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Of course it is, especially for species like lemurs. And who has seen the enclosure for this species in Apenheul knows that is is not very good neither. Unless this lemur is a ground-dwelling species..

Bear in mind they also have an offshow area for the alternate pair, and both pairs are/will be rotated. The offshow area has climbing space.
 
Bear in mind they also have an offshow area for the alternate pair, and both pairs are/will be rotated. The offshow area has climbing space.
The pairs are very seldom rotated. One pair was kept behind the scenes to measure the difference in stress levels compared to the on-show pair, though there was barely any difference at all.

Before the separate enclosure was finished (2011 I believe?) a pair of blue-eyed black lemurs was kept in the walk-through with all the other lemurs while the red-bellied lemurs were combined with the sifakas. The only time they succesfully bred was during this period.
 
One would hope that Apenheul would learn from Mulhouse then, when it comes to a rare species like this. Also, why would the EEP send animals from a facility with better results to a facility which doesn't do as well?
 
The father of bonobo Kikongo (who recently moved to Planckendael with his mother and older brother from Apenheul) has been confirmed as being Bolombo, the male who remains at Apenheul.
 
One would hope that Apenheul would learn from Mulhouse then, when it comes to a rare species like this. Also, why would the EEP send animals from a facility with better results to a facility which doesn't do as well?

Maybe because the results in Apenheul with difficult lemurs like sifaka are way better than Mulhouses.

It also cannot be denied that for every single other primate species the facilities in in Apenheul are way better than in Mulhouse...
 
Mulhouse has so many pairs of different species that they need to send out some of their offspring, in the hope that others will breed also.
 
There are currently eleven bonobos at Apenheul following a few transfers since the end of last year. These were the arrival of elderly wildborn female Bonnie and her son Kindu, the departure of Yahimba (born at the zoo in 2009) and the arrival of female Pangi (similar age to Yahimba) from Frankfurt.
 
A new female L'Hoest monkey is now living on the Gorilla-island, so now again a pair can be seen. The last femeale died last year, leaving the male alone.
 
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