They were definitely gone yesterday. Not a single turtle in the habitat, and a guide had been observing the capture before I arrived. Perhaps a health check?
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They were definitely gone yesterday. Not a single turtle in the habitat, and a guide had been observing the capture before I arrived. Perhaps a health check?
Probably then, they were all in the water today, so counting was impossible.
Burgers confirmed the closure and demolition of the old birdhouse. They are planning a new ecodisplay, however this will not be built straight away
No surprise .... the Bird House was iconic! Its demolition and that a new display is forthcoming is an open goal / door thing. Really, what it will be is anybody's guess and it is no use speculating.
personally I wouldl ove soem kind of Austrila display, which also would include the existing kanagroo exhibit
I mean... Didn't we already see the permit requests?
The whole thing where it will have a large, mixed enclosure in the middle and they won't be cutting down the trees that are currently there? We already did quite a bit of speculating with that
If so, have they been placed on the forum yet?
Haliaeetus
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Departure of 1.0 Southern White Rhino of 32 years to the Monde Sauvage Zoo in Belgium.
ZooFlits on Instagram: "Burgers’ Zoo heeft afscheid genomen van hun succesvolle witte neushoorn-fokman. De 32-jarige neushoorn is vandaag verhuisd naar het Belgische safaripark Monde Sauvage, waar hij voor nageslacht mag gaan zorgen bij de daar aanwezige vrouwtjes. Burgers’ Zoo krijgt er een jong mannetje van 13 jaar uit een andere dierentuin voor terug. De mannelijke neushoorn wist in Burgers’ Zoo voor veel nakomelingen te zorgen: sinds zijn komst in 2007 kwamen er acht mannetjes en drie vrouwtjes ter wereld. Hierdoor is de Arnhemse dierentuin een van de meest succesvolle neushoornfokkers binnen het Europese populatiemanagementprogramma geworden. #neushoorn #verhuizing #burgerszoo #mondesauvage #zooflits"
ZooFlits on Instagram: "Burgers’ Zoo heeft afscheid genomen van hun succesvolle witte neushoorn-fokman. De 32-jarige neushoorn is vandaag verhuisd naar het Belgische safaripark Monde Sauvage, waar hij voor nageslacht mag gaan zorgen bij de daar aanwezige vrouwtjes. Burgers’ Zoo krijgt er een jong mannetje van 13 jaar uit een andere dierentuin voor terug. De mannelijke neushoorn wist in Burgers’ Zoo voor veel nakomelingen te zorgen: sinds zijn komst in 2007 kwamen er acht mannetjes en drie vrouwtjes ter wereld. Hierdoor is de Arnhemse dierentuin een van de meest succesvolle neushoornfokkers binnen het Europese populatiemanagementprogramma geworden. #neushoorn #verhuizing #burgerszoo #mondesauvage #zooflits"
This male (Gilou) has fathered 11 offspring in Burgers' Zoo, so his genes are well represented and the rhinos were on birth control. A new 13 year old male is expected soon and they will be allowed to breed again then. It is hoped Gilou will breed at his new home with 2 wild caught females that have never bred.
The 2 capybara are apparently also visible again, so their introduction behind the scenes was successful.
Haliaeetus
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Isn't he born in Vincennes (Paris)?
JvG
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Yes on 8-8-1992. His parents are Rhona/Gaby and Gus
Some small notes from today:
- The signage for white-eared catbirds was removed in the Bush. The zoo was down to 2 females (they are still listed on ZIMS). I don't know if it is temporary, but they were the only ones on show in Europe. This is a species that the zoo was very successful with for decades, so I hope they will return...
- A female blue-winged duck arrived and is on show with the resident male.
- The Arizona scorpion enclosure was empty and signage removed, so presumably it passed away.
- There was at least 1 very young four-eyed fish swimming with the adults in the Mangrove.
On another note: permission was granted to demolish the pheasantry, as well as the old flamingo house and the concrete flamingo pool. So that will likely commence soon.
- The signage for white-eared catbirds was removed in the Bush. The zoo was down to 2 females (they are still listed on ZIMS). I don't know if it is temporary, but they were the only ones on show in Europe. This is a species that the zoo was very successful with for decades, so I hope they will return...
- A female blue-winged duck arrived and is on show with the resident male.
- The Arizona scorpion enclosure was empty and signage removed, so presumably it passed away.
- There was at least 1 very young four-eyed fish swimming with the adults in the Mangrove.
On another note: permission was granted to demolish the pheasantry, as well as the old flamingo house and the concrete flamingo pool. So that will likely commence soon.
Unknown what the future will bring about this part of the Parc.
Maybe, maybe something for Polar Bears as the had in the past, with seals as they had in the past, with some muskox.
Or, or, golden takins, blue sheeps, Marco polo sheeps, red gorals and red pandas. besides some peacocks and pheasants out of the Himalaya region.
Or, or, four enclosures for casuwaries, rock wallaby, birds and monitors out of that side of the Wallace line.
Permission was granted to demolish the current "verzorgingscentrum", the building which houses the vet clinic, animal kitchens, food storage and quarantine space among other functions. This building is now 50 years old and was long due for an update.
According to the permit, it will be demolished either this autumn or coming spring (the permit is valid until the end of 2026). Once the building is demolished, construction on the new building, which will be much more energy efficient, will start and is expected to be finished in 2026. There are no details yet as to how this building will look and where exactly it will be located (it could theoretically move to the current empty space behind the Mangrove, freeing space for animal exhibits at the current location).
Provinciaal blad 2024, 16956 | Overheid.nl > Officiële bekendmakingen
What is unclear is how all these functions will be temporarily replaced, it is possible the current Panter Plaza (next to the restaurant) is eyed as a temporary replacement, as an application was made to create offices there, but this application was denied for now. I guess we will find out within the next months
According to the permit, it will be demolished either this autumn or coming spring (the permit is valid until the end of 2026). Once the building is demolished, construction on the new building, which will be much more energy efficient, will start and is expected to be finished in 2026. There are no details yet as to how this building will look and where exactly it will be located (it could theoretically move to the current empty space behind the Mangrove, freeing space for animal exhibits at the current location).
Provinciaal blad 2024, 16956 | Overheid.nl > Officiële bekendmakingen
What is unclear is how all these functions will be temporarily replaced, it is possible the current Panter Plaza (next to the restaurant) is eyed as a temporary replacement, as an application was made to create offices there, but this application was denied for now. I guess we will find out within the next months
Some updates from a visit yesterday (and other snippets). Overall the zoo looks dormant (like it has been for most of the past 5 years). There seem to be some bigger projects in the pipeline, so it is to be hoped they will finally go ahead next year and refill some enclosures again with permanent residents.
- A new species is currently being introduced to the large coral tank. It is a boxfish (Ostracion spec), most likely a yellow boxfish, but I am no fish expert and it is quite hard to have a proper look at the introduction cage.
- The Mexican housefinch aren't free-ranging anymore in the Desert, but are still on show in the small canyon.
- The hispid cotton rat exhibit and the milk snake terrarium in the tunnel have been refurbished, currently the Colorado river toad exhibit is empty for renovations.
- A second tree porcupine male has arrived, but it didn't get along with the resident male, so it now inhabits the former bobcat enclosure together with surplus socorro doves.
- They are busy with demolishing the interior of the pheasantry. The demolition of the whole building had already been approved. But last week they reaoplied for the same approval. That might sound strange, but probably has to do with the latest legal developments around emissions of nitrogen oxides and ammonium. Both are far too high for most protected nature areas, so for the past 5 years construction projects had to go through quite some loops and very recently one of the shortcuts has been closed down and all permits of the last 5 years will need to be reviewed....
- It appears as if there are no more giant hermit crabs in the Mangrove, the big crab in the Ocean is still there.
- The common ground doves in the Desert had a great breeding year: early in the year 5 pairs were introduced and according to ZIMS there are now 40 common ground doves at the zoo, they are certainly everywhere.
Some new news from the latest Harpij magazine:
- Behind the scenes an orange-fronted fruit dove fledged.
- The last remaining porcupinefish passed away.
- A new species is currently being introduced to the large coral tank. It is a boxfish (Ostracion spec), most likely a yellow boxfish, but I am no fish expert and it is quite hard to have a proper look at the introduction cage.
- The Mexican housefinch aren't free-ranging anymore in the Desert, but are still on show in the small canyon.
- The hispid cotton rat exhibit and the milk snake terrarium in the tunnel have been refurbished, currently the Colorado river toad exhibit is empty for renovations.
- A second tree porcupine male has arrived, but it didn't get along with the resident male, so it now inhabits the former bobcat enclosure together with surplus socorro doves.
- They are busy with demolishing the interior of the pheasantry. The demolition of the whole building had already been approved. But last week they reaoplied for the same approval. That might sound strange, but probably has to do with the latest legal developments around emissions of nitrogen oxides and ammonium. Both are far too high for most protected nature areas, so for the past 5 years construction projects had to go through quite some loops and very recently one of the shortcuts has been closed down and all permits of the last 5 years will need to be reviewed....
- It appears as if there are no more giant hermit crabs in the Mangrove, the big crab in the Ocean is still there.
- The common ground doves in the Desert had a great breeding year: early in the year 5 pairs were introduced and according to ZIMS there are now 40 common ground doves at the zoo, they are certainly everywhere.
Some new news from the latest Harpij magazine:
- Behind the scenes an orange-fronted fruit dove fledged.
- The last remaining porcupinefish passed away.
Paul.Haerle
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According ZTL 0,0,2 Orange-breasted Buntings (only european holding) arrived
Such a gorgeous species! I assume they will eventually be kept in the Desert.
They are a species that would fit in in the desert, seeing its a hot spot for Burgers' Zoo's smaller passerines. But seeing as it's a Central American species, it could really go in any of the indoor ecodisplays...
But yeah, Desert is most likely
JurassicMax
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In December a female Grant's zebra (Equus quagga boehmi) was born.
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Instagram of Burgers' Zoo (16/12/2024)
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Instagram of Burgers' Zoo (16/12/2024)
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