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StellarChaser said:
In fact many Zoochatters oppose renting GSN Monkeys b/c they prefer the rents to be invested for saving more endangered species rather than being paid to China. Based on the video released by Beauval and Pairi Daiza, looks like GSN Monkey is more popular to general visitors than I thought, I initially thought most audiences may think "it is just another type of monkey"
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The funds are being used for conservation AND even the regular golden monkeys Rhinopithecus roxellanae are an endangered species. Both Zoo Park de Beauval and Pairi Daiza - Cambron gaan valuable direct contacts with PR of China's conservation authorities.

Personally, the hit and miss focus in some corners of the Zoochat forum over PR China in terms of Y/N using funds generated by an animal exchange deal quid pro quo either conservation, cordial diplomacy or a hybrid versus never being critical of commercial arrangements elsewhere dealing with animal exchanges over equally threatened species is in my perception a tad too much hypocrisy.

NOTA BENE: Please do not start the well trodden usual brouhaha over PR of China with overseas friendly nations and giant panda loan deals. Before anyone starts ..... I pre-emptively put it out here!!!!!

Personally, I do think the Chinese are pretty astute about these deals and smart ass about claiming continued ownership over their giant pandas of all loaned out individuals outside the country. This with a breeding pair on loan returning to PR of China after approximately 10 years abroad and any giant pandas cubs also going back to P.R. of China to support both the ex situ conservation breeding and in situ conservation work. Net result has been that for giant pandas now an expansive network of connected protected areas exists, tentative steps have been taken to release captive-bred giant pandas from the large ex situ PR of China efforts in conservation breeding and the number of giant pandas across its natural range has expanded significantly.
I can think of a few other species where a similar approach would benefit both ex situ conservation breeding versus in situ conservation work. If one looks at Europe f.i. the examples of both European Wisent/Visent and Przewalski's horse come to mind. Allthough, in both cases a Coalition of zoos has been participating in these restoration efforts, yet f.i. the management of European Wisent/Visent restoration program AND captive-breeding initiatives are managed by Polish Academy of Sciences staff.... If I would write up a list there would be quite a few African and Asian threatened species on that list .... Period!
 
Kifaru Bwana said:
never being critical of commercial arrangements elsewhere dealing with animal exchanges over equally threatened species is in my perception a tad too much hypocrisy.
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I have seen people be critical of the monopoly of eastern giant elands (including their offspring) in the United States, which has resulted in zoos frustratingly give up on this species.

While the species are owned by Brazil on paper, ACTP has also done questionable transfers of Spix’s macaws to Vantara and god-knows-where, which people are also critical of.

So yea there are people who are critical of commercial arrangements if you know where to look.
 
Haliaeetus said:
Birth of 0.1 Giant Anteater on Apr. 1st.
496K views · 13K reactions | Bébé fourmilier géant | En cette journée mondiale des bébés, on vous présente notre nouvelle pensionnaire ! Il s’agit d’une petite femelle fourmilier géant qui est née le 1er... | By Zoo de Beauval | Facebook
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The baby Anteater has been called INCA (just like a little male born there too a few years ago...).
ZooParc de Beauval, la passion animale on Instagram: " Souvenez-vous, le 1er avril, un événement tout doux a vu le jour dans la Grande Volière Sud-Américaine : la naissance d’un bébé fourmilier géant. La petite, prénommée Inca, se porte à merveille ! Envie de fondre ? Plongez dans les coulisses de Beauval et découvrez comment se passe une pesée… alors qu’elle ne lâche pas d’un poil le dos de sa maman, Aurora. On sait, vous avez déjà craqué Mais encore un peu de patience : Inca ne pointera son nez dehors qu’une fois les températures plus douces et régulières… #zoodebeauval #baby #tamanoir #fourmiliergeant #pesee #veterinaires #conservation #animals"

Otherwise the Southern Screamers have been transferred from the little enclosure near the restaurant Le Tropical to the "Pampa" enclosure with the Brazilian Tapirs, Capybaras, Rheas...
(reported by Jean-Marc Jimenez on his Facebook account)
 
Pertinax said:
Yes, 'golden' has far more allure than 'snub-nosed' I think. Same with e.g. Takin. As to the popularity, I think the publicity about their arrival no doubt generated large crowds around their enclosure, at least initially.
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Aeh, yes, but that was not what I meant (sorry for the confusion). What I meant is that a "half monkey, half rhino"-animal would draw the people EVEN more then a "golden" one.:)
 
There is a new sign (that replace the one with the mongooses) at the rocs of Dodoma, the species listed are the meerkats, the dik-diks, the CAPE porcupines (it’s currently the Indian ones that were in the prairie dogs enclosure) and the BAT-EARED FOXES, so they effectively took place in the rock hyraxs house
 
 
Hello,

I was in Beauval today, and I have many news about the animals :
  • First I've seen 2 baby Douc Langurs and 1 newborn Caribbean Manatee (maybe born today) ; I hope they are fine and they will grow without serious issues ;
  • No more Seahorses in the Australian house tank, replaced by a single Valentin's Sharpnose Puffer, probably as a filler species ;
  • I've seen the 3 Golden Monkeys with recurrent mating behaviours ;
  • The baby Giant Anteater and her mother were on show in the outdoor enclosure ;
  • The Lace Monitor enclosure in the main vivarium was empty ;
  • In the main Primate house there were 2 Geoffroy's Marmosets, 2 Golden Lion Tamarins and 1 Coppery Titi in the Neotropical Primate indoor row of enclosures ;
  • The new primate aviaries that replace the former Mediterranean Tortoise enclosure host Pygmy Marmosets and Golden-headed Lion Tamarins, all in the indoor quarters for now.
And a non zoo-related but nice sighting, I've seen 1 Eurasian Thick-knee over the road, 1 km North to Contres village near Beauval...
 
Floriah said:
From what I know there's only one male in the reproduction program. Where did you saw that they were 3
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If I am correct (and the numbers from Species360 seem to confirm this), Beauval had three males and one female prior to this birth. The males are Orinoco and his two sons Sao and Anoki, born in 2022. The female Mara arrived at Beauval from Madrid late last year.
 
MennoPebesma said:
If I am correct (and the numbers from Species360 seem to confirm this), Beauval had three males and one female prior to this birth. The males are Orinoco and his two sons Sao and Anoki, born in 2022. The female Mara arrived at Beauval from Madrid late last year.
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Yeah I thought that you were talking about the babies from a few years ago. They still are in Beauval but I don't think that they can take part in reproduction, so the babies must be from the new female, Mara and from Orinoco.
 
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