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The zoo has received a female aardvark from Chester

I went to Cologne Zoo in the summer of 2007 and enjoyed this zoo very much. I have a few questions about it's future development: 1. What is the status of the mountain tapir? Has it already arrived, and if not, when? And where will it live? I can see on the map of Cologne Zoo that a new South...

Meerkat exhibit

Blue-eyed Black Lemur

Greater bamboo-lemur (Hapalemur simus) Taken in Cologne Zoo (Germany)

Douc langur (Pygathrix nemaeus) Taken in Cologne Zoo (Germany)

Saiga antelope (Saiga tatarica) Taken in Cologne Zoo (Germany)

The plan for the new Hippo House at Cologne Zoo. This is the next big project, and is supposed to be finished in 2010. The house will be the home of common hippopotamus and nile crocodile. Flussferd = Hippopotamus Gepard = Cheetah You can figure out the rest ;-)

The little blue penguins at Cologne Zoo, another very rare species in Europe. According to ISIS, Bristol Zoo is the only other zoo in Europe to keep this species.

Douc langurs in the Ape House at Cologne Zoo. Cologne Zoo is the only zoo in Europe to keep this rare species. They hold 2.3 douc langurs, one of the males being a baby, born in March 2007.

An Asian elephant swimming in the moat of Cologne Zoo's Elephant Park. The water is deep enough for the elephants to be complety submerged.

Asian elephants in Cologne Zoo's state-of-the-art Elephant Park.

The enormous Elephant House in Cologne Zoo houses the zoo's herd of Asian elephants.

The Baboon Cliffs at Cologne Zoo is home to somewhere around 130 hamadryas baboons. They were built in 1914, and is still in use today.

The enclosure for two of the only four grizzly bears in Europe.