A lot of the ill will sentiment is down to Berlin Zoo shareholders .... (bulking in cash and a good source for Berlin Zoo to survive financially without Municipality...). Some of them have yet to come to terms with the fact that Berlin is now a city of shared histories where East Berliners do count and have their equal place and base in Berlin Capital City. Unfortunately, as you so rightly put it, consequently the Tierpark Berlin sometimes suffers unduly... I really, really would hope that the orang utans will eventually get a spot in Tierpark (which I know ... is probably remote and absolute wishful thinking on my part).
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The bigotry is absolutely ridiculous. They ought to be proud that they've got two world class sites to work with. I imagine London Zoo would love to have the cash of Berlin, with a 400 acre site within the city, well connected by trains, trams and the ubahn!
Paul.Haerle
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cerperal
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Red river hogs are held at the Tierpark only as far as I know (and that was the case June 2024), but the peccaries and babirusa are still at the Zoo along with warthogs and warty pigs.
Is there any information on where the Chacoan peccaries have arrived from? I know the Tierpark had a positively huge group in recent years so between both collections there must be a sizeable number
I first went in 2016 and you couldn’t get in then. I was gutted!
It was open when I visited in 2018. The main thing I remember was the smell, I don't mind animal house smells but that was quite bad!
merlin
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Die bislang im Zoo ansässigen Hirscheber, ein Männchen und zwei Weibchen, sind wiederum in den Tierpark gezogen. Der Tausch der Hirscheber zwischen den beiden Einrichtungen dient dem Europäischen Erhaltungszuchtprogramm. Im Zoo ist zusätzlicher Platz für das junge Zuchtpaar Nantu und Cinta. So, have you already discovered our new babirusas? Nantu moved to Zoo Berlin in mid-March together with her son Sula from Tierpark Berlin. Babirusa male Cinta also came to the Zoo Berlin from Tierpark Berlin – and will soon be introduced to the mother-son duo. At the Tierpark, the animals had lived in separate enclosures. 
As it has not been posted on here:
On the 4th April, Zoo Berlin announced 1.1 Beisa Oryx arrived from Tierpark Berlin and Prague Zoo. They can be seen in the former Grant's Zebra and Common Eland exhibit. The Grevy's Zebra can also be seen in this exhibit now too.
On the 4th April, Zoo Berlin announced 1.1 Beisa Oryx arrived from Tierpark Berlin and Prague Zoo. They can be seen in the former Grant's Zebra and Common Eland exhibit. The Grevy's Zebra can also be seen in this exhibit now too.
Do we know which species are now exhibited in the previous Grevys zebra enclosure?
Gemsbok and scimitar-horned are gone now.
I look forward to seeing what their plans are, although it’s a shame to loose four species that aren’t held at either the zoo or tierpark and retain two that can be seen at both collections!
cerperal
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When did the scimitar-horned leave? Last I knew they were still in their (far too small) enclosure by the canal
cerperal
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Oh of course! Making room for the rhinoceros complex. Shame to lose those species, especially the eland, but it will definitely add to that area of the zoo and allow for both collections combined to maintain the diversity. Interesting the camels are moving though, have they specified whether it's all of them or not?