Short news from European Zoos

08-05-2007

Its very similar to the Howletts Gorilla cages (copied from them) and has the same deep litter straw. The indoor dens aren't on show to the public. Its okay but nothing special. They are about to build them a brand new enclosure though as they're developing a new African area. The group has five adults and five youngsters from two of the females- its a really good group except that the old Silverback Kumba had a couple of strokes and was then actually ousted by the females. This was the first time this has ever been recorded. So he now lives mostly with just a companion female and the other 8 have no male in charge of them. They're going to get a new one sometime soon, probably from Port Lympne to take over as the new male but they need one anyway to breed with the old male's daughters.

08-05-2007

The enclousures at Port lympe seem to be very nice. I've never been but I've seen them on TV. On the sunbject of Port lympe, do they still have all those Malayan Tapirs?

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08-05-2007

Port Lympnes enclosures are generally bigger than Howletts, there is much more space as its a much bigger park- it was bought because Howletts was really too small for all the animals they kept- its only about 50 acres...

Port Lympne have about eight Malayan tapirs. I think they have bred six. There are a couple at Howletts too.

08-05-2007

And what about the Brazilians? they're still listed on their website.

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09-05-2007

They have Brazilians at Howletts,(not more than a pair or so) but not sure if any at PL.

09-05-2007

They haven't, As far as I know, ever had Brazilians at Port Lympe.

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17-05-2007

Grant it looks like September is the month when the new female Indian rhino arrives at Chester zoo, great news.

17-05-2007

I didn't know that. Do you know a precise date? I know she's coming from Basel. I saw her in 2005

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17-05-2007

I dont know the date, but she is coming from Switerland

18-05-2007

It says so on Chester's website. something about "will being joined by a female in September". That's all.

15-06-2007

Yes, That's all it says in the zoo magazine too. It will be one of the youngsters born in 2004/05.

Another bit of News from the european zoos is the breeding of spectacled bears at Zurich. They have a very large Enclosure and over 6 individuals living together. Like Chester, Zurich houses it's bears with Coatis. Chester at one point was contemplating putting it's bush dogs in with the bears and Coatis.

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15-06-2007

The three baby Giant Otters at Humburg Zoo have survived the critical first weeks (8 allready or something...) and are now exploring their outside enclosure. Soon Zoo Doué la Fontaine in France will receive a pair from Dortmund Zoo and be the fifth Zoo in Europe to hold my favourite species.

09-08-2007

Baby elephant born at Emmen Zoo, number 17 born there. It's finally a girl after 7 boys in a row and it's the 4th baby fathered by Radza, the impressive bul (foto see my site...).

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09-08-2007

Great photos, some nice shots there, even Palm cockys, wow.

10-08-2007

Look at those tusks on the bull Radza. He reminds me a bit of a Mammoth.....