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  MARK

• 16 Sep 2010

Thank you for uploading all these old photos, so good to see things from another era

 

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  jbnbsn99

• 17 Sep 2010

Does anyone know what (sub) species of Giraffe this is?

 

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  Tarsius

• 17 Sep 2010

This are Masai Giraffes. Nowadays, the zoo is keeping rothschild giraffes. Unfortunately, no masais left in germany.

 

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  alexkant

• 17 Sep 2010

You could only see for females of Massai giraffe in Basel and one male in Israel (Kiryat Motzkin)

 

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  Tarsius

• 17 Sep 2010

Basle got now a male, coming from the USA, but they don't know, if they can bring him in the switzerland....

 

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  alexkant

• 17 Sep 2010

Unfortunately, as I know this transfer failed.

 

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  BjoernN

• 18 Sep 2010

The okapi male, Kilandja, came from Epulu 17.10.1959. A female already arrived 17.09.1959, but died at the day of arriving.

Kilandja died 08.08.1968 at Leipzig and lived next to the Massai giraffes, that arrived at the Zoo in 1960.

 

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  Tarsius

• 18 Sep 2010

@alexkant. No, the transfer has not failed yet, the zoo is still working on the import.

Otherwise, it makes not a sense to keep masai giraffes. Basle is the only holder of them in europe, and masai giraffes are not endarged. So it would be better, to keep a male group of rothschild or reteciulated giraffes. Another option is to use the old antelope house only for okapis.

 

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  alexkant

• 18 Sep 2010

Next week I will be in Basel zoo and we will disscuss a possible transfer of females to Israel if Basel zoo switches to another subspecies

 

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  Onychorhynchus coronatus

• 2 Mar 2021

Interesting to see these two together in a photo