Fur seals in Europe

New year, new update :D

Publicly announced and surviving pups of 2024:
South American fur seal:
none
Cape fur seal:
none
Northern fur seal:
none

Publicly announced deaths of 2024:
South American fur seal:
none
Cape fur seal:
0,1 Mandisa at Zoo Wroclaw
0,1 Lippi at Zoo Leipzig
0,1 Opra at Faunia Madrid
0,1 Daisy at Zoo Frankfurt
Northern fur seal:
1,0 Roger at Erlebnis-Zoo Hannover

Holders:
South American fur seal:
-Bristol Zoo
-Wildlands Adventure Zoo Emmen
+Banham Zoo
Cape fur seal:
-Zoo Leipzig
-SeeQuarium Rhyl
+Flamingo Land
Northern fur seal:
no changes in holders


Total population: 9,8,0 (17) Animals. (Within the ESB).

Parc zoologique de Paris (1,3,0)
1,0 Quito (10-06-2007, Bristol Zoo)
0,1 Molly (13-12-2012, Pretoria Zoo)
0,1 Clara (03-06-2014, Living Coasts)
0,1 Jaci (29-05-2015, Zoo Dortmund)

Zoo Dortmund (1,1,0)
1,0 Frodo (12-06-2002, Bristol Zoo)
0,1 Ronja (18-06-2007, Zoo Dortmund)

Zoo Halle (1,0,0)
1,0 Molly (08-06-2005, Tierpark Hagenbeck)

Tierpark Hagenbeck (2,4,0)
1,0 Rio (25-05-2017, Living Coasts)
1,0 Elmo (15-06-2020, Tierpark Hagenbeck)
0,1 Luna (11-06-2000, Tierpark Hagenbeck)
0,1 Lucy (13-06-2010, Zoo Dortmund)
0,1 Pepita (14-06-2016, Tierpark Hagenbeck)
0,1 Avila (30-05-2019, Tierpark Hagenbeck)

Erlebnistierpark Memleben (1,0,0)
1,0 Marino (01-07-2010, Zoo Dortmund)

Mundo Aquatico - Zoomarine (1,0,0)
1,0 Karel (21-06-2003, Diergaarde Blijdorp)

Banham Zoo (2,0,0)
1,0 Toro (14-06-2007, Bristol Zoo)
1,0 Pablo (29-05-2009, Bristol Zoo)

Total population: 24,43,0 (67) Animals. (to my knowledge).

Pairi Daiza (2,4,0)
1,0 Numba (12-05-2005, Zoo Augsburg)
1,0 Oslo (28-04-2021, Pairi Daiza)
0,1 Babelutte (19-05-2000, Zoo Antwerpen)
0,1 Mandela (29-05-2010, Pairi Daiza)
0,1 Spirit (06-06-2010, Pairi Daiza)
0,1 Sälma (19-05-2018, Kolmardens Djurpark)

Zoo Praha (1,3,0)
1,0 Eda (31-05-2019, Zoo Praha)
0,1 Abeba (??-06-2003, Zoo Praha)
0,1 Daisy (16-05-2015, Jyllands Park-Zoo)
0,1 Ronja (02-06-2015, Zoo Rostock)

Jyllands Park-Zoo (1,3,0)
1,0 Bruno (16-05-2021, Zoo Wroclaw)
0,1 Guela (11-05-2006, Zoo Augsburg)
0,1 Robby (01-06-2012, Pairi Daiza)
0,1 Imka (03-06-2022, Jyllands Park-Zoo)

Marineland Antibes (1,4,0)
1,0 Charlie (26-05-2017, Zoo Praha)
0,1 Rosa (18-05-2018, Jyllands Park-Zoo)
0,1 Kali (16-05-2019, Kolmardens Djurpark)
0,1 Mia (29-05-2022, Marineland Antibes)
0,1 Willow (20-05-2023, Marineland Antibes)

Augsburg Zoo (1,2,0)
1,0 Ole (28-05-2012, Zoo Frankfurt)
0,1 Benga (??-??-2002, ?)
0,1 Bolle (20-05-2002, Jyllands Park-Zoo)

Zoo am Meer Bremerhaven (1,3,0)
1,0 Nelson (21-05-2014, Zoo am Meer Bremerhaven)
0,1 Poca (22-05-2007, Pairi Daiza)
0,1 Shani (20-05-2010, Zoo Rostock)
0,1 Kiti (06-06-2019, Jyllands Park-Zoo)

Zoo Frankfurt (2,1,0)
1,0 Dragon (??-??-2021, Kolmardens Djurpark)
1,0 Franz (??-??-2021, Kolmardens Djurpark)
0,1 Egoli (05-06-1998, Zoo Frankfurt)

Erlebnistierpark Memleben (1,0,0)
1,0 Egon (04-06-2018, Zoo Rostock)

Marine Science Center Rostock (1,0,0)
1,0 Fin (05-06-2008, Zoo Rostock)

ZooSafari Fasanolandia (1,2,0)
1,0 Sneesy (??-??-????, ?)
0,1 Foxy (??-??-1997, Wild)
0,1 Ringhio (??-??-1997, Wild)

Parco Zoo Punta Verde (1,1,0)
1,0 Teo (29-05-2015, Parco Zoo Punta Verde)
0,1 Zuri (17-06-2019, Zoo Wroclaw)

Zoomarine Torvaianica (1,0,0)
1,0 ? (??-??-????, ?)

Zoo Wroclaw (3,3,0)
1,0 Nelson (02-07-2007, Banham Zoo)
1,0 Alfie (13-06-2022, Zoo Wroclaw)
1,0 Elmo (11-07-2023, Zoo Wroclaw)
0,1 Nabi (28-05-2007, Zoo Frankfurt)
0,1 Zola (10-06-2014, Wroclaw Zoo)
0,1 Nahla (18-05-2021, Kolmarden Djurpark)

Zoomarine Algarve (1,0,0)
1,0 ? (??-??-????, ?)

Belgrade Zoo (1,0,0)
1,0 Bert (??-??-2011, Zoo Praha)

Rio Safari Elche (2,2,0)
1,0 Davis (??-??-????, ?)
1,0 Tim (29-05-2005, ?)
0,1 Tao (15-06-2014, Rio Safari Elche)
0,1 Nami (03-05-2015, Rio Safari Elche)

Faunia Madrid (1,5,0)
1,0 Ibo (??-05-2007, Faunia Madrid)
0,1 Lua (??-??-2005, Faunia Madrid)
0,1 Africa (??-05-2007, Faunia Madrid)
0,1 Zimba (??-??-????, ?)
0,1 Yoda (??-??-????, ?)
0,1 ? (??-??-????, ?)

Kolmardens Djurpark (2,6,0)
1,0 Maji (??-05-2011, Boras Djurpark)
1,0 Muskot (??-06-2020, Kolmardens djurpark)
0,1 Akilah (??-??-2000, Kolmardens djurpark)
0,1 Säly (??-05-2013, Jyllands Park-Zoo)
0,1 Timjan (??-05-2013, Kolmardens djurpark)
0,1 Stella (??-05-2013, Jyllands Park-Zoo)
0,1 Ebb (??-05-2020, Kolmardens djurpark)
0,1 Flod (??-05-2020, Kolmardens djurpark)

Flamingo Land (0,4,0)
0,1 Nelly (24-05-2013, Zoo Frankfurt)
0,1 Gina (??-??-????, Lisbon Zoo)
0,1 Flo (??-??-????, Lisbon Zoo)
0,1 Bubbles (??-??-????, Lisbon Zoo)

Total population: 2,4,0 (6) Animals. (to my knowledge).

Erlebnis-Zoo Hannover (0,2,0)
0,1 Donna (??-??-2007, Wild)
0,1 Kelly (??-??-2007, Wild)

ZooSafari Fasanolandia (2,2,0)
1,0 ? (??-??-????, ?)
1,0 ? (??-??-????, ?)
0,1 Gloria (16-06-2012, Erlebnis-Zoo Hannover)
0,1 Grazia (19-06-2012, Erlebnis-Zoo Hannover)

The above information is the latest info I know. Looking at information on ZIMS (via IUCN Red List website), the numbers are not all correct, so the list will not be completely up to date. As always, if you see a mistake in the list, or you know more about one of the animals, please let me know.
 
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The new pinniped enclosure at Zoo Rostock is almost ready and is currently being filled with water. The opening is scheduled for early July. Two male Cape fur seals will be moving into this new enclosure later this month. They are 6-year-old Eda from Zoo Praha and almost 3-year-old Alfie from Zoo Wroclaw. They will be sharing this enclosure with three common seals.

Source: Facebook Zoo Rostock

At the end of May, the Cape fur seal group at Zoo Praha welcomed a new breeding male. It‘s the 4-year-old Oslo from Pairi Daiza. He is still too young to produce offspring, but the hope is that this will happen in the future. In addition, the zoo hopes to further expand the group in the future with more unrelated females.

Source: Zoo Praha
 
MennoPebesma said:
The new pinniped enclosure at Zoo Rostock is almost ready and is currently being filled with water. The opening is scheduled for early July. Two male Cape fur seals will be moving into this new enclosure later this month. They are 6-year-old Eda from Zoo Praha and almost 3-year-old Alfie from Zoo Wroclaw. They will be sharing this enclosure with three common seals.

Source: Facebook Zoo Rostock
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They have recently arrived.

Source: Facebook Zoo Rostock
 
At the beginning of October, Cape fur seals Teo and Zuri will be moving from Parco Zoo Punta Verde to another zoo. Which zoo this will be will be announced shortly. The zoo will then no longer be a holder of fur seals. They believe that the current enclosure is not suitable for keeping this species in the long term.

Source: Facebook Parco Zoo Punta Verde
 
Forgive me if this is a dumb question, but I was under the impression Berlin Zoo held fur seals, but I don't see them on these lists -- did they move out of whichever fur seal species they once held?
 
JVM said:
Forgive me if this is a dumb question, but I was under the impression Berlin Zoo held fur seals, but I don't see them on these lists -- did they move out of whichever fur seal species they once held?
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The last Cape fur seal at Zoo Berlin died in 2020. Until 2017, she was also accompanied by two Northern fur seals.
 
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