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Veno said:
Next month, the male Chinese red panda, Fujimaru, from Tama Zoo will be moving to Batu Secret Zoo. Batu Secret Zoo had applied to join JAZA's Chinese red panda breeding program last year, so they might already be officially participating.
レッサーパンダの「フジマル」をインドネシアのBatu Secret Zooへ移動します
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@Veno, our fellow Zoochatter @Mossman Joe has already confirmed a red panda arrived from Japan (see post #91 on this page). The originator zoo was mentioned in the the Japanese language posting, Nishiyama Zoo in Sabae and exporter as Tokyo Tama Zoo. Nishiyama Zoo itself maintained 4.8 individual Chinese red pandas (after export 3.8 would be left).

The male Chinese red panda Kaito was born to male "Light" (probably one of our Japanese Forumsters can give the Japanese original name) and female Kanoko 27/06/2022. He was destined to move end of May to Tokyo Tama (where he probably would spent export quarantaine BTS) and be transferred to Indonesia sometime in June/July 2024.

I wonder which zoo in Japan is studbook keeper (is this Tokyo Tama Zoo?)!
 
Mossman Joe said:
We must have missed each other then! Me and Sicarius were there until noon. I'll be uploading some pictures confirming the spotted cuscus and pangolin, but yes the brushtail possum is also still alive.

I'll also mention that the Amphibian area needs updated signage with a lot of animals missing and exhibits containing different species.
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Oh, it’s really a pity for me that I missed these animals. Do you remember what time in the day you see the pangolin? And looking forward to your pictures:).
 
Kifaru Bwana said:
@Veno, our fellow Zoochatter @Mossman Joe has already confirmed a red panda arrived from Japan (see post #91 on this page). The originator zoo was mentioned in the the Japanese language posting, Nishiyama Zoo in Sabae and exporter as Tokyo Tama Zoo. Nishiyama Zoo itself maintained 4.8 individual Chinese red pandas (after export 3.8 would be left).

The male Chinese red panda Kaito was born to male "Light" (probably one of our Japanese Forumsters can give the Japanese original name) and female Kanoko 27/06/2022. He was destined to move end of May to Tokyo Tama (where he probably would spent export quarantaine BTS) and be transferred to Indonesia sometime in June/July 2024.!
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Batu Zoo currently has a male red panda named Kaito, who arrived earlier this month. Next month, they will receive another male red panda, Fujimaru, who was born at Tama Zoological Park. Fujimaru was initially supposed to be transferred with Kaito, but his move was delayed due to an injury that needed treatment.

Kifaru Bwana said:
I wonder which zoo in Japan is studbook keeper (is this Tokyo Tama Zoo?)!
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The coordinator is Nihondaira Zoo in Shizuoka Prefecture.
 
An one year old female jaguar named Maya has arrived from Syringa Wildlife in South Africa and has been housed and is planned to be bred with an male named Bolivia, who had come from Taman Safari Bogor last year.

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Jatim Park 2 | Batu Secret Zoo on Instagram: "SATWA BARU DI BATU SECRET ZOO Jaguar ini Betina yaa Sobat, dia bakal jadi calon istri Bolivia, si Jaguar Jantan nih Doakan mereka segera memperbanyak keturunannya disini yaahhh ❤️‍ Mau ketemu Maya? Yuk ke #jatimparkaja #jatimparkdua #jatimpark2 #jtp2 #batusecretzoo"
 
Rizz Carlton said:
An one year old female jaguar named Maya has arrived from Syringa Wildlife in South Africa and has been housed and is planned to be bred with an male named Bolivia, who had come from Taman Safari Bogor last year.

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Jatim Park 2 | Batu Secret Zoo on Instagram: "SATWA BARU DI BATU SECRET ZOO Jaguar ini Betina yaa Sobat, dia bakal jadi calon istri Bolivia, si Jaguar Jantan nih Doakan mereka segera memperbanyak keturunannya disini yaahhh ❤️‍ Mau ketemu Maya? Yuk ke #jatimparkaja #jatimparkdua #jatimpark2 #jtp2 #batusecretzoo"
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This is true. They are currently building an expansion for their Jaguar habitat which will include a walkway that goes over the visitors, and more excitingly, it may include underwater viewing from when you exit the aquarium section of the zoo.
 
Kaito the Chinese red panda has finally been displayed, in a very nice 300 m2 exhibit. Batu Secret Zoo is the second zoo in Indonesia to display the Chinese red panda and the first to join the JAZA Chinese red panda breeding program.

Hoping to see the other male Fujimaru and hopefully a female arrived to Batu!

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Jatim Park 2 | Batu Secret Zoo on Instagram: "Halooo Red Panda! Akhirnya di Batu Secret Zoo sudah datang Red Panda yang langsung dari Tama Zoological Garden, Tokyo - Jepang Red Panda ini bernama "Kaito" yang super menggemaskan Doakan Kaito dapat bertahan dan senang berada disini yaa, karena kamu berjanji akan merawat Kaito dengan sebaik mungkin Say hello to Kaito di kolom komentar dong Sobat Lestari Mau lihat si gemas ini nggak? Yuk main ke #jatimparkaja #jatimparkdua #jatimpark2 #jtp2 #batusecretzoo #redpanda"
 
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Jana said:
Liberec Zoo has sent 2 Golden Chinese takins to Batu Secret Zoo. Today morning they are scheduled to touch Jakarta airport via Qatar Airways cargo. I hope they get used to the hot weather (we had new snow yesterday).
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I just remember that this was a thing. Any information about what happened to this pair? Or it turns out they apparently didn't got used to the hot weather?
 
Just a couple of days short of our visit, one of the Proboscis Monkeys had given birth. This was poetic as it was also the country's Independence day, increasing the numbers for one of our unique native primates.

The post also mentions that with each birth, they have to report to the natural resource conservation body (BKSDA). I'm wondering if they have to do this for every threatened animal birth and could be why many zoos are shifting away from native species.

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Jatim Park 2 | Batu Secret Zoo on Instagram: "Hello! Let's meet our new baby born, Bekantan! Seneng banget lohh karna tepat di Hari Kemerdekaan, 17 Agustus 2024 telah lahir Bayi Bekantan yang pertama kali di Batu Secret Zoo Kami telah berhasil mengembangbiakkan salah satu satwa endemik Indonesia ini loh Sobat Lestari Dengan adanya bayi baru ini, semoga keberadaan Bekantan terus bertambah yaa! Kelahiran bayi ini sudah diperiksa oleh pihak dari BKSDA (slide 4-6) dan tercatat di sistem mereka ☺️ Doain yang baik dong buat baby Bekantan yang lucu ini Tulis dikolom komentar yahh Liburan? #jatimparkaja #jatimparkdua #jatimpark2 #jtp2 #bekantan"
 
Mossman Joe said:
The post also mentions that with each birth, they have to report to the natural resource conservation body (BKSDA). I'm wondering if they have to do this for every threatened animal birth and could be why many zoos are shifting away from native species.
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If the last part was true, maybe it would kind of explain the shift in Bandung Zoo's breeding program from the more urgent Sumatran tiger to the more widespread Bengal tiger and African lion.

There could be more behind this administration issue if its able to motivate the more newer zoos and aquarias to limit their threatened native species population. Older zoos like Taman Safari, Ragunan, Surabaya, and Gembira Loka might not mind due to long experiences and their already robust native species population, but the same could not be said for newer facilities who only just started.

Like I said in the other thread, this is concerning if true. Not only that it would limit eks situ breeding of the more pressing species, but would further deviate the image of zoos and aquarias in Indonesia from a conservational learning facility more into the entertaintment aspect sadly associated in zoos like Lembang Park & Zoo. Though again, BKSDA are also to blame and need to reform their bureaucracy if it were that pressing for the more inexperienced newer zoos and aquarias.
 
Rizz Carlton said:
If the last part was true, maybe it would kind of explain the shift in Bandung Zoo's breeding program from the more urgent Sumatran tiger to the more widespread Bengal tiger and African lion.
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My thoughts exactly. The fact that even ordinary citizens are able to purchase and keep "Bengals" legally would mean it'd be very easy for zoos to obtain a number of them or trade for them from other zoos.

At the same time, newer zoos are probably never pressed to receive threatened species, because (1) it would be a hassle to coordinate with the BKSDA, either bureaucracy-wise or money-wise to obtain any necessary permits (even assuming no corruption is taking place) and (2) my observation that most Indonesians aren't aware or do not care about the native species we do have, instead getting excited over commonly held foreign species such as lemurs, meerkats, and capybara.

I agree then, that the BKSDA is not pushing older and newer zoos to be centres of conservation, or at least have not been pushing enough.
 
Dassie rat said:
According to Zootierliste, 11 zoos have Bengal tigers and 101 zoos have Sumatran tigers.
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It's my fault that I always forgot to mention this, but when talking about "Bengal tiger" in the context of Indonesian zoos or keeping in general, we practicly didn't know much about their origin and bloodline since as we probably know not 'all' Bengal tigers kept in captivity are pure Indian subcontinent tigers but most are instead were hybrid with other mainland tigers.

I'm not aware of any tiger imports from India or elsewhere in the subcontinent to Indonesia, so for what we know some Indonesian zoos and other facilities put their resources on breeding "farm-bred" tigers, including golden tabby and white tigers which the latter are known to have health issues.
 
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In an non-animal but a very helpful new, Jatim Park and Indonesia's train agency starting this month is now providing shuttle bus that will be serving and transporting visitors arriving from Malang Kota Baru train station to the town of Batu. Tickets that are worth 35.000 Rupiah each can be bought both offline in the station or online, with the schedules starting from 6 AM, 10 AM, 14 PM, and ended on 18 PM everyday.

Source (In Indonesian):
https://www.google.com/amp/s/jatim-...us-dari-stasiun-kota-malang-berikut-jadwalnya
 
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