africa

  1. Salt Merchant

    African primates in Indonesian zoos

    Currently: * Common brown lemur (Eulemur fulvus) - Batu Secret Zoo * Collared brown lemur (Eulemur collaris) - Batu Secret Zoo * Black lemur (Eulemur macaco) - Batu Secret Zoo * Ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta) - Royal Safari Garden, Taman Safari Bogor, Batu Secret Zoo, and Bali Zoo * Red ruffed...
  2. African plain exhibit (zebras, giraffes and waterbucks) - Brasilia zoo

    African plain exhibit (zebras, giraffes and waterbucks) - Brasilia zoo

  3. The Zoo's developments to come

    The Zoo's developments to come

    The zoo's developments consist of building 3 mixed species exhibits of around 16,000 m2 in size each holding its African ungulate collection.
  4. Arizona Docent

    how to photograph wild lions

    NikonRumors just posted an interesting article from a long time African lion biologist and photographer with tips on how to photograph wild lions and how to stay safe on safari. Lion behavior for photographers - Nikon Rumors
  5. Black Girdled Lizard (Cordylus niger)

    Black Girdled Lizard (Cordylus niger)

    Cape Point National Park, South Africa. May, 2017.
  6. L

    The Lion King 2019

    Trailer dropped today Thoughts?
  7. L

    Africa's Baobab Trees Dying

    The trees of life are heading towards death:Africa's baobab trees can live for more than 1,000 years, but the oldest and largest of them are dying
  8. A

    Arucanari Short Films

    Hey everyone, I am an 19 year old student who makes little videos (I call them "Short Films") about the wildlife, nature and a lot of other things. The videos should tell a little story. The most important thing is the powerful music and the message I want to deliver. This Forum is about the...
  9. B

    Publications about Giraffidae

    I am looking for all research publications about giraffe or okapi, even both. I would prefer in English. Do you know anything? Or where I should look for it? Thank you in advance Kate
  10. stacey101

    Volunteering at Naankuse in Namibia Africa

    hello everyone ! its been awhile but this gap was for the best --- I was volunteering in Namibia AFRICA on a wildlife sanctuary called Naankuse :) I had the most...amazing time. Every second just reminded me im meant to be working with wildlife and animals in general. I've learned so many...
  11. J

    Kansas City Zoo Questions

    For those of you who don't know, my local zoo happens to be the Kansas City Zoo and I visit it quite frequently. As some of you may do, I often find myself imagining exhibits in areas of the zoo that aren't being utilized. The zoo's new master plan that was released in 2011 got me excited about...
  12. Hix

    In-Ex-Situ Course on African Animals for Zoo staff and others

    What appears to be a brilliant educational opportunity is available for zoo staff (they say keepers, managers etc.) and other people interested in working with African Animals. It's a three week course in a bush camp in South Africa where you learn about the ecology and biology of the species in...
  13. Arizona Docent

    Rabat Zoo Rabat Zoo, Morocco

    It has been questioned on other threads whether or not there are any pure barbary lions left. The consensus has been no, but this article quotes an official from the Rabat Zoo in Morocco claiming they do have pureblooded barbary (aka atlas) lions. Thoughts? Zoo fights to save 'extinct' lion...
  14. Z

    Columbus Zoo and Aquarium New Construction

    http://www.iaapa.org/industry/funworld/2007/feb/Departments/industry_notes/images/columbuszoo.jpg http://www.pjarchitects.com/Brochure/CZ_East_Africa_Plains.pdf
  15. kiang

    National Zoo of South Africa First elephant birth for Pretoria

    The national zoo of South Africa in Pretoria, is claiming a first zoo birth of an elephant on the whole continent of Africa. The zoo welcomed the birth of an African savannah elephant, on the 21 March. The female baby elephant was conceived by mother, Pumbi, at the zoo two years ago. When the...
  16. Coragypsatratus

    Vulture decline

    Hi everybody, I'm a huge vulture enthusiast (both Old and New World), and want to do something to help stop the decline of vulture populations in Africa and Asia. I've been doing some research on how to help, and have found several websites containing information about organizations that are...
  17. L

    East African Plains

    I don't know if this has been posted before?, but here is an overview of the Highly Anticipated East Africa Plains at Colombus Zoo: http://www.pjarchitects.com/Brochure/CZ_East_Africa_Plains.pdf Notes are that is the plan from 1998 so may of changed. The company contracted to create this...
  18. Z

    Samburu & Amboseli

    Well, no posts in the Kenya section yet, so I suppose I i will get the ball rolling with a few pictures I have taken around Kenya. You can see a mixture of my safari pictures on Flickr here. They are from Samburu National Park & Amboseli (I need to try to work out which is which tag them...
  19. Toddy

    Odense Zoo Kiwara

    As previously mentioned on this forum Odense Zoo's newest project is the Kiwara African area. The goal of this project is to create a large new African area in the zoo and give better living conditions to the zoo's reticulated giraffes. The project is set to open in two phases. Phase one...
  20. Savanna - Kilamanjaro Safari

    Savanna - Kilamanjaro Safari

    Ankole Catte and Impala are seen in this view. Photo taken November 2008
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