Large parking lot is something this zoo needs urgently. Hopefuly it will get high priority in their investment plans.
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Large parking lot is something this zoo needs urgently. Hopefuly it will get high priority in their investment plans.
Aye-aye does sound ambitious. I wish the zoo good luck with this project along with the others.
Well, I would be much more excited about them (and gelladas, whom also feature map in these materials), than about return of elephants and orangutans
According to 2021 annual report yes, I am not sure if there werent some changes during this year
JurassicMax
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Recently the zoo gave some more info on the new mandril enclosure. The (former?) pavilion of old-world primates will be replaced by a new exhibit named the "Congo Forest". This exhibit will house mandrills, De Brazza's monkeys and Mantled guerezas.
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Instagram of Zoo Ústí nad Labem (23/12/2022)
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Instagram of Zoo Ústí nad Labem (23/12/2022)
Unfortunately, both cubs had to be euthanised. One was pts last month, the second cub just recently. They both had inborn low ossification of long bones that resulted in broken and unhealing legs. RIP
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Some (hopefully) good news from Ústí for a change -
(former) elephant house - according to zoo website, it should be (re)open with its new inhabitats (tapirs, visayan pigs and fruit bats) in end of april (if I understand correctly)
During this year should be build some provisional paddocks for owls and monkeys and old (and I would say, at least in some cases, terrible) exhibits for them will be demolished then (this or more likely next year, I guess?) - info say "non-expositional", so most of these species won t be visible for some time? Visible should stay de Brazza monkeys, which will be moved into empty orangutan paddock (again, provisionaly)
Two new/reconstructed exhibits in Exotarium house - reptiles of Madagascar and southeast Asia
New species - pygmy hippos (to recent tapir exhibit) and Przewalski horses (former elephant outdoor paddock). Also, some smaller species (prevost squirels, palawan porcupines, elongated tortoise)
Also, gibbons will be moved, as already mentioned.
Some of these projects are already in progress, so I am cautiously optimistic and also happy that something is indeed happening there...
(former) elephant house - according to zoo website, it should be (re)open with its new inhabitats (tapirs, visayan pigs and fruit bats) in end of april (if I understand correctly)
During this year should be build some provisional paddocks for owls and monkeys and old (and I would say, at least in some cases, terrible) exhibits for them will be demolished then (this or more likely next year, I guess?) - info say "non-expositional", so most of these species won t be visible for some time? Visible should stay de Brazza monkeys, which will be moved into empty orangutan paddock (again, provisionaly)
Two new/reconstructed exhibits in Exotarium house - reptiles of Madagascar and southeast Asia
New species - pygmy hippos (to recent tapir exhibit) and Przewalski horses (former elephant outdoor paddock). Also, some smaller species (prevost squirels, palawan porcupines, elongated tortoise)
Also, gibbons will be moved, as already mentioned.
Some of these projects are already in progress, so I am cautiously optimistic and also happy that something is indeed happening there...
JurassicMax
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At the start of this month a Northern Luzon giant cloud rat (Phloeomys pallidus) was born.
Recently a Dusky pademelon joey (Thylogale brunii) started to explore outside its mothers pouch! According to ZTL this is a zoo first breeding for Ústí nad Labem.
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Instagram of Ústí nad Labem (13/03/2023)
Instagram of Ústí nad Labem (21/03/2023)
Recently a Dusky pademelon joey (Thylogale brunii) started to explore outside its mothers pouch! According to ZTL this is a zoo first breeding for Ústí nad Labem.
Sources:
Instagram of Ústí nad Labem (13/03/2023)
Instagram of Ústí nad Labem (21/03/2023)
Important news : on its website the zoo announced that it is building a nocturnal exhibit for aye aye, mammals, reptiles and insects from Madagascar.
EXPOZICE NOČNÍ MADAGASKAR
EXPOZICE NOČNÍ MADAGASKAR
A short article about their bear cuscuses appeared.
They keep an older pair where both animals are too old to breed. The zoo would like to continue with the species in future so they are in contact with an indonesian zoo and discussing an import of young animals.
The species is a diet specialist and should eat only tree leaves. In Usti they were fed also some root vegetables. This proved to be too sugary and the animals got too fat and were put on strict diet. Their only treat is a small piece of avocado they get daily. During summer they get rose flower petals.
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They keep an older pair where both animals are too old to breed. The zoo would like to continue with the species in future so they are in contact with an indonesian zoo and discussing an import of young animals.
The species is a diet specialist and should eat only tree leaves. In Usti they were fed also some root vegetables. This proved to be too sugary and the animals got too fat and were put on strict diet. Their only treat is a small piece of avocado they get daily. During summer they get rose flower petals.
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Their tamandua pair they obtained last year has bred for the first time. A cub born 30th of March is not sexed yet but keepers think it´s rather a female. The upper part of Exotarium pavilion is partly boarded off to give the new mother sense of safety.
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The refurbished reptile tanks in Exotarium mentioned earlier in thread have following species:
SE Asia
- Weber´s sailfin lizard
- Chinese water dragon
- Asian leaf turtle
- elongated turtle
Madagascar
- Madagascar tree boa
- Madagascar day gecko
- Madagascar tomato frog
The nilgai pen will have new species on show. The zoo plans to obtain Indian hog deer and mix them with nilgais.
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The refurbished reptile tanks in Exotarium mentioned earlier in thread have following species:
SE Asia
- Weber´s sailfin lizard
- Chinese water dragon
- Asian leaf turtle
- elongated turtle
Madagascar
- Madagascar tree boa
- Madagascar day gecko
- Madagascar tomato frog
The nilgai pen will have new species on show. The zoo plans to obtain Indian hog deer and mix them with nilgais.
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Same source also mentions already held blesboks, who should went onshow soon (in giraffe paddock) and that this year should start construction of new gibbon exhibit.
Mentioned are also pygmy hippoes ("soon").
Btw visayan pigs and tapir don´t have access to outdoor paddock at this moment, i suppose? Wonder when it will be available to them (I think it should be current guanaco paddock, cause former elephant exposition is reserved for Przewalski horses, but I might be wrong)
