Rotterdam Zoo Blijdorp Zoo News 2024

Sumatran tigress Nonja died this morning. She and male Geram had been introduced together for the first time the day before. This introduction ended in a fight, after which keepers separated the two animals again. This morning, Nonja was found dead. Further examination showed she had a bleeding of her lung. Most likely caused by a fang of the male. Due to her fur, this injury had not been spotted earlier.

Source: Facebook Diergaarde Blijdorp
Jeez, ......, I know there is a risk involved in introductions ....., but this .... MMMM.

Other way around, the Rhino was temporarily in Blijdorp, and is now moving to Köln to produce offspring with a new female
Is it known what was the net result of bull Malte in Blijdorp? Anything known about breeding and mating ...?
 
Is it known what was the net result of bull Malte in Blijdorp? Anything known about breeding and mating ...?
There was no breeding. It was always the intention that Malte would only stay in Blijdorp temporarily. He had to leave Magdeburg due to lack of space there, and there was no new permanent place for him yet.
 
There was no breeding. It was always the intention that Malte would only stay in Blijdorp temporarily. He had to leave Magdeburg due to lack of space there, and there was no new permanent place for him yet.
That begs the question when a new breeding bull will arrive at Blijdorp?

On top: Their breeding female's juvenile male calf Nasor should leave the zoo quite soon. He is now almost 4 (in November this year) of age.
 
A bumper crop! Probably the highest number of king pinguïn hatched at any zoo this past decade? Anyone with concrete data???

According to Zurich Zoo’s “adopt an animal” site, they also had at least 5 hatchings this year (Zurich Zoo news thread on Zoochat just reports “multiple hatchings”). Together with 3 at Wuppertal, it does feel like a good year for king penguins this year :)
 
-The vicuna herd currently only counts 1.1, with 1.1 young behind the scenes awaiting transport and 0.1 recently dying.
-Death of 0.0.1 barracuda, meaning two left.
-Departure of 0.0.1 spotted moray eel
-Departure of the last speckled mousebirds after a lot had fallen prey to rats during their short stay in the weaver aviary, where no birds now remain...
-Blijdorp is considering moving all mangabeys to the gorilla enclosure and welcoming a new primate species to their current enclosure next to the veterinary clinic.
-Reintroduction of two loggerhead turtles in the Azores

Sauce and seconds: Kort Nieuws #196
 
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