On instagram I read a male amur leopard left Kopenhagen for a zoo in Japan. Does anyone know which animal left for Japan and which animals still are in Kopenhagen?
Do not know, just per chance I can offer this information which is relatively new on the status of Amur Leopards in Japan.
What is known on status of Amur Leopards in Japanese zoos.
15 animals, 10 facilities [Updated on July 3, 2023]:
Asahiyama Zoo (1 animal)
Utsunomiya Zoo (1 animal)
Tobu Zoological Park (2 animals)
Yokohama Zoo Zoorasia (2 animals)
Ishikawa Zoo (1 animal)
Oji Zoo (3 animals)
Asa Zoological Park (2 animals)
Fukuyama City Zoo (2 animals)
Omuta City Zoo (1 animal)
Source:
日本にいるアムールヒョウ【全15頭】動物の相関図|2023年7月 – zoo zoo diary
If someone can unpick the demography chart in Japanese that would be awesome.
I guess there are quite a few options for pairing up leopards in breeding pairs. An uninformed guess has it that zoos with breeding pairs are Fukuyama City Zoo, Hiroshima Asa Zoo, Oji Zoo (possibly bred), Tobu Zoological Park and Yokohama Zoorasia.