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not entirely sure what to make of this story. The scientific name given is that of the common chimpanzee not a gorilla, and the photo of "Cai the female gorilla" in her barred cell is definitely a chimpanzee. Also the quotes "this species of gorilla is found in Africa" and "The gorillas eat fruit. They are now living in an iron cage and separated from visitors by a 2m-wide canal", don't give much hope that they will be leading a fulfilling life.
VietNamNet - Japan presents two gorillas to Saigon Zoo
The two gorillas (Pan Troglodytes) presented by Japan are becoming acquainted with their new living environment at the Saigon Zoo.

They have been given new Vietnamese names, Cai for the female and Cut for the male gorilla. In Vietnamese, Cai means female and Cut means crippled (Cut is missing a finger). The day they arrived in Vietnam, Cai, 18 years old, was 60kg in weight, while Cut, 21, was 50kg.

Pham Anh Dung, Chief of the Animal Team of Saigon Zoo, said that in his first days in Vietnam, Cut shed his hair because of the strange weather. However, the male gorilla has quickly recovered and he has new hair.

Dung said this species of gorilla is found in Africa. Wars on that continent are threatening gorillas, putting them at risk of extinction.

The gorillas eat fruit. They are now living in an iron cage and separated from visitors by a 2m-wide canal.

Previously the Saigon Zoo had three gorillas, which were presented by Germany in 1991. They delivered two baby gorillas. However, two of them died and one was sent to the Hanoi Zoo.

When the two new gorillas become fully familiar with the new environment, they will be put together with the two other gorillas to encourage reproduction.

Before receiving the two gorillas, the Saigon Zoo imported two white rhinos from Africa. They have been living at the zoo for nearly one year and they are very healthy.
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Kifaru Bwana said:
Is that a first or have there been more births till date.
How big is their group of black shanked douc?
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According to ZIMS, Saigon currently has 1.2.1 Black-shanked Doucs (and 1.1 Grey-shanked).
I'm not aware of previous births of B-S Doucs in the zoo, but can't give a definitive answer.
 
According to media, the zoo keeps 7 pangolins. 1 month ago, a baby was born. The second one after 2017 birth. Both parents of the recent baby were kept at the zoo for 4 years.

This is another zoo that cnacked the code of pangolin long-tem husbandry.

I don´t know if the zoo would be open to animal exchange with Europe, but this might be another source of founder animals for EEP.

Is there genetic distinction between Taiwanese and Vietnamese populations of Chinese pangolin?

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Jana said:
Is there genetic distinction between Taiwanese and Vietnamese populations of Chinese pangolin?
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They are two separate subspecies - the nominate is restricted to Taiwan, whilst mainland populations are M. p. auritus :) of course, if it were a choice between managing the species as a single unit and having a genetically-viable captive population, and managing subspecies separately and potentially having too limited a genepool, some tricky choices might have to be made.
 
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Recently, Saigon Zoo celebrated the 66th birthday of the elderly female elephant "Chuông" (According to the zoo, it was born in 1959 and came from Cambodia in 1982), making it one of the longest lived elephants in zoos worldwide.
 
Toki said:
Hi!

I'll be visiting Saigon Zoo this July.
Does anyone have a recent species list?

Data from Zootierliste fro this zoo seems to be a little outdated.
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I went there once in April, but there was no species count, so some birds and amphibians may not be remembered clearly.

However, in general, the notable animals here include the Clouded leopard, Asian golden cat, Fishing cat, Indochinese tiger, Indochinese leopard, Owston's palm civet, Asian palm civet, Binturong , Vietnamese black bear, Smooth-coated otter, Burmese ferret-badger, Asian elephant, Pygmy hippopotamus, Lesser mouse-deer, Eld's deer, Hog deer, Vietnamese sika deer, Asiatic brush-tailed porcupine, Black giant squirrel, Germain's langur, Annamese langur, Red-shanked douc langur, Black-shanked douc langur, Gray-shanked douc langur, Bornean orangutan, Pileated gibbon, Yellow-cheeked gibbon, Lesser adjutant, Asian woolly-necked stork, Oriental darter, Spot-billed pelican, Indian cormorant, Purple swamphen, Green peafowl, Vietnamese crested argus, Banded krait and King cobra. You might even spot some other surprises that I've overlooked.

The Sunda pangolin is currently not on display.

By the way, don't miss the museum within the zoo. It houses exhibits of many species that were once displayed here but have since disappeared.
 
Toki said:
Hi!

I'll be visiting Saigon Zoo this July.
Does anyone have a recent species list?

Data from Zootierliste fro this zoo seems to be a little outdated.
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The species that have disappeared from this zoo in recent years mainly include the large Indian civet, Small Indian civet, Javan mongoose, Crab-eating mongoose, Asian jackal, Dhole, Yellow-throated marten, Marbled cat, Bontebok, Sumatran serow, Greater kudu, Przewalski's horse (it's mentioned that parts of these two species' populations might have been merged with those in Hanoi or other Vietnamese zoos). You can basically see specimens or bones of all these animals in museum.
All raptor birds should have disappeared. Also, my friend saw a Cuban crocodile last year, but it was gone when I went there.

The museum also displays gaur and greater adjutant storks, and it's likely that some of these were once part of the zoo's exhibits.
 
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