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The Ratel females are called "Honey" (13) and "Beebee" (5, daughter of "Bear" and "Honey"), the male is called "Bear" and is already 16 years old.

Cologne is keeping two groups of Pongo pygmaeus: 0,1 "Tilda" (born ~1967 WILD, Cologne since 05.03.2008 from Studen) alone; 1,0 "Bornie" (born 18.03.1984 at Rotterdam, Cologne since 16.03.1994 from Antwerp), 1,0 "Wousan" (born at Arnhem, 19.05.2008, son of "Guru" and "Cori", Cologne since 2008), 0,1 "Cori" (born at Krefeld, 26.12.1989, Cologne since 2009), 0,1 "Cajunga" (born at Arnhem, 12.06.2001, daughter of "Guru" and "Cori", Cologne since 2009) and 0,1 "Cinta" (daughter of "Bornie" and "Cajunga").

"Bornie" has sired some youngsters before: 1995 0,2 "Nanga" and "Tara" (Bojnice since 2002), 2000 2,0 "Barito" and "Bunyu" (Krefeld since 2008), 2006 "Nele" (Kristiansand since 2009, together with her mother "Noni"), 2012 "Cinta".

Thanks for that BjoernN.

Do you know where Lottie and Maias are? I presume that both have died as they were both near fourty.
 
"Lotti" died in May 2010 at the age of 39, she suffered from a pneumonia. "Maias" died 2005 at the age of 38.
 
The new Giant Anteater and Pudu mixed enclosure was opened today. Built to house 2:2 Anteater (two pairs) and 0:0:3 Pudu it currently houses, a single female Anteater from Dortmund and 1:1 Pudu. In the coming weeks Koln will recieve a male Anteater from Amsterdam and an additional female from Halle in the near future to form the first half of the second pair.

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Today, the new facility was opened anteaters. Around 100 invited guests celebrated the completion of this new project and the largest in Europe with South American cuisine. Even the restaurant has the "South" of the Cologne Zoo received a new face: The "Hacienda La Danta de Oro" (translated: "The House of the Golden Tapir") was also completed on time and completed the opening of the geographical breakdown of this part of the zoos.



At 1,500 m there is room for up to 4 anteaters and 3 Pudus naturally designed in this habitat. The first lady makes anteaters "Guapa" from the Dortmund Zoo. A male named "Yavi" will move into the next day at the zoo in Amsterdam. The zoo already living in Pudu pair is also able to explore in the next few days, the new facility.



The female giant anteater "Guapa" was born in February 2011 in Dortmund Zoo and had to be brought up after a few days by the staff of the zoo by hand. Her father is still a tomboy from Guyana.

Another anteater female with the name "Dolores" was born in June 2011 in Halle Zoo, and will come in the next few days with us to the Rhine. The male anteater "Yavi" also comes a little later from the Artis Zoo, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.


The Puduweibchen "Bonita" holds the record among current age Südpudus in the European Endangered Species Programme (EEP) at age 16. She was born last year, despite their age, a healthy young animal, which we have delivered to the zoo Apenheul. The Pudubock "Amos" is also from the Dortmund Zoo. He is only 3 years old and has been before the 2nd Age reached its first offspring conceived. We hope that it will produce another cub with "Bonita" is.
 
Asian Elephant, Shu Tu Czar gave birth to her first calf yesterday (25th July) as yet unsexed but mother and baby said to be doing well

In other news, 0:1 Reticulated Giraffe born 18th July
 
Today a keeper was killed by an escaped tiger. The animal had to be shot.
 
As far as I know the male Altai. But thats just what a newspaper wrote, so not 100% sure here.
 
As far as I know the male Altai. But thats just what a newspaper wrote, so not 100% sure here.

If it is him then it is indeed a terrible loss. Although his blood line is not exactly that genetic he certainly did make an impact at Cologne with their female. He only arrived in early (?) 2011 and bred with her several months later. His sister 'Sayan' at YWP has not been recommended to breed.
 
Today a keeper was killed by an escaped tiger. The animal had to be shot.

Thoughts are with the keeper's family at this time :(

Agreed a terrible tragedy for the zoo, thoughts to those involved.
 
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Really?! In this link is a Video, titeld: "VIDEO: Tigers relax in enclosure after female zookeeper is killed..."
Showing shots of the tigerfamily INCLUDING the male from earlyer this year... This is just wrong.
 
I was thinking about going to koln next week specificly to see the ratels. Is the entire zoo open or is the area with the tigers closed of
 
are they waiting for the two old ratels do die and then breed with the 5 year old female or are they searching for a breeding male right now. As the enclosures has two parts.
 
New births include:

0.0.1 Bamboo Lemur (first breeding for Koln)
1.1.0 Snow Leopard
0.1.0 Yellow Breasted Capuchin
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0.1.0 Brazilian Tapir born
0.0.5 Capybara born

Early arrangements are being made to transfer Asian Elephant, Aye Chan May and her bull calf, Kin Yadanar Min elsewhere following disputes within the herd (no location or timeline for this transfer has been announced yet)

1.0 Common Hippo will also be exported to Caberceno in early 2013

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