@Veno Right, do you know what they have planned for the Przewalski horses long term in Japan? Will they become part of the rewilding projects in f.i. Mongolia, PR China and Kazakhstan and perhaps Uzbekistan ... Ukraine?
zoogeekmaelstrom
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On another note, this means that Nasu World Monkey Park and Zoorasia are the only zoos to keep woolly monkeys in Japan.
Yes, that's correct. By the way, Nasu only has males. I don't know if the males are purebred.
Males as in plural? I thought they only had one male Tsuyoshi. I don’t even know if he was born there.
He was born there in 2009. Not only he, but also his father and older brother, are still living there.
zoogeekmaelstrom
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A goliath imperial pigeon died on June 13th. They were the only goliath imperial pigeon on display at Zoorasia. From what I know of, Zoorasia's private breeding center and Saitama Children's Zoo are the only facilities in Japan to house goliath imperial pigeons. @Veno may know another place though.
zoogeekmaelstrom
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A goliath imperial pigeon from Zoorasia's breeding center arrived sometime during mid to late July, replacing the one that passed away on June.
A baby okapi was born at Zoorasia for the first time in ten years. The father is Bakari, and the mother is Lala. Last February, Lala experienced her first pregnancy, which sadly ended in a stillbirth. However, this time, the baby was born healthy, and Lala is taking good care of her calf.
嬉しいお知らせ♪
嬉しいお知らせ♪
zoogeekmaelstrom
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That's great news after the death of the last okapi in Ueno.
A goliath imperial pigeon which arrived from the Yokohama Breeding Center on Wednesday, July 17, died on August 13.
オオミカドバトについて
オオミカドバトについて
Births from January to September 2024 at Zoorasia:
Red-shanked Douc (Pygathrix nemaeus): 0.1.0
Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata fuscata): 0.2.0
European Otter (Lutra lutra lutra): 2.0.0
Okapi (Okapia johnstoni): 0.1.0
Vietnamese Pheasant (Lophura hatinhensis): 0.1.3
Victoria Crowned Pigeon (Goura victoria beccarii): 0.0.X
Red-shanked Douc (Pygathrix nemaeus): 0.1.0
Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata fuscata): 0.2.0
European Otter (Lutra lutra lutra): 2.0.0
Okapi (Okapia johnstoni): 0.1.0
Vietnamese Pheasant (Lophura hatinhensis): 0.1.3
Victoria Crowned Pigeon (Goura victoria beccarii): 0.0.X
Okapi Lara's baby named Furaha yesterday，Furaha in Swahili is for 'happiness' and 'happy'.
zoogeekmaelstrom
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How many Crested Arguses have been born at the zoo?
At least one chick was born last year. I'm not very sure about the specifics, but I can provide the population of Crested Argus in Japan:
Zoorasia: 3.9.0
Nogeyama: 1.0.0 (Not on display)
Kanazawa: 1.1.0 (Not on display)
Kumamoto: 1.1.0
What is the founder base like? Are all current crested argus related in some way or are there multiple pairs and bloodlines, so more founders in this population?
I don't know the exact number of founders, but I believe a few birds imported around 25 years ago are the founders. The director of Zoorasia is cooperating with IUCN's ex-situ conservation efforts for Crested Argus, so Zoorasia is committed to the conservation of this species.
Bakari came in direct from White Oak to Tokyo Ueno Zoo, I think. Zoorasia as the main zoo facility to breed okapi in Japan regularly sent out okapi to either Yokohama's Kanazawa Zoo (M Kianga) and 2-3 at least to Tokyo Ueno Zoo (FF Kimbia, Kasenyi (8) as well as Bidii)!
Historically, Zoorasia had quite a large grouping of okapi (at some point even 6-7 individuals). I remember MM Hodari (b. 2001), Toto (b. 2006) and FF Bidii (b. 2000) and Lulu (b. 2003) as well as a few others....! I guess all of the ones I mentioned now will have passed away now (????). Would be nice to know what happened with these individuals!
@Veno, Are this pair (Bakari and Lala) and their July 2024 calf Furaha the only okapi left at Zoorasia now?
A second litter of Eurasian otters were born in October 22. The mother Nagomi also gave birth to the previous litter, but those pups were artificially raised. Nagomi is raising the pups herself in this attempt.
https://www.hama-midorinokyokai.or..../0545fbd718a3dfa2d72437cde302bf014a51564e.pdf
Recently, a female European otter named Nysa arrived from Warszawa Zoo in Poland.
https://tvn24.pl/tvnwarszawa/praga-...obrą współpracę,by tam założyć własną rodzinę.
https://tvn24.pl/tvnwarszawa/praga-...obrą współpracę,by tam założyć własną rodzinę.