Erlebnis-Zoo Hannover Hannover Zoo

On Sunday I visited the beautiful Zoo Hannover, wow I was really impressed. Especially Yukon Bay was simply outstanding, best theming I’ve ever seen in a zoo!
Some news:
- Enclosure for Roan antelops and Dikdiks seemed to be empty (both are in another enclosure as well though).
- Somali wild ass and Addax seemed to swap indoors/outdoors, do they not go on well together?
- The old tropical house was closed and emptied. Outdoors there were still ring tailed lemurs, ruffed lemurs and drills. Here will be a new Madagascar area later on. The red pandas also in this area will move to the Asian area, their new enclosure there is almost finished.
- Focus is on that Asian area now, as the elephant enclosure expansion is going on. Next to this will also be a new enclosure for the hanuman langurs together with orang-utans and gibbons. New animals in this area will also be otters, binturngs, bali mynas, edwards pheasant and lion-tailed macaques.
- Next to the sloths and science house a new building called ‘Amphibium’ will open in 1,5 week. It will include some frogs and newts including titicaca water frog and fire salamander.
- Next to this house a new enclosure is currently build for the sloths, who will be housed together with Aldabra giant tortoises.
I feel another zoo visit coming on and the latest soundings from the zoo seem like great news and that the zoo is making inroads into the big renovation!


When I was in Hannover in 2022, I did see the wild asses and addaxes together. The tropical house was already closed.'

Good to read the langurs are getting a new enclosure Their current one is very themed, but not really suited for the monkeys.

I agree Yukon Bay is the best area of the zoo.
The overhaul along the Asiatic elephant house and outdoor expansion for the Asian animals is really taking a leap forward (not just Hanuman langur, but orangs, gibbons, otters binturong, lion tailles macaques, mynahs and Edward's pheasants... Hoping for a few more Asian songbirds ....
 
I visited Hannover Erlebniszoo in April. The zoo is still great.
The 3 Polar bears(Sprinter, Vera and Milana) were fine. I also watched the feeding which was very interesting and cool. Sprinter and Milana went to the water but Vera skipped it this time.
The great apes finally came outdoors.
All of the Western lowland gorillas enjoyed the sunny weather. There are 6 gorillas in the group. Buzandi the breeding male, two old females Kathrin and Zazie and a younger one Melima. There are two female offsprings in the group Anandi and Tara. Their size like the adult females', so I wouldn't be surprised if they will move to another zoo soon.
The chimpanzee group was relaxed. Maxi is the oldest chimpanzee in zoos. Toto is the leader and there are 3 adult females in the group Malaika, Chunya and Viktoria.
The zoo has a very special elephant herd. One of Europe's two Bornean pygmy elephant cows lives here. Manari. She has two female offsprings Califa and Meena which are fathered by Nikolai(Elephas maximus).
Califa also has two female offsprings Yumi and Jenny from the same bull.
The Indian elephant Indra is the oldest member and the matriarha of the herd.
There aren't any elephant bull in the zoo at the moment. They are making reconstruction on the elephant house and elephant enclosure to make it bigger.
The plan countains a new areas for Sumatran orangutans. The estimated opening time is 2025.
Bautagebuch Dschungelpalast
There is another smaller reconstruction in the zoo. They make developements on the monkey house which is behing the great ape house.
 
In November male Barbary lion (Panthera leo leo) Tayo (*2023) was send to Selwo Aventura.
At the end of November the zoo announced that also the two females, Zuri and Alani (*2023) will move to zoos in the UK.

In November a new species arrived at the zoo, namely a North chinese leopard (Panthera pardus japonensis). This male named Suresh (*2022) came from Tierpark Hagenbeck.

For the first time Little rock frogs (Staurois parvus) hatched!

Sources:
Instagram of Zoo Hannover (07/11/2024)
Instagram of Zoo Hannover (29/11/2024)
Instagram of Zoo Hannover (13/11/2024)
Instagram of Zoo Hannover (20/12/2024)
 
Both Panda cubs are male.
Erlebnis-Zoo Hannover on Instagram: "kleine Rote Pandas unterwegs auf kleinen Pfoten Seit ein paar Tagen sind die zwei Jungtiere der Roten Pandas draußen unterwegs. Neugierig und noch etwas holprig auf den Tatzen erkunden die beiden quirligen Männchen das Himalaya-Reich am Dschungelpalast. Mutter „Fine“ bleibt bei den ersten Kletterversuchen immer dicht bei ihren Jungtieren – was schwierig wird, wenn die beiden unterschiedliche Richtungen einschlagen... Wir sind super glücklich über den Nachwuchs, denn die Weltnaturschutzunion IUCN stuft den Kleinen Panda als „stark gefährdet“ ein. Mit der Zucht beteiligen wir uns daran diese wundervolle Art langfristig zu erhalten. Folgt uns für weitere Updates! . . . #zoohannover #hannoverzoo #redpanda #roterpanda #kleinerpanda"
 
One of the Red Panda cubs" has passed away...
Erlebnis-Zoo Hannover on Instagram: "Abschied von „Magnus“ Am Wochenende mussten wir uns schweren Herzens von einem der beiden Panda-Zwillinge verabschieden. Jungtier „Magnus“ ist unerwartet verstorben. Die genaue Ursache wird derzeit untersucht. Seit ihrer Geburt am 10. Juni wurden „Magnus“ und sein Bruder „Rasmus“ liebevoll von Mutter „Fine“ umsorgt. Gemeinsam erkundeten sie neugierig ihre Umgebung und übten sich im Klettern. Zum Ende der vergangenen Woche zeigte sich „Magnus“ weniger agil. Trotz der sofortigen Untersuchung und intensiven Betreuung verstarb das Jungtier. Da die Sterblichkeitsrate bei Jungtieren von Kleinen Pandas sowohl in der Wildbahn als auch in Zoos sehr hoch ist, hatte das Zooteam die Entwicklung der Zwillinge genauestens beobachtet. Umso trauriger sind alle über den unerwarteten Tod. „Rasmus“ geht es nach aktuellem Stand gut – das Zooteam begleitet ihn wie gewohnt mit viel Aufmerksamkeit und Fürsorge. Drücken wir ihm alle die Daumen, dass er sich auch weiterhin gut entwickelt. . . . #erlebniszoohannover #kleinerpanda"
 
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