zoo basel

I visited Basel Zoo for the first time this weekend. This park was still on my to do list depiste being rather close to Paris where I live. I guess it never got very high in my wishlist because of the lack of rarities and the knowledge that enclosures are not vast. Overall I found at Basel...

Very intersting article that sums up the most recent projetcs of all the major swiss zoo Im most excited for the reloaction of the Bioparc Geneva and the underground river in the Walter zoo What are you most excited for? Pläne der Schweizer Zoos - tierwelt.ch

08.02.22 Sangala sits on Kitoko's shoulder, Sabaki is sitting in front of her. Sabaki is Kitoko's son. Sangala is Fifi's half-sister's daughter. Fifi was not able to rear Sangala due to health reasons. Kitoko was still pregnant at that time and took over. This is why she has now "twins".

08.02.2022 One of the older kids picked up Sabaki for a little tour. Not sure if it is his brother Obaye or Obuasi, another female youngster, born in 2017.

Our "Lion King". He died end of January this year, aged almost twenty. I live close to the zoo and at night we were able to hear him roar. So strange, to not hear that anymore.

Photo taken by my parents in 1980. The old outdoor enclosure of the lions. We had a lot of big cats (lions, tigers, panthers/leopards). They demolished the house and now we only have lions. But that's absolutely fine :)

A scanned photo, which was taken by my parents in 1980. It's the rock/enclosure, where nowadays the Snow Leopards and the Crab-eating Macaques live. Sorry, but I don't have a clue, what these goats (?) are called.

Scanned photo, taken by my parents in 1980. As a kid it was nice to see a Polar Bear. But as an adult, seeing this photo, I have to say it was good, that they used the space for the outdoor enclosures of the Geigy house (apes)/the playground.

Lazima played with her younger sister Qisenge. When it got a bit louder in the group, Qisenge seeked shelter with Lazima. It's so nice to see, that Lazima, who grew up as an "only child" is growing up and takes over responsibilities.

I've always been fascinated by Panda Diplomacy, And posted a thread awhile back of all zoos that had Giant Pandas, This time around I want to to know what zoos want pandas, I remember reading somewhere that Zoo Basel is interested in Pandas, is this true? Basically I want to know which Zoos...