It smaller then previously announced due to covid. I wonder what percentage of the hall will be reserved for accomadations. I also don't see anything about the welness/lagune/swimmingpool although i think that was planned as a separate hall.
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It smaller then previously announced due to covid. I wonder what percentage of the hall will be reserved for accomadations. I also don't see anything about the welness/lagune/swimmingpool although i think that was planned as a separate hall.
I guess a Japanese garden does sound like a good idea if there won't be any animals in it. Like a garden that cuts you from the rest of the park.
I brought up the Cambron Alley because there are South American primates listed on the animal list of Cambron Alley of the website. And even if CA did not have primates, it still has a lot of rainforrest birds native to Central and South America not to mention capybaras and giant anteaters, which I know the latter two are not mentioned in any article I saw but I believe they could still end up there.
The photo’s I saw display a hall divided in two, so I suspect it will be 2 hectares zoo and 2 hectares tropical swimming paradise
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I guess best is to wait, as honestly the title of a 4hectare tropical hall only counts if it actually is a tropical hall and not half a tropical swim paradise (in my opinion). Cause the tropical swim paradise in germany (tropical island) is 7 HA and also tropical temperatures, keeps flamingos and such. So they would not win that fight.
I suspect there is going to be a lot of reshuffeling within the park. I kind of hope seeing as the hall will be smaller that in the future there will be room for an outdoor south america area. With a spectacular Jaguar exhibit (inca/maya themed)
A japanese garden could have some cranes within it. Maybe Japanese Serows .
Also i wonder what they will do with the oasis. I remember they might turn it into a dessert hall at one point.
I do also hope in the future they will built a large aquarium in the style of Burgers Ocean or Afrykaneum in Wroclaw. And redo the land of origins imho the weakest part of the zoo.
From what I understand the Japanese area would include animals. Given that there are already islands around, I would assume their existing Japanese macaque group will be included.
The South American primates I see listed on the website under Cambron Abbey are those that live in the Oasis semi-arid greenhouse (sakis and cotton-top tamarins).
I personally really like the look and feel current tapir/capybara/tapir exhibit, I hope it will be kept more or less in its current form even if they move the South American animals. But the inhabitants would have to be somewhat aquatic and not too large, so not that many options.
Personally I do not really like the idea of them building a massive tropical swimming and wellness facility. Too much of a theme park feeling and too distracting from the mission of modern zoos, I think. I understand them including accommodations, but I would prefer if the majority of the area would have a focus on animals, ecosystems and conservation. But it wouldn't be Pairi Daiza if they did not do something weird with it...
An article I read mentioned "Colombian ruins" as part of Sanctuary. I assume that would mean some kind of Inca theming.
Personally I don't think The Land of Origins is that weak, and has a reasonable number of adequate exhibits, but also some poor ones. The area I personally like the least is The Kingdom of Ganesha, as the aspect of excessive theming at the expense of animal exhibits and welfare is in my opinion the most notable in that area.
The last Oriental Stork (Ciconia boyciana) has escaped due to stormdamage last fridaynight, and has landed into the enclosure with the lions yesterday.... That was the end of the story unfortunaly.
Story has reached the media unfortunately... this is going to be a public relations nightmare, possibly even a legal case against the park and/or its employees if the wrong people jump on it.
Not good at all.
it is a regrettable incident. But nothing more than that. Herons and alike are sometimes caught by lions in zoos and there is never a real fuss about it. Nobody can do something about it that that tree falls on the aviary and that the stork then chooses the lions from all places...
Someone could argue that this incident could be the result of gross negligence or lack of care as the bird was not cooped up inside, and attack the park for that, or try to get a legal case going on that base.
Worth reminding that Mayan civilisation was only Mexico and Mesoamericas whereas the Inca empire only in its later days extended to the extreme SE part of Colombia. As it stands any cultural atmosphere setting is out of place.
I dont know Belgium law but in the Netherlands they wouldnt have a strong case for those accustations. As long as regualr maintance was done. And even if one could argue a case that more could have been done to strengthen or secure the avairy, they cant be blamed for the bird landing at the lions. Or do you think that as long as the bird was out all the carnivors had to be locked up inside? I think that would have been more difficult to explain to the "animal rights" groups.
Peru as a starting point would probably be more appropriate if they wanted to include cultural elements - and Peru still has a substantial proportion of the Amazon biomes which the project apparently would focus n within its borders, although the Inca sites are to my knowledge located higher up into the Andes. That said, cultural settings being out of place relating to the animals kept isn't something that hasn't happened at Pairi Daiza before.
I don't know details, but I do know that Belgium laws do require appropriate shelter from the elements and (extreme) weather, and prevention of injury or unsafe situations.
A Southern white rhinoceros calf was born on February 7th, the third calf from mother Ellie.
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Good news to finally see Pairi Diaza finally getting some girls, most likely with the intentions of starting a breeding group alongside their bachelor males. It'll be intriguing to see where the male will come from; maybe they'll just use one of the males they already have.
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The male gorilla Nasibu comes from the Rotterdam Zoo to join them. Nasibu had been living there alone in a small enclosure for several years and the original idea was to move him to Orana Wildlife Park in New Zealand, but his departure was always postponed, first because his enclosure had yet to be built and later because of COVID-19, so after many years they finally decided to move him to Pairi Daiza.
The enclosure is there, its just Covid-19 that has prevented this from going through.
It's good to know that Nasibu will finally get the opportunity to head a breeding troop though after living in isolation for many years.
Two King penguins, Orwell and Wilson, aged 1 year and 9 months and 2 years and 8 months, (Aptenodytes patagonicus) recently arrived at Pairi Daiza from Zoo Wuppertal.
The penguin cave in The Land of the Cold now houses three species (Subantarctic gentoo, Eastern rockhopper and king).
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The penguin cave in The Land of the Cold now houses three species (Subantarctic gentoo, Eastern rockhopper and king).
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