Zoo Negara Malaysia - Primate cages

BjoernN said:

Tierpark Berlin keeps Asiatic lions, there is NO zoo in Europa, that keeps both.....

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This is the case now, but the Tierpark had both on my previous visits.

Maguari said:

This is the case now, but the Tierpark had both on my previous visits.

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And how did they get around that then? Surely they should've had their accreditation withdrawn?

Brum said:

And how did they get around that then? Surely they should've had their accreditation withdrawn?

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Pass. As a guess, perhaps they already had both when the (rather paranoiac) guidelines were set up.

Maguari said:

Pass. As a guess, perhaps they already had both when the (rather paranoiac) guidelines were set up.

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I suppose it's possible but let's be honest, the two Berlins do tend to do whatever they like. Some of the newer constructions don't follow regular animal husbandry guidelines to say the least and their "stamp collecting" is another act of rebellion so who knows...???

When i went to Tierpark, i saw a sign for african lions, but not asiantic in the other half of the enclosure, perhaps thats down to poor signage. whos litter are the two young males from? the africans im guessing?

Berlin Tierpark has only asian lions. They kept generic mix-lions to 1995, then they got pure-bred asian lions and had to get rid of the mixed ones.

i think youre mistaken, when i was at the zoo last week, the signage clearly stated African Lions.

my bad! just realised theres a difference between Berlin zoo and Berlin Tierpark

this photo shows the cage which now has a group of bonnet macaques in it. The zoo has got rid of almost all its monkeys and these cages are now largely used for housing hornbills. The only monkeys currently at the zoo are the bonnet macaques, and one old lion-tailed macaque and one old stump-tailed macaque. Other primates are siamang and white-handed gibbons in some of these cages; and orangs and chimps elsewhere in the zoo.