Zoo Leipzig Leipzig zoo news 2012
- Thread starter BjoernN
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Thanks for all the updates Bjoern! Do you know if anything has replaced the opossums in the tunnel?
Even better, TBH.
Jolly good the latter! Is that griffon hatching a "first" for the zoo?
(have never known them to be bred there, I might be wrong though ..., so if someone can fill in the blanks .. be my guest).
The first Western eurasian griffon vulture hatched at the zoo in the 1940s, the first in Germany. Until the late 1960s several chicks hatched every year. Unfortunately the air quality in the city became worse and worse during the late 60s and so on, so the times of frequent breeding were finished. No more than 7 years ago a time of frequent breeding started again with young individuals from other zoos.
Thanks for explaining and clearing that up. I never knew that Leipzig had such a long tradition with breeding griffons. Incidentally, any of these vultures still alive within the present European population?
The bonobo import stands out as a MILESTONE ACHIEVEMENT!
I'm not sure if this has been posted elsewhere, but here is a page regarding further parts to the zoo's 2020 masterplan:
Zoo Leipzig: Zoo Leipzig stellt Masterplan 2020 vor
Zoo Leipzig: Zoo Leipzig stellt Masterplan 2020 vor
Jordan-Jaguar97
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Very good news - hope this one is a female.
I will try to translate the article:
- construction sum: 56,0 Mio. Euro (30% from the city, 70% from the zoo)
- construction period: 2012 - 2020, 5 stages
- stage 1 (2012 - 2014): new exit, Amur leopards, infrastructure
new exit with walk-on-able flamingo aviary, new Amur leopard exhibit beside the tiger exhibit
- stage 2 (2013 - 2015): Bear Castle, Eastern black rhinoceros, baboons, marmosets
new exhibit for Eastern black rhinoceros as a part of the african savannh, co-housed with Hamadryas baboons, remodeling of the Bear Castle outland into a large playground, construction of a fontaine face to face the aquarium, new marmoset exhibits between zoo shop and aquarium (former flamingo exhibit)
- stage 3 (2015 - 2017): Himalaya, Pantanal/Pamapa/Patagonia, infrastructure
new high mountains exhibit beside the Gondwanaland entrance, including Snow leopards, Red pandas and vultures, partially accessible, renovation of the large aviary as a part of Himalaya, first step of new South America (Coatis, Maned wolfes, Giant anteaters, Vikunjas and many more)
- stage 4 (2016 - 2018) - Tierra del Fuego, penguins and seals
exhibits for penguins (accessible) and seals (360° accessible underwater tunnel to watch penguins and seals all around under water)
- stage 5 (2018 - 2020) - asiatic island world, aviaries, Sulawesi
enlargement of the ponds to a asiatic island world with Sibirian musk deers, Myanmar thamin, Lion-tailed macaques, Chinese dholes and many more, new exhibits for cranes (demolition of the old bird house), new exhibit for African wild dogs beside the Lion house, new exhibits for Lowland Anoa and Sulawesi babirusa
- construction sum: 56,0 Mio. Euro (30% from the city, 70% from the zoo)
- construction period: 2012 - 2020, 5 stages
- stage 1 (2012 - 2014): new exit, Amur leopards, infrastructure
new exit with walk-on-able flamingo aviary, new Amur leopard exhibit beside the tiger exhibit
- stage 2 (2013 - 2015): Bear Castle, Eastern black rhinoceros, baboons, marmosets
new exhibit for Eastern black rhinoceros as a part of the african savannh, co-housed with Hamadryas baboons, remodeling of the Bear Castle outland into a large playground, construction of a fontaine face to face the aquarium, new marmoset exhibits between zoo shop and aquarium (former flamingo exhibit)
- stage 3 (2015 - 2017): Himalaya, Pantanal/Pamapa/Patagonia, infrastructure
new high mountains exhibit beside the Gondwanaland entrance, including Snow leopards, Red pandas and vultures, partially accessible, renovation of the large aviary as a part of Himalaya, first step of new South America (Coatis, Maned wolfes, Giant anteaters, Vikunjas and many more)
- stage 4 (2016 - 2018) - Tierra del Fuego, penguins and seals
exhibits for penguins (accessible) and seals (360° accessible underwater tunnel to watch penguins and seals all around under water)
- stage 5 (2018 - 2020) - asiatic island world, aviaries, Sulawesi
enlargement of the ponds to a asiatic island world with Sibirian musk deers, Myanmar thamin, Lion-tailed macaques, Chinese dholes and many more, new exhibits for cranes (demolition of the old bird house), new exhibit for African wild dogs beside the Lion house, new exhibits for Lowland Anoa and Sulawesi babirusa
- Nine Fulvous whistling ducks (Dendrocygna bicolor) and two Crested wood partridges (Rollulus rouloul) hatched at Gondwanaland
New species at Gondwanaland (beside the exit):
- Yellow-headed day geckos (Phelsuma klemmeri)
- Williams electric blue geckos (Lygodactylus williamsi)
- New cou-housing at the Bird House: Southern Luzon giant cloud rats and Belanger's tree-shrews
- Two Waldrapps hatched at the Great Aviary
- Two Tammar Wallabys, two Red-necked wallabys and one Red kangaroo were born
- The first Sibirian crane hatched in zoos history
- A second Sibirian musk deer was born
- Expected birth during the next months: Baringo giraffe, Thomson gazelles, Snow leopards, South American fur seals, Negros warty pigs
New species at Gondwanaland (beside the exit):
- Yellow-headed day geckos (Phelsuma klemmeri)
- Williams electric blue geckos (Lygodactylus williamsi)
- New cou-housing at the Bird House: Southern Luzon giant cloud rats and Belanger's tree-shrews
- Two Waldrapps hatched at the Great Aviary
- Two Tammar Wallabys, two Red-necked wallabys and one Red kangaroo were born
- The first Sibirian crane hatched in zoos history
- A second Sibirian musk deer was born
- Expected birth during the next months: Baringo giraffe, Thomson gazelles, Snow leopards, South American fur seals, Negros warty pigs