen Zoo employees. I got to see the waterfilter, the backstage boxes where the hippos can eat and rest, and of course the main enclosure. It will be great to see our new hippos soon

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I am Toddy, the zoo-enthusiast from Denmark!
Different zoos visited: 77
Favourite animal: Aardvark
Website: www.zoos.dk

28-09-2007

Any news on further hippo births or pregancies in the Emmen group?
At the last count just the one calf on 15/9/2007?

28-09-2007

Probably two hippos are pregnant...

01-10-2007

The baby hippo is a male, and named Kiune

10-11-2007

In 2007, 8 giant otter cubs were born in german zoos - 3 in Hagenbeck and a litter of 5 in Dortmund. All are alive and a couple of months old, having survived the critical time. This has been a great year for giant otters in Europe! One zoo stated keeping them (Due de la Fointaine in France), they built a great enclosure. Let`s hope they will start breeding soon. Another zoo (Heidelberg) wants to keep them, they have selected the old malayan tapir enclosure, but I don`t know if construction work has already started.

It was also a pretty good year for south chinese leopards iin german zoos. The Tierpark Berlin and Hagenbeck in Hamburg swapped the males and both zoos produced a litter of 3 cubs each with the new breeding pairs. I am not sure about the gender of the cubs in Berlin; in Hagenbeck it was 2.1. One male died but the other 2 are doing well and live together with the father, the mother and the grandmother in the large outdoor enclosure. A small zoo (Limbach-Oberfrohna) also had a litter of 3 female cubs of this leopard species. I am just hoping that they take part in the EEP!

The Erfurt Zoo had recently a birth of a male spider monkey (ateles belzebuth hybridus - not sure about the scientific name). The birth was very difficult for the old mother (over 30) and unfortunately the baby must be handraised. Nevertheless an important birth for that rare species.

11-11-2007

Chester's female spider monkey is really old, and it had a youngster this year.

Will the Chestnut centre in the U.K be getting a female giant otter to go with it's current young male?

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11-11-2007

Giant Otters in the Uk, Please tell more, Wow, Chestnut centre?