Birth of a black and rufous sengi in Wroclaw a few days ago. According to zootierliste it's a first 
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Birth of a black and rufous sengi in Wroclaw a few days ago. According to zootierliste it's a first
Wrocław zoo has been keeping this species since 2018, and it was bred in the first year (youngster didn’t survive). So the first successful breeding was in 2019.
JurassicMax
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Around a month ago a Linnaeus' two-toed sloth (Choloepus didactylus) was born, sadly the mother was taking care of it. Therefore the young is getting hand-fed.
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Instagram of Zoo Wroclaw (26/03/2022) https://www.instagram.com/p/CbjtEFjoj5d/
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Instagram of Zoo Wroclaw (26/03/2022) https://www.instagram.com/p/CbjtEFjoj5d/
JurassicMax
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Correction: The mother was NOT taking care of the young, therefore the decision was made to handraise the young.
Tokey ( Gecko ) bred succesful at Wroclaw .
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JurassicMax
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Recently an European lowland-bison (Bison bonasus bonasus) was born.
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Instagram of Zoo Wroclaw (17/05/2022) Login • Instagram
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Instagram of Zoo Wroclaw (17/05/2022) Login • Instagram
Wroclaw Zoo is one of the very few breeders of the Palawan hornbills. They archieved the European first-breeding in 2017 and this year again an unknown number of chicks has been hatched .
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JurassicMax
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Recently 3 Long-eared hedgehogs (Hemiechinus auritus) were born.
A few days ago 2,5-year old female Western pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis liberiensis) Kadarka arrived from Szeged zoo (Hungary). According to the Instagram of Zoo Wroclaw, she was born on the 20th of January 2020.
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Instagram of Zoo Wroclaw (16/06/2022) Login • Instagram
Instagram of Zoo Wroclaw (18/09/2022) Login • Instagram
A few days ago 2,5-year old female Western pygmy hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis liberiensis) Kadarka arrived from Szeged zoo (Hungary). According to the Instagram of Zoo Wroclaw, she was born on the 20th of January 2020.
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Instagram of Zoo Wroclaw (16/06/2022) Login • Instagram
Instagram of Zoo Wroclaw (18/09/2022) Login • Instagram
A Cape fur seal was born at Wroclaw .
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And good year for many birds that have hatched: Palawan Hornbill (Wrocław is the only zoo in the world that breeds this species), Baer’s Pochard (first time in Poland), Common Eider (first time in Poland), Black-winged Stilt (first time in Wrocław), Red-crowned Crane (first time in Wrocław), Darwin’s Rhea , Siamese Fireback, Black-necked Swan, Cereopsis Goose, Waldrapp Ibis, Cattle Egret, Little Bittern and other species. More birds sitting on the eggs.
Another very intresting bird-breeding : 2 African pygmy goose have hatched .
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JurassicMax
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On the 2nd of August a (male?) Javan banteng (Bos javanicus javanicus) was born.
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Instagram of Zoo Wroclaw (20/08/2022)
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Instagram of Zoo Wroclaw (20/08/2022)
JurassicMax
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Yesterday the zoo's oldest African penguin (Spheniscus demersus) passed away, Boss was born in Paignton Zoo on the 17th of March 1997 making him 25 years old.
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Instagram of Zoo Wroclaw (01/10/2022)
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Instagram of Zoo Wroclaw (01/10/2022)
On Oct. 22 a male Collared mangabey was born .
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JurassicMax
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On the 30th of November female Okapi (Okapia johnstoni) Zawadi arrived from zoo Leipzig.
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Instagram of Zoo Wroclaw (05/12/2022)
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Instagram of Zoo Wroclaw (05/12/2022)
The zoo website links to a 14-page historical paper about non-European people shows in the Wroclaw Zoo. This topic is often sensationalized in tabloid accounts and books.
“And on Sunday we went to watch the people”. Ethnographic shows in the Wrocław zoological garden between 1876 and 1930 ; Etnografia Polska 62 z. 1-2 (2018)
"This article analyzes shows of non-European peoples (German: Völkerschauen) which were performed at the premises of the Wrocław zoological garden (at that time Breslau zoological garden) between 1876 and 1930. Being the first in the series of articles analyzing ethnographic shows hosted at the territories of the present Polish state at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, the present text delineatesthe main framework within which further, thorough analyses will be conducted. The aim of this article is to outline the history of ethnographic shows at the premises of the Wrocław zoo, including the reconstruction of their timeline, overview of the context, forms and principles underlying the organization of similar events in Germany. The article is based on sources obtained from archives and press materials."
„A w niedzielę szło się oglądać ludzi”. Pokazy etnograficzne we wrocławskim ogrodzie zoologicznym 1876–1930 - Digital Repository of Scientific Institutes
Full article is in Polish, anybody interested can use Google translate.
“And on Sunday we went to watch the people”. Ethnographic shows in the Wrocław zoological garden between 1876 and 1930 ; Etnografia Polska 62 z. 1-2 (2018)
"This article analyzes shows of non-European peoples (German: Völkerschauen) which were performed at the premises of the Wrocław zoological garden (at that time Breslau zoological garden) between 1876 and 1930. Being the first in the series of articles analyzing ethnographic shows hosted at the territories of the present Polish state at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, the present text delineatesthe main framework within which further, thorough analyses will be conducted. The aim of this article is to outline the history of ethnographic shows at the premises of the Wrocław zoo, including the reconstruction of their timeline, overview of the context, forms and principles underlying the organization of similar events in Germany. The article is based on sources obtained from archives and press materials."
„A w niedzielę szło się oglądać ludzi”. Pokazy etnograficzne we wrocławskim ogrodzie zoologicznym 1876–1930 - Digital Repository of Scientific Institutes
Full article is in Polish, anybody interested can use Google translate.