European Clouded Leopard Population

Six weeks ago, two clouded leopards were born at Ouwehands Dierenpark. They are two females.

Source: Facebook Ouwehands Dierenpark
They were given the names Mahilla and Binsa. Earlier this year, they were both moved to other zoos. Binsa moved to Zoo Duisburg and Mahilla to a zoo in Italy.


Earlier this year, clouded leopard female Diva moved from Duisburg to Dierenpark ZiE-ZOO. She will form a breeding pair with the male there. They have recently been introduced to each other.
 
9-year-old male Shane has arrived at The Big Cat Sanctuary from Pairi Daiza. He will pair up with 7-year-old female Bua who arrived from Howletts earlier this year.

Source: Facebook The Big Cat Sanctuary

Correction - his name is Django. Shane was the elderly female at Pairi Daiza who was euthanised on welfare grounds due to her advanced age-related illnesses.
 
Correction - his name is Django. Shane was the elderly female at Pairi Daiza who was euthanised on welfare grounds due to her advanced age-related illnesses.
Whoops, I accidentally mixed up the names. As well as in my earlier post, I now see...
 
In the Marwell thread I read both clouede leopards from Marwell died to age related conditions. In my databse I found it would be Taevey(2013, Howletts) and Kanya(2017, Howletts).
 
Howletts to import male Clouded leopard:

Howletts will be importing a young male Clouded leopard from the Netherlands in the coming months, indicating Ouwehands Dierenpark’s male cub is set to be exported.

The young male will be paired with Mirri (Australian born female), with the possibility their offspring could be rewilded:

From the WCCC newsletter:

In the coming months, a young male from the Netherlands will be joining Mirri in the UK, with hopes the pair will form a new breeding partnership for the European program. Howletts has a long and successful history with the species, and this next chapter could help rejuvenate their breeding efforts.

We are also exploring future collaborations with the Aspinall Foundation (our partners in the Cheetah Rewilding Project) to assess the potential for clouded leopard rewilding — something never before achieved globally. While these cats are far more elusive and difficult to monitor than cheetahs, the idea of seeing Mirri’s future offspring return to the forests of Asia is a powerful vision.
 
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