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Capybara is indeed flodsvin but - from my understanding - 'pig' is more commonly called 'gris' and 'svin' a term used for swine or pork (well pork is actually svinekjøtt which means pigs meat).

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Are there any mixed species exhibits in Haugaland Zoo?
 
animalszoos said:
Capybara is indeed flodsvin but - from my understanding - 'pig' is more commonly called 'gris' and 'svin' a term used for swine or pork (well pork is actually svinekjøtt which means pigs meat).
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what is your distinction between swine and pig?
 
"Are there any mixed species exhibits in Haugaland zoo ?" (I don't know how to quote) There aren't that many except for the birds'. They do have:
- Common marmoset, green iguana and hermann's tortoise
- Alpaca and greater rhea
- Meerkat and spurred tortoise
- Cotton-top tamarin and red-footed tortoise
They plans for:
- Capybara, giant anteater and patagonian mara
- Meerkat, spurred tortoise and african crested porcupine
- A tropical house with Brazilian rainforest as the theme where most of the animals are free roaming like marmosets, iguanas, tamarins, sloths, armadillos, turtles etc.
 
Smannsaker said:
(I don't know how to quote)
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Chlidonias said:
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Thanks
 
Chlidonias said:
what is your distinction between swine and pig?
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There is no distinction between the animals (e.g. no difference in appearance or behavior), but what I am saying is that you would say 'svin' the way we say swine. Lots of people don't often say 'look at the swine,' instead, 'look at the pig' would be more common. This is the same in Norwegian (from what I have been taught). So you could say both I guess.
 
Kifaru Bwana said:
The zoo is still in development to a larger collection?!

Nice new development with some sort of Amazonia!
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Haugaland zoo officially opened in 2010 and it only has 10 acres of land mass. The zoo has a tight budget but still manages to expand their animal collection. As I've mentioned earlier the zoo got capybaras, wild turkeys, marabou storks and eastern grey kangaroo this year. The zoo is not finished but no zoos are finished. They always change.
 
An updated species list:
- Capybara
- Clouded leopard
- Eastern grey kangaroo
- Dwarf zebu
- Scimitar-horned oryx
- Barbary sheep
- Sitatunga
- African dwarf goat
- Alpaca
- Cottontop tamarin
- Common marmoset
- Banded mongoose
- Meerkat
- Emu
- Greater rhea
- Marbou stork
- Eastern wild turkey
- Golden pheasant
- Silver pheasant
- Blue and yellow macaw
- Scarlet macaw
- Green winged macaw
- Cockatiel
- Blue-fronted amazon
- Yellow-fronted amazon
- Red-lored amazon
- Helmeted guinea fowl
- Indian peafowl
- Chicken
- Rose-ringed parakeet
- Alexandrine parakeet
- African parrot
- Burrowing parrot
- Tanimbar corella
- Eastern rosella
- Green rosella
- Rainbow lorikeet
- Red rosella
- Chestnut-fronted macaw
- Sunset lorikeet
- Spectacled caiman
- Yellow-eared slider
- African spurred tortoise
- Green iguana
- Burmese python
- Nile monitor
- Taiwan ratsnake
- Crocodile monitor
- Yellow-headed monitor
- Dumerill's bao
- Leopard gecko
- Rosy boa
- Cuba boa
- Reticulated python
- Blue tongue skink
- Rhino rat snake
- Leachianus gecko
- Red-footed tortoise
- Hermann's tortoise
- Australian long necked turtle
- King snake
- Red-eared slider
 
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The zoo is struggeling to keep their doors open, because of some kind of strange new requirements, for example that you have to have a zookeeper education to be allowed to feed the animals. The zoo’s problem now is that the vet has quited. They are required to hire a new vet with exotic animals experience by the end of the month. If not the government will shut down the zoo.
 
Smannsaker said:
The zoo is struggeling to keep their doors open, because of some kind of strange new requirements, for example that you have to have a zookeeper education to be allowed to feed the animals. The zoo’s problem now is that the vet has quited. They are required to hire a new vet with exotic animals experience by the end of the month. If not the government will shut down the zoo.
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That sucks, especially when it's a country that doesn't have many zoos already, and - from a Zoochatter's point of view - when it's a zoo that seems to specialize in more unusual species.

Have they had any luck with finding a new vet since you posted?
 
Hvedekorn said:
That sucks, especially when it's a country that doesn't have many zoos already, and - from a Zoochatter's point of view - when it's a zoo that seems to specialize in more unusual species.

Have they had any luck with finding a new vet since you posted?
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I don’t think they have yet. There are non in the area, and getting someone to move isn’t the easiest thing. Especially when it comes to such a small zoo with an uncertain future
 
Today, the zoo open to the public. An updated species list is:
Mammals
- Capybara
- Clouded leopard
- Eastern grey kangaroo
- Dwarf zebu
- Scimitar-horned oryx
- Barbary sheep
- Sitatunga
- African dwarf goat
- Alpaca
- Cottontop tamarin
- Common marmoset
- Banded mongoose
- Meerkat
Birds
- Emu
- Greater rhea
- Marabou stork
- Eastern wild turkey
- Golden pheasant
- Silver pheasant
- Blue and yellow macaw
- Scarlet macaw
- Green winged macaw
- Cockatiel
- Blue-fronted amazon
- Red-lored amazon
- Helmeted guinea fowl
- Indian peafowl
- Rose-ringed parakeet
- Alexandrine parakeet
- Lord Derby's parakeet
- African grey parrot
- Burrowing parrot
- Tanimbar corella
- Eastern rosella
- Red rosella
- Muscovy duck
Reptiles
- Broad-snouted caiman
- Yellow-eared slider
- Red-eared slider
- Musk turtle
- African spurred tortoise
- Greek tortoise
- Chaco tortoise
- Leopard tortoise
- Green iguana
- Burmese python
- Nile monitor
- Taiwan beautysnake
- Crocodile monitor
- Yellow-headed monitor
- Dumeril's boa
- Leopard gecko
- Rosy boa
- Cuba boa
- Reticulated python
- Blue tongue skink
- Phylodryas baroni
- Leachianus gecko
- Red-footed tortoise
- Australian long necked turtle
- California king snake
- Bearded dragon
- Royal python
Fish
- Red-tailed catfish
 
i am just wondering loking at the webbsit thier is no mation of the oryx or clouded leopard do the not keep them anymore?
 
Another kangaroo escaped form the zoo three years ago. The kangaroo was caught after only one day, however the kangaroo did not survive due to getting injured in barbed wire. As long as the animals aren't stressed, the likelyhood of them getting stuck is less, so they wanted to go for a less stressfull approch this time, which is the reason that it took so long. I belive that the kangaroo never went far from the zoo, and was mainly in the same area, with daily observations. Fortunateley, the kangaroo did not get injured this time.
 
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