Berlin Tierpark Tierpark Berlin News 2019

markmeier said:
Elephant Building
A user of Zoofreundeforum discovered a new rendering as well as some information on the elephant building. According to the website of a company involved in the process, it is going to be the largest elephant building in all of Europe. Further, it is to receive a huge glass roof to give the animals maximum access to natural light all year long. There also will be natural ground materials. As far as I know it is to cost about 35-40 mio Euro.

This is said rendering:
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And this is the German homepage behind the information Dickhäuterhaus Berlin | IGP Completing Projects
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This sounds very impressive, but I am left wondering about the wisdom of spending such an amount - if that figure is correct - renovating what is, essentially, a rather unattractive building (and furthermore one which may very well have been built a little “shakily” - although I appreciate I am possibly falling prey to prejudice about communist-era building practices).

I cannot find a figure for the cost of building Cologne Zoo’s Elephant House, and I fully appreciate that this was built nearly 20 years ago, in a different city, under different circumstances, but I cannot believe that the cost was this high, even accounting for inflation.
 
markmeier said:
Elephant Building
A user of Zoofreundeforum discovered a new rendering as well as some information on the elephant building. According to the website of a company involved in the process, it is going to be the largest elephant building in all of Europe. Further, it is to receive a huge glass roof to give the animals maximum access to natural light all year long. There also will be natural ground materials. As far as I know it is to cost about 35-40 mio Euro.

This is said rendering:
Vogelperspektive_DHH_Berlin-1024x558.png

Copyright IGP Completing Projects

And this is the German homepage behind the information Dickhäuterhaus Berlin | IGP Completing Projects
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Intuitively this feels wrong, I would never have said this building was bigger than Koln's, amongst others (Emmen, Zurich?). The paddocks also look, um, not as big as the Tierpark might be able to offer.
 
I enjoyed the Tierpark on Sunday and despite the closed section, one day was still not enough. Only visible animals in ABH zone are the Snow leopards, Amur tigers and the four Sumatran tiger cubs whit their mother.

The Cubs and the young Polar bear Herta are the stars here and real pleasure to observe.

There is of course a lot more offspring, especially among ungulates, for which
man needs probably one day to deal with. Some unique species like Marco Polo sheep, Mountain Reedbuck or Bawean deer, could justify visit alone. Personally used a lot of time exploring the Cervid collection and started to realize, that the second visits are much more enjoyable, since you are not so rushed.

I still do not get it, what is planed with Giraffes in Berlin. The Zoo has only one male Reticulated and one male Rothschild, correct ? Is the Tierpark planing to host only Rothschild giraffes?

There is slight changes in the mountain zone since last year. There are Bharals and Markhors in the former Chamois enclosure and Chinese Dholes on the way to Manul exhibit. I am not sure, why the Snow Leopard is not here, but may be it will be in the new Himalaya zone.

There is no secret, that they are emptying Elephant building.
The Tamandua also left and live in the Primate house now in mixed exhibit with Silvery Marmoset.

I have noticed another interesting mixed exhibit here. Red howler monkey, White-faced Saki, Azara aguti and lowland Paca. Could not see the Paca, but the other 3 species were very active during the day.

There are Serval and Common Genet in the exhibits, between the Polar Bear and ABH next to the Collared Mangabey, that used to house Palm Civet, I think. I realized, that year ago I have seen the last Malay Civet in Europe in ABH, which was sad conclusion.


A lot of information is shown around the park for future master plan and I am looking forward to come back next year and wouldn't be surprised, if the Tierpark will turn in to the first 3-day zoo in the World .

Berlin city will attract a lot Zoochaters next summer and this could be a great reason to meet together for a beer.
Cheers.
 
twilighter said:
I enjoyed the Tierpark on Sunday and despite the closed section, one day was still not enough. Only visible animals in ABH zone are the Snow leopards, Amur tigers and the four Sumatran tiger cubs whit their mother.

The Cubs and the young Polar bear Herta are the stars here and real pleasure to observe.

There is of course a lot more offspring, especially among ungulates, for which
man needs probably one day to deal with. Some unique species like Marco Polo sheep, Mountain Reedbuck or Bawean deer, could justify visit alone. Personally used a lot of time exploring the Cervid collection and started to realize, that the second visits are much more enjoyable, since you are not so rushed.

I still do not get it, what is planed with Giraffes in Berlin. The Zoo has only one male Reticulated and one male Rothschild, correct ? Is the Tierpark planing to host only Rothschild giraffes?

There is slight changes in the mountain zone since last year. There are Bharals and Markhors in the former Chamois enclosure and Chinese Dholes on the way to Manul exhibit. I am not sure, why the Snow Leopard is not here, but may be it will be in the new Himalaya zone.

There is no secret, that they are emptying Elephant building.
The Tamandua also left and live in the Primate house now in mixed exhibit with Silvery Marmoset.

I have noticed another interesting mixed exhibit here. Red howler monkey, White-faced Saki, Azara aguti and lowland Paca. Could not see the Paca, but the other 3 species were very active during the day.

There are Serval and Common Genet in the exhibits, between the Polar Bear and ABH next to the Collared Mangabey, that used to house Palm Civet, I think. I realized, that year ago I have seen the last Malay Civet in Europe in ABH, which was sad conclusion.


A lot of information is shown around the park for future master plan and I am looking forward to come back next year and wouldn't be surprised, if the Tierpark will turn in to the first 3-day zoo in the World .

Berlin city will attract a lot Zoochaters next summer and this could be a great reason to meet together for a beer.
Cheers.
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Have the chamois left?
 
When talking about all the plans for renovation of the elephant house, I ask myself, if somebody knows if the manatees will stay at Tierpark Berlin?
 
Bib Fortuna said:
Damn, the collection gets smaller every year.:mad::mad::mad:
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So far this is correct. The collection kind of gets dwarfed, even in more than one way. It just needs a close look at the latest arrival:
;)

But I hope that we are going to hit the low point rather soon, whereafter some nice additions should follow. The Brehm building will feature a number of interesting new species (apart from the ants) as well as improved exhibits for existing ones. There also will be new species in other areas of the park. Until then our patience will be tested...
 
A German newspaper features an article on the Brehm building with some fresh pictures
So sieht der neue Dschungel von Friedrichsfelde aus

The Tierpark administration had a lot of trouble with regulations in the process, as the building is listed. This led to both delay and less ambitious changes. The good news: Mr Knieriem hopes to reopen the whole building by Easter 2020, when the actual season starts.
 
HOMIN96 said:
Yes, confirmed on Plzen's facebook.
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Follow up on this from Plzen's website: From Berlin arrived 3,3 group so Plzen is now on 5,3 and is apparently the only zoo where they remain. Zootierliste lists them in Wildpark Leipzig and Game reserve in Gryfow Slaski in Poland.
 
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