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WanderingDragon said:
Good grief! i had eight Chimpanzees listed at Aalborg, where did they all go? I assume the female that went to Burgers is Laura, and that Dorthe & Jutta had long since passed away. But that would still leave 1 female (Lone) and 4 males.
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Aalborg Zoo only had two females left. Laura indeed moved to Burgers' Zoo and female My moved to Ostrava Zoo.

A few more things I found after searching Aalborg Zoo's facebook page:
- Female Jutta died in late 2021.
- Male Sabastian moved to Walter Zoo in Switzerland in early 2021.
- Females Maja and Lone moved to Ostrava Zoo in 2019.
 
African elephant Bibi has been put to sleep.

Aalborg Zoo on Instagram: "Fremover vil der være en elefant mindre i elefantanlægget I går blev Bibi, den ene af vores tre hun-elefanter aflivet. Hendes helbred var svækket, og hun var i tiltagende grad plaget af bivirkninger fra behandlingen af en kronisk sygdom. Bibi har i en årrække haft perioder, hvor hun fik væskeansamlinger, såkaldte ødemer, under bugen. Uden behandling ville ødemerne være livstruende. Efter flere og grundige undersøgelser og med bistand fra udenlandske elefanteksperter kom Bibi derfor i behandling med binyrebarkhormon, og sammen med kosttilskud, regelmæssige bade og ekstra hudpleje har det i en periode forhindret, at hun udviklede ødemer. Men desværre har binyrebarkhormon en række bivirkninger, der efterhånden plagede Bibi i en sådan grad, at vi besluttede, at tiden for aflivning var kommet. Beslutningen om aflivning blev truffet i samråd med avlskoordinatoren for afrikansk elefant i EAZA - European Association of Zoos and Aquaria, som Aalborg Zoo er medlem af. Der ligger altid grundige overvejelser bag, inden vi afliver et dyr, ikke mindst i denne situation. Elefanter har en tydelig personlighed, og Bibi var en i særlig grad tolerant og samarbejdsvillig elefant, der sammen med vores to øvrige hun-elefanter har været en del af havens historie i mange år. Men afskeden med Bibi var en nødvendig beslutning, hvor hensynet til elefantens velfærd vejede tungest. Vores fokus vil nu være på, at de to tilbageværende elefanter kommer til at fungere godt uden Bibi. Derfor vil vi være ekstra meget omkring dem i den kommende tid og holde nøje øje med, hvordan de reagerer."
 
Does anyone know the zoos longterm plans for the elephants? Considering the tiny antiquated exhibit, and limited space to expansion.
 
DelacoursLangur said:
Does anyone know the zoos longterm plans for the elephants? Considering the tiny antiquated exhibit, and limited space to expansion.
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As far as I know (from one of the keepers of the elephants) hey plan to phace out their elephants. They have two old girls left (I think they're both 42) who are too old to move so they will stick with those but won't be getting any new ones afterwards. As you said they don't have the space to expand and the enclosure is very outdated.
 
Aalborg Zoo's last two African elephants Tanja and Mai have both passed away. Tanja had been ill for a while and after the consultation of experts from both outside and within the country it seemed as she was not going to get better and she was euthanized. As Mai also also had some smaller health problems that made her unable to be moved to another zoo, the decision was also made to euthanize her. Elephants are social creatures, and they felt it wouldn't be fair to keep her alone.

A sad day for the zoo, they have had elephants since the 1950's and Tanja and Mai had lived there since 1985. As the enclosure is outdated they don't plan to have elephants again as they don't have the space for an expansion.

Source: TV2: Aalborg Zoo afliver begge deres elefanter
 
That is very sad news. I think it makes sense that they won’t continue with elephants. The enclosure wasn’t terrible for two older elephants but certainly wasn’t ideal.
 
Cobi said:
That is very sad news. I think it makes sense that they won’t continue with elephants. The enclosure wasn’t terrible for two older elephants but certainly wasn’t ideal.
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I think they originally held 4 (1.3) adult African elephants (and 6 more Asiatic elephants on top)!
Their bull Hakon (Tembo) passed away in February 2008 (brain tumour) and the 3rd cow named Bibi died last year (estimated age 41).

Whereas I do have some reservations regarding the euthanasia of the 2nd cow Mai, just I do not know the local situation and/or conditions. She did also have prior health concerns.

This leaves the zoo a bigger open space across from the African Savannah and in front of their Asiatic lion and Sumatran tiger habitats......
 
Orangutan Ruti gave birth to a baby girl last Wednesday!

Some more information (copied from my post on the Orangutan Europe forum): Ruti didn't know how to breast feed the baby, she would give the baby her finger or her lips to suck on when she cried. The keepers attempted to show her how to breast feed by using orangutan plushies to demonstrate. They ended up finding a guest who had a baby who was willing to sit infront of the glass and breast feed her baby infront of Ruti. This seemed to work as Ruti finally started putting the baby in the right positions for it to feed. Since Friday the baby has been suckling and has gotten much stronger. Source
 
Does anyone know if the former elephant enclosure is currently being used for anything?
 
The zoo is also rebuilding its exhibit for red pandas, which will open this summer. The plan is to house muntjacs and red-crowned cranes as well as the red pandas. I am unsure however wether all these species will be housed together or separately.
 
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