Burgers' Zoo Burgers Zoo 2018

Well, a sad loss for the zoo ..., but here is hoping her second cub will have a greater chance to be reared successfully.
 
It’s very sad indeed. I do think it’s a little better to keep new births low profile for this reason.
 
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Timmiegun said:
Also news: the pygmy hippo was transported to another zoo. That means that area only has the ringtailed lemurs and the warthogs left.

Also news: in the Mangrove there is already a few baby birds (Blue-black grassquit)
In the 'Zie-Zoo' (bi-monthly magazine of the zoo) they also said the Green Jays wont move to the Mangrove until the balance is made there.
Other dreams they have with the mangrove are: baby manatee, iguanas, frogs, zostera, and more mangrove bird species.
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Not to long ago i wrote the zoo a critical letter and they agreed and said that some aspects are part of their masterplan.

One of those things was they should stop keeping the pygmy hippos. I am glad that they did and it is kind of funny.
 
LARTIS said:
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Not to long ago i wrote the zoo a critical letter and they agreed and said that some aspects are part of their masterplan.

One of those things was they should stop keeping the pygmy hippos. I am glad that they did and it is kind of funny.
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What was the exact letter they returned? I am curious now in what they said and what their big masterplan is
 
Timmiegun said:
What was the exact letter they returned? I am curious now in what they said and what their big masterplan is
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Well i may not call it letter since it was over facebook.

I can't really say which direction their masterplan goes. But they said that they had the same view on to some things.

So therefor I can only quote what I said, which may be concluded in their masterplan or maybe not.

I made two masterplans on my own, a bigger and a little one, of which the last is what the zoo has to change (in my opinion) and the second is more about a whole masterplan.

For sure I "showed" them the little one.

I started whit the good things and then came over to the Parts, which lack of space or design.

Exhibits that to small
Aardvark
Warthog
( and i said that i would move them to Safari)

Not compatible
(mentioned by the zoo themself)
Siamang - Macaque
Gibbon - Langur
Bear - Binturong

Design
Lion and chetah
(savannah makeover)

Bush makeover

And in general more zones.

They changed the masterplan over time
 
The German IZW team visited Burgers Zoo on Friday to test the fertility of both female sun bears. The current male is infertile , so if at least one of the two females (aged 17 and 18) is found to be still fertile, the male will move to Munster and one of the males from Edinburgh will move to Burgers Zoo. This could be the starting sign for more transfers (for now) within Europe.

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When i was reading zootierliste I read that they used to have hippos (not pygmy). Anyone knows more on that? Where did they have their enclosure?
 
Timmiegun said:
When i was reading zootierliste I read that they used to have hippos (not pygmy). Anyone knows more on that? Where did they have their enclosure?
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They kept them in what is now the ringed seal enclosure. The stopped with the hippos about 30 years ago and then kept common seal there, which were swapped in 2005 for ringed seals.
 
beccasunbear said:
I love the ringed seals at this zoo! They are
such a highlight for me!
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Sadly there is no underwater view.

lintworm said:
They kept them in what is now the ringed seal enclosure. The stopped with the hippos about 30 years ago and then kept common seal there, which were swapped in 2005 for ringed seals.
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Ah thanks! Seeing ZooTierListe shows me so many awesome creatures they used to have. These days there's no space for big new things sadly so would not expect them to bring them back. But Thanks for the info, learned something new!
 
Timmiegun said:
Sadly there is no underwater view.


Ah thanks! Seeing ZooTierListe shows me so many awesome creatures they used to have. These days there's no space for big new things sadly so would not expect them to bring them back. But Thanks for the info, learned something new!
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Back in the days that area was full of big mammals. Where the bongo are now used to be for giraffes, coati replaced tigers, meerkats replaced elephants, warthogs replaced white rhino. And where the lemurs are now they kept 3 great ape species at one point...
 
lintworm said:
Back in the days that area was full of big mammals. Where the bongo are now used to be for giraffes, coati replaced tigers, meerkats replaced elephants, warthogs replaced white rhino. And where the lemurs are now they kept 3 great ape species at one point...
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I indeed do remember the tigers and the great apes. I knew about the meerkat-elephant thing but giraffes and rhinos are new! Thanks!
Wasn't it also that before the tigers (In the current coati enclosure) were polar bears?
 
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