At the start of October Amerika Tierpark received 3 Roseate spoonbills (
Platalea ajaja) from Cottobus and 5 from Tierpark Hagenbeck, all the spoonbills had passed away earlier this year due to bird flu. The zoo also received 10.000 euro from the Tierparkfördervereins to "buy" new birds that passed away due to bird flu earlier this year.
Due to the bird flu all birds in flamingo land (except the flamingos) had to be killed, luckly Amerika Tierpark was able to get birds from other zoos. Several Fulvous whistling-ducks (
Dendrocygna bicolor) and Ringed teals (
Callonetta leucophrys) arrived from Zoo Leipzig. Four pairs of Scarlet ibises (
Eudocimus ruber) came from Naturzoo Rheine. Other duck and ibis species will arrive from Tierpark Cottbus and night herons will arrive from Zoo Neuwied.
At the end of October a female Chacoan peccary (
Catagonus wagneri) arrived from Zoo Leipzig.
In December female Capybara (
Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) Lisa was found dead outside the zoo, she escaped a while back when the fencing of her enclosure was destroyed during a storm
In December a pair of Arctic foxes (
Alopex lagopus) arrived from Opel Zoo.
Sources:
Instagram of Amerika Tierpark (12/10/2021)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CU7YxWKK_t2/
Instagram of Amerika Tierpark (12/10/2021)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CU7ZRFBKlEy/
Instagram of Amerika Tierpark (29/10/2021)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CVn6LOJKnAn/
Instagram of Amerika Tierpark (09/12/2021)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CXO2t_zqixg/
Instagram of Amerika Tierpark (16/12/2021)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CXi9HDPqoEy/