Asian Lions in Europe - Part Two

I got conformation from Blijdorp that they intend to breed with Wishu and his aunt Lalana. The introduction started and seemed to be going well, Lalana was in heat so she was more receptive towards the introduction.
 
Six-year-old Asiatic lioness Arya has returned from Korkeasaari Zoo to Fota Wildlife Park, where she was born. The move took place back in July last year. In Helsinki, she was ousted by the other lionesses. Once in Fota, there was a long reintroduction process that took many weeks. There is a recommendation to breed with Arya and male Yali, mating has already been observed.

Source: Fota Wildlife Park
 
MennoPebesma said:
Male Bhanu was born at Zoo Magdeburg in Germany in 2010.
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Well, Jeez .... ****. I had thought the original second tranche Indian zoos' imported Lions were still surviving at London Zoo...

That more or less killed the argument for condoning North nation zoos getting sickly and reproductively inept Asiatic lions from CZA accredited zoos. Really, this happened with Czech Republic, London RP and Singapore during that second tranche of imports.

In my PoV that - no holds barred - is quite scandalous and totally unacceptable behaviour on the part of the CZA zoos concerned and flying right in the face of developing and improving sound ex situ conservation breeding Outlooks and create good relations between different zoo regions. On vet health and sanitary conditions' grounds obviously a good part of India's CZA zoos are still failing to meet the mark.

You only have to look at how many zoos actually report to zoos from India.... I think some 65-90 zoos at least got all the ZIMS/ISIS access software and hardware. Yet, if you look at how many of those really report to and put in their data into ZIMS ... It is just ludicruous.
 
MennoPebesma said:
Four Asiatic lions were born in Cologne on 25 January. Mother of the cubs is almost 10-year-old Gina. It is her first litter. Father is Navin.

Source: Facebook Kölner Zoo
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Jessica Hogervorst said:
Unfortunately one cub died. They assumed that mom Gina accidentally laid on the cub.

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Kölner Zoo on Instagram: "News zu unseren Asiatischen Löwen-Jungtieren: Leider ist eines der Jungtiere verstorben. Vermutlich, weil Mutter “Gina” es mit ihrem Gewicht unabsichtlich erdrückt hat. Zu unglücklichen Vorfällen dieser Art kommt es auch in der Wildnis immer wieder. Sie sind leider nicht ungewöhnlich. Die anderen Jungtiere sind wohlauf, Mutter “Gina” kümmert sich, trotz ihrer Unerfahrenheit als Erstgebärende, weiterhin sehr gut. Foto: R. Schlosser"
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The cubs have been named. The two males are called Mani and Nilay and the female is called Laya.

Source: Facebook Kölner Zoo
 
MennoPebesma said:
At Dudley Zoo, nearly 18-year-old Asiatic lioness Asha has died. She was euthanised due to age-related declining health. The zoo will be working with the EEP studbook to bring in a new lioness in the near future.

Source: Facebook Dudley Zoo
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They have a 4-year old young male Keshari on site.

Is there an up-to-date Europe wide of their status within the EEP?
(I would assume that outliers like Singapore Zoo and some others outside the European realm may now be part of the EEP too?)
 
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