An update on the Chimpanzee moves: The two going to Copenhagen have now left. However more than one set of circumstances (including the Chimpanzee keeper at Kristiansand being on maternity leave until August and building work at Taronga) at have held up the others. They will now leave for there respective destinations in the Autumn if everything goes to plan...
In September 2014 we announced out that soon it was over to see chimpanzees in GIVSKUD ZOO. If you visit the park today, you will still see 5 of the 7 animals we had back then. But why are they still here?
The decision to stop keeping chimpanzees in GIVSKUD ZOO was taken several years ago, and last fall we got recommendations from chimpanzee breeding coordinator of where they were going. Two had to Copenhagen, two to Arnhem in the Netherlands, two to Sydney in Australia and to Kristiansand Zoo in Norway. And we immediately started making plans for when and how the chimpanzees had to move.
You can read more about the background to send the chimps away in Zootopia News article "The chimps leave GIVSKUD ZOO" The September 26, 2014.
Quickly over
The two chimpanzees to Copenhagen was the easiest task. The distance is short, and the rules for transport within the country is also simpler than when to be transported abroad. Copenhagen Zoo was also clear. So the two chimpanzees were stunned, put in boxes and driven eastwards. It turned out to be not so easy with the remaining chimpanzees.
The Australians are not ready
The biggest challenge is the chimpanzees to Australia. The Australian import requirements are very strict. Therefore, we have been through numerous correspondences with the Australian authorities on the requirements chimpanzees must comply and which veterinarian investigations to be carried out. The part is immediately in place. However, the Taronga Zoo in Sydney now undergoing a major reconstruction of their quarantine facilities where chimps must be the first month of their stay in Australia. Therefore transport postponed further.
Norwegians and Dutch no
Alongside the Australian delays Arnhem and Kristiansand reported that they would like to wait with the transports to their zoos. In Holland they build their chimpanzee plants about and in Norway is their permanent chimpanzee zookeeper on maternity leave. Her will to give responsibility for the introduction of our chimpanzee to their flock, and therefore they would like to wait. The Dutch report that they are ready soon, and the Norwegians have reported ready to August. But we will not move any chimpanzees right now.
All of place in the autumn
To ensure that there is someone who will sit alone, it is our goal to move the chimpanzees as close to simultaneously as possible. Right now the quarantine in Australia, with the longest prospects. So is the plan right now to plan transport when they are ready in Australia. All indications are that it will fall. By then can we send all five chimpanzees off more or less simultaneously.
On another note - good on Givskud being so upfront with the plans the delays. A nice bit of PR work
In September 2014 we announced out that soon it was over to see chimpanzees in GIVSKUD ZOO. If you visit the park today, you will still see 5 of the 7 animals we had back then. But why are they still here?
The decision to stop keeping chimpanzees in GIVSKUD ZOO was taken several years ago, and last fall we got recommendations from chimpanzee breeding coordinator of where they were going. Two had to Copenhagen, two to Arnhem in the Netherlands, two to Sydney in Australia and to Kristiansand Zoo in Norway. And we immediately started making plans for when and how the chimpanzees had to move.
You can read more about the background to send the chimps away in Zootopia News article "The chimps leave GIVSKUD ZOO" The September 26, 2014.
Quickly over
The two chimpanzees to Copenhagen was the easiest task. The distance is short, and the rules for transport within the country is also simpler than when to be transported abroad. Copenhagen Zoo was also clear. So the two chimpanzees were stunned, put in boxes and driven eastwards. It turned out to be not so easy with the remaining chimpanzees.
The Australians are not ready
The biggest challenge is the chimpanzees to Australia. The Australian import requirements are very strict. Therefore, we have been through numerous correspondences with the Australian authorities on the requirements chimpanzees must comply and which veterinarian investigations to be carried out. The part is immediately in place. However, the Taronga Zoo in Sydney now undergoing a major reconstruction of their quarantine facilities where chimps must be the first month of their stay in Australia. Therefore transport postponed further.
Norwegians and Dutch no
Alongside the Australian delays Arnhem and Kristiansand reported that they would like to wait with the transports to their zoos. In Holland they build their chimpanzee plants about and in Norway is their permanent chimpanzee zookeeper on maternity leave. Her will to give responsibility for the introduction of our chimpanzee to their flock, and therefore they would like to wait. The Dutch report that they are ready soon, and the Norwegians have reported ready to August. But we will not move any chimpanzees right now.
All of place in the autumn
To ensure that there is someone who will sit alone, it is our goal to move the chimpanzees as close to simultaneously as possible. Right now the quarantine in Australia, with the longest prospects. So is the plan right now to plan transport when they are ready in Australia. All indications are that it will fall. By then can we send all five chimpanzees off more or less simultaneously.
On another note - good on Givskud being so upfront with the plans the delays. A nice bit of PR work
Spectacled bears cannot be seen anywhere else in Denmark, by the way.