In Valencia the owner enterprise had planned an "Asian" expansion, but when...? Nobody knows.
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In Valencia the owner enterprise had planned an "Asian" expansion, but when...? Nobody knows.
Bioparc have just post a video of them, surely they gave more info there
I Saw on Google Earth that apparently the own a huge space ok the left of the park, where there is nothing, I suppose It could go there
Ok. Where I can find that video...? Maybe on YouTube?
The "presentation" video the park has just posted mentions that the striped hyenas are outside in the mornings and that the spotted hyena comes out in the afternoon.
Yes, that was what i Saw a few years algo but they havent done anything yet, do you think are they going to do something?
I doubt it. I don't mind it not happening that much, I'd stick to the African theme if they ever got any other expansions.
I Will be more than Happy if there is some type pf expansion. I dont really mind which zone is based on
BenFoxster
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Take with a grain of salt, but to copy a comment from @LuisCostaldelSol from the Bioparc Fuengirola news thread-
"Hello everyone, English is not my first language, but I will do my very best to share details about our upcoming expansion of Bioparc Fuengirola.
Brief introduction first, I'm Luis, the lead architect of the project, one that has been in the works for well over a decade. We had many planning stages and now we are in our execution phase that is coming to an end.
Our expansion of Bioparc Fuengirola focuses on the tropical Americas and it is by far our biggest and most challenging project since the opening of the new park.
As we shared in our social media previously, the center piece of our project is an aquarium, that will represent the Great Mayan Reef in spectacular detail.
In addition to our aquatic exhibitions, we will have a focus on keystone species from the tropical forests of South America, since the climate here in Costa del Sol allows it. Some of these magnificent species are the giant otter, jaguar, spider monkey, howler monkey among others.
In the future it is our goal to add manatees to this exhibition, but they will not be present on the opening phase. We are currently designing a habitat that meets all of the challenging prerequisites that these incredible animals need to thrive in captivity. Our manatees will come from an institution in the State of Florida and will become the biggest colony of its kind in Europe.
Hope you are all as excited as we are and hope to see you soon in our Costa del Sol."
In another comment he mentions,
"Birds will be included in the new exhibition thru the immersion process that our institutions are known for. As this project will be the biggest dedicated space within any European zoo as far as species count from the American Tropics, there will also be a number of bird species.
While we will not have a dedicated aviary, there is a section of the exhibition that will be fully netted and allows visitors to observe the animal habitats from a variation of points of view. In this enclosure selected bird species like scarlet Ibis and southern screamer among others will share the space with mammals like the anteater. There are also bird species integrated within the aquatic areas like the White-faced whistling duck and Brazilian Teal.
Staff will be interacting with visitors thru animal ambassador stations within the areas and here we are planning on exhibiting birds like the toco toucan.
As far as renderings of the exhibition, I'm happy to communicate to you that we have been filming a documentary about the process as well as a book that will illustrate the design and execution of the project in many phases."
BenFoxster
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My bad, Keeper. Won't stray off topic anymore.Please not be offend...
All those things are great but... This thread it's about Bioparc Valencia, not about Fuengirola.
The future Bioparc Valencia's expansion has no know date.
New (sub)species:
- The park has welcomed a pair of female North African ostriches (Struthio camelus camelus) to the dry savannah. They were born and arrived from Zoobotánico de Jerez.
- The park has welcomed a pair of female North African ostriches (Struthio camelus camelus) to the dry savannah. They were born and arrived from Zoobotánico de Jerez.
It's a great new and it's nice to see the course of Bioparc and how are changing less endangered taxa for endangered relatives
It's a trend that is slowly but surely showing itself! I personally really like some of the changes they have recently done.
I'm out of the loop - what other changes have they made?
The ostriches now and replacing their Grant's zebra herd with a female pair of Hartmann's mountain zebras. Not really "endangered" animals but they recently got striped hyenas on rotation with their elderly spotted hyena and brought in a pair of northern warthogs which I expect will replace the elderly non-subspecific individuals of the same species. Can't recall much more though, they got some cool tortoises in their terrariums too, and blue-breasted kingfishers for the aviary.
Hey, talking abouth the Hartmann's zebras... When are they going to get a male?? The two females are already comfortable on tehir habitat. Maybe they will wait to the new ostriches get used to the new habitat? On other part, any news about the old male of ostrich?? last time i went there keepers told me it was inside because it was too old for being with the rhinos and the zebras
EEPs take their time and I doubt that just because the mares are comfortable that doesn't mean they'll get a male easily. They have to find a compatible match, an individual that gets along with all the species that share the enclosure (getting a stallion there with the rhinos could be pretty dangerous),... Look at the addaxes, they said they'd try to get a breeding partner for them but they have been on their own for quite a while. I'd love it if they got a stallion and they could start breeding, but stuff takes it's time.
Seeing that they still have one of the female south African ostriches "teaching" how to get around to the north Africans, maybe the elderly male is just in the backstage and they'll get phased out once the North African ostriches are mature enough.