Apenheul Primate Park Apenheul bonobos

Never mind...found out from a friend that Dalila is now in GaiaZOO and Kumbuka was orphaned at the age of three.
 
Anyone know Bonnie's age? And whether they're due to come to Apeldoorn anytime soon? Was there a few days ago; the group are doing fine, but I couldn't find anyone there who knew :/
 
I believe the move has been postponed due to the fact Hortense gave birth earlier than expected, in Apenheul and not in Cologne. Because of the fragileness of the newborn, I'd expect the transfer to be delayed at least a year, which will be this February then. But, who am I to know when a Bonobo's baby is old enough to move.
 
Meant to say a few months ago :S
BREAKING NEWS: Kumbuka (15 year old female) has given birth to a little girl today! Father is still unknown, and a name has not yet been chosen.
 
Bonobo baby has been named Ayebi. They are quite certain the father is Bolombo, which is fantastic news. I believe that Kikongo is also believed to be his, although I have yet to hear if Monyama is Mobikisi's or Zamba's. I hope it's the former, as that would mean he was the most successful male bonobo breeder in the zoo's history, with Hani (RIP 2000) having fathered two bonobos at Apenheul (Liboso and Kumbuka) and Mwindu (RIP 2004) having fathered two as well (Jasiri and Lingala).
 
Also, in terms of a full history, I believe it went something like this:
1996 = Males Mobikisi (1981) and Joey (1982) arrive from Antwerp
1997 = Female Jill (1985) arrives from San Diego
1998 = Female Lomela (1992) arrives from Frankfurt
Males Hani (1989) and Mwindu (1985), and females Molaso (1985), Rosie (1989), Zuani (1990) and her baby Liboso (born earlier in the year, father Hani) arrive from Kinshasa in the DRC
Male Tarishi is born to Jill and Mobikisi
1999 = Female Kumbuka is born to Molaso and Hani
2000 = Hani passes away
Rosie passes away
2001 = Joey is moved to Leipzig
2002 = Female Jasiri is born to Lomela and Mwindu
Zuani miscarries a male offspring
Tarishi passes away
Molaso passes away
2003 = Female Lingala is born to Jill and Mwindu
2004 = no changes
2005 = Zuani miscarries twice, first a girl and later in the year a boy
2006 = Female Nayembi is born to Liboso and Mwindu
2007 = Mwindu passes away
2008 = Female Hortense (1978) and her three sons Redy (1990), Zamba (1998) and Hongo (2006) arrive from Planckendael in exchange for Lomela and Jasiri
Redy passes away not long after
2009 = Female Yahimba is born to Kumbuka and Zamba
Male Makasi is born to Zuani and Zamba
2010 = Female Monyama is born to Jill and an unknown father (either Mobikisi or Zamba)
Mobikisi, Liboso and Nayembi are transferred to Stuttgart
2011 = Lingala is transferred to Romagne
Male Bolombo (1997) arrives from Cologne
2012 = Hongo passes away
2013 = Female Besede (2005) arrives from Cologne
2014 = Male Kikongo is born to Hortense and an unknown father (either Bolombo or Zamba)
Female Ayebi is born to Kumbuka and a yet to be disclosed father (either Bolombo or Zamba)

And now who knows. Chances are that this year Hortense, Zamba and Kikongo will move to Cologne in exchange for female Bonnie (1976) and her son Kindu (1984)...
 
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Are you sure, that MOBIKISI sired NAYEMBI? According to the studbook, MWINDU died in 2007 and sire NAYEMBI.
 
And also, it says on the Stuttgart website that Nayembi is the daughter of Liboso and Mobikisi...though it may be wrong as they got Liboso's birth date wrong as well.
 
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