I guess the video review of 2021 also marks the need for a fresh thread:
As you can see in the video, the new Himalaya Area can also be considered as kind of a kickoff for 2022. According to the latest interviews with Tierpark's and Zoo's director Mr. Knieriem, this huge new themed landscape is still scheduled to open by Spring this year. After a lot of delay, this really is good news for me.
The second project scheduled for 2022 is the mentioned mixed species exhibit with Otters, Babirusas and Crested Black Macaques. As stated in one of the last posts, some minor preparations are already visible. I'm not sure how realistic 2022 is, though.
Other than that, 2022 hopefully will see large progress with the modernized elephant building as well as the new savannah landscape. As White-Bearded Wildebeests and Beisas/ East African Oryx already arrived, this should even be the biggest focus now. So far, I didn't hear anything about concrete plans to get new African Elephants. This probably won't officially become an issue before 2023 (if they do get the building ready).
On the other hand, Mr. Knieriem clearly confirmed his plans to attach a second polar bear enclosure at Berlin Tierpark in the future, once they secured funding for this. This is the first new announcement on this topic in many months and even without any clear schedule shows a perspective. However, Knieriem is still not sure, if Berlin Zoo also will keep Polar Bears again, after their last old female bear just died. As for the Tierpark, I still haven't heard any official confirmation there will be African lions or rhinos as used to be the plan some years ago. I hope this topic will come up again, once the focus shifts to savannah and elephant building.
As you can see in the video, the new Himalaya Area can also be considered as kind of a kickoff for 2022. According to the latest interviews with Tierpark's and Zoo's director Mr. Knieriem, this huge new themed landscape is still scheduled to open by Spring this year. After a lot of delay, this really is good news for me.
The second project scheduled for 2022 is the mentioned mixed species exhibit with Otters, Babirusas and Crested Black Macaques. As stated in one of the last posts, some minor preparations are already visible. I'm not sure how realistic 2022 is, though.
Other than that, 2022 hopefully will see large progress with the modernized elephant building as well as the new savannah landscape. As White-Bearded Wildebeests and Beisas/ East African Oryx already arrived, this should even be the biggest focus now. So far, I didn't hear anything about concrete plans to get new African Elephants. This probably won't officially become an issue before 2023 (if they do get the building ready).
On the other hand, Mr. Knieriem clearly confirmed his plans to attach a second polar bear enclosure at Berlin Tierpark in the future, once they secured funding for this. This is the first new announcement on this topic in many months and even without any clear schedule shows a perspective. However, Knieriem is still not sure, if Berlin Zoo also will keep Polar Bears again, after their last old female bear just died. As for the Tierpark, I still haven't heard any official confirmation there will be African lions or rhinos as used to be the plan some years ago. I hope this topic will come up again, once the focus shifts to savannah and elephant building.
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