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Hi Zoochatters! I’m going on a small zoo trip for just over a week in early March, to Spain and Germany. My itinerary currently looks like this: Saturday 2nd – Arrive in Madrid, do non-zoo things in the late afternoon/evening Sunday 3rd – Zoo Madrid Monday 4th – Faunia Madrid Tuesday 5th – Fly...

From looking at images of the carnivore immersive exhibits at Bioparc Valencia, I became curious of what barriers are used to stop carnivores (notably lions and hyenas, but also others such as meerkat) from leaving their enclosure - this was unclear in the images. I also noted the lion...

I've had the idea to design zoos for cities and countries that lack them, so here's my entry for a zoo in León, in Castilla-León, Spain. Feel free to suggest any city or town in dire need of a zoo or aquarium in the comments below! :D

Based on the parallel reality created on my latest thread: https://www.zoochat.com/community/threads/pzcu.475789/ Species list in the description:

Based on the parallel reality created on my latest thread: https://www.zoochat.com/community/threads/pzcu.475789/ Species list in the description:

I’ll be going to Barcelona for the first time next week, and have plans to visit the zoo with my family. I would like to know if it’s good and what are some things (animals/ exhibits) that are must-sees. I originally asked this in the news forum but removed it because I didn’t want to clog the...

I know, it's the endless discussion of marine mammals in captivity. I understand the arguments for keeping them in captivity and those against, I've just been wondering about the country to country divide on attitudes. I'm in Spain this week and have been looking at visiting Barcelona zoo but...

Hi everyone! We will be visiting Madrid and Barcelona I we the next week. If you had to pick one zoo to go to in these two places, which would it be?

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"Shiwa", the female Indian rhino at Terra Natura has been confirmed to be pregnant. The birth is expected to happen between January and March and would be a first successful breeding in Spain. The father of the calf is 24 year old "Niko". Terra Natura Benidorm confirma el embarazo de una...

The el Centro de Estudios de Rapaces Ibéricas JCCM. Gobierno de Castilla-La Mancha. Información Ambiental. in Toledo, Spain has announced the first captive breeding of the endangered Spanish Imperial eagle (Aquila adalberti) She is a female called Maria. La esperanza para el águila imperial...

An unknown number of Mississippi paddlefish have joined a group of 30+ sturgeon in their exhibit in the Asian mangrove tank:confused: at the bioparc. ISIS only shows Emmen and Bristol as having them in Europe, but i am sure they were also kept in the aquarium at zoo Berlin. Does anyone know...

Another major player without a thread, covering 750 hectares, 20 kilometres from Santander in northern Spain this park has notably been at the heart of the EEP for African elephants for the last 15 years, currently holding 14 animals (3.11), in one of the largest enclosures in Europe, 13 calves...

I'm planning a trip to Madrid and I was wondering if anyone can point out the zoos/aquaria to go to, and any particular exhibits to look out for. The only zoo I know of is the 'Zoo Aquarium de Madrid'. Thanks

two female rinos playing in the water on a rainy afternoon.

Two African Elephants playing while taking a bath at Bioparc Valencia in Spain