Skopje Zoo Skopje Zoo News

[JurassicMax]

I didn't see a specific thread for news of Skopje Zoo, so here it is.

Recently a Lar (Hylobates lar) was born.

Source:
Instagram of Skopje Zoo (12/01/2022) https://www.instagram.com/p/CYoT6RsMEVB/

 

[JurassicMax]

Recently 12-year old male Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) Casper passed away. According to ZTL this male arrived from Tierpark Berlin in 2012 and he was the only giraffe at Skopje Zoo.

Source:
Instagram of Skopje Zoo (04/05/2023)

 

[masonstar]

Recently 12-year old male Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) Casper passed away. According to ZTL this male arrived from Tierpark Berlin in 2012 and he was the only giraffe at Skopje Zoo.

Source:
Instagram of Skopje Zoo (04/05/2023)

Kasper was not the male from Berlin TP....that was Egon - he died in the begining of 2014.
Kasper came up from another institution in germany.
Kasper was not the only giraffe at Skopje...if i am right they still have another male there.

 

[JurassicMax]

At the start of this month almost 21-year old female Siberian tiger (Panthera tigris altaica) Nadja passed away.

Source:
Instagram of Skopje Zoo (05/09/2023)

 

[JurassicMax]

Sad news from Skopje zoo, 44-year old zookeeper Riste Trajkovski passed away yesterday. One of the species he took care of were the giraffes. Sadly one of the giraffes also passed away on the same day.

Source:
Instagram of Skopje Zoo (28/11/2023)

 

[JurassicMax]

Last month both a female Bactrian camel and alpaca were born.

Recently 2 Ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta) were born.

Sources:
Instagram of Skopje Zoo (29/04/2024)
Instagram of Skopje Zoo (30/04/2024)
Instagram of Skopje Zoo (04/05/2024)

 

[JurassicMax]

On the 6th of August female Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) Dunya was euthanised, she was the last Asian Elephant in Skopje Zoo. She came together with a female African elephant from Pairi Daiza in 2018.

Source:
Instagram of Skopje Zoo (08/08/2024)

 

[JurassicMax]

In October 16-year old male Lion (Panthera leo) Zika passed away.

Source:
Instagram of Skopje Zoo (15/10/2024)

 

[Leaf Productions]

In October 16-year old male Lion (Panthera leo) Zika passed away.

Source:
Instagram of Skopje Zoo (15/10/2024)

That's so sad ):