Zoo Augsburg News from Augsburg

[PossumRoach]

According to the zoo’s newsletter (which I found out through Zoo Freunde forums), the zoo no longer keeps Dagestan turs. This is also listed in ZTL, which says that the animals were “slaughtered”. This species is no longer kept in Germany.

Three dead birds were also found to have avian influenza. Around 150 birds were tested and all but a ferruginous duck where the dead birds were found were found negative. The duck is said to have recovered.

 

[Kifaru Bwana]

According to the zoo’s newsletter (which I found out through Zoo Freunde forums), the zoo no longer keeps Dagestan turs. This is also listed in ZTL, which says that the animals were “slaughtered”. This species is no longer kept in Germany.

Three dead birds were also found to have avian influenza. Around 150 birds were tested and all but a ferruginous duck where the dead birds were found were found negative. The duck is said to have recovered.

Really? Are you serious "slaughtered" ... a very endangered species of ibex??? (I find that - without explanation - just a very off-hand and hardly what I have become known to expect from the zoo)

 

[PossumRoach]

Really? Are you serious "slaughtered" ... a very endangered species of ibex??? (I find that - without explanation - just a very off-hand and hardly what I have become known to expect from the zoo)

The newsletter says that the animals couldn’t be given away due to their old age. The newsletter specifically says “wurden geschlachtet” but I assume it could also mean be put to sleep.

 

[Kifaru Bwana]

The newsletter says that the animals couldn’t be given away due to their old age. The newsletter specifically says “wurden geschlachtet” but I assume it could also mean be put to sleep.

@PossumRoach, thanks for your further comments .... I think the word slaughtered was lost in translation bc it really means something different in the zoo community. speak auf Deutch!

I just checked the ZF myself and the euthanasia can be described as a well-informed one with the last 2 elderly Dagestan turs - for whom no new holder could be found euthanised - thus the curatorial/veterinary management decided to put both individuals to sleep.

This is not to say ... that I am very sad this species is no longer held at Zoo Augsburg where this and another caprid species were for long been staple to the collection.

 

[zoomaniac]

The wording in the newsletter is quite interesting. Some zoos in german speaking countries avoid the word "schlachten" or "geschlachtet" (that stands indeed for what a butcher is doing) in the first line and using "wurden eingeschläfert und anschliessend verfüttert" (= have been euthanised and feed afterwards).

 

[Kifaru Bwana]

The wording in the newsletter is quite interesting. Some zoos in german speaking countries avoid the word "schlachten" or "geschlachtet" (that stands indeed for what a butcher is doing) in the first line and using "wurden eingeschläfert und anschliessend verfüttert" (= have been euthanised and feed afterwards).

I think the general public needs to wise up and it is to be commended that zoo management at Zoo Augsburg addresses the realities of old age and unwanted surplus (the animals were actually destined for another zoo and then a major crisis stopped the transport ... from moving forward!) and eloquently communicates that the animals were effectively put to sleep.

 

[Philipine eagle]

Augburg has bred again with the Red siskin, 2 chicks are being raised. Only 17 European zoos keep this endangered songbird. (source: newsletter 4/2025).

 

[Haliaeetus]

Are the bengal slow lorises easily visible?

1 Bengal Slow Loris is just born.
@br24 on Instagram: "Ein leises Rascheln im Halbdunkel, dann blitzen zwei riesige Augen auf: Im Schimpansenhaus des Augsburger Zoos hat ein Bengal-Plumplori-Jungtier das Licht der Welt erblickt – oder besser gesagt: die Dunkelheit. Denn die nachtaktiven Halbaffen leben in abgedunkelten Anlagen mit künstlich gesteuertem Lichtzyklus: Wenn es draußen hell ist, bleibt es im Plumplori-Haus dunkel – damit die Besucher sie nicht nur beim Schlafen beobachten können. Das Baby-Plumplori wurde am 30. April geboren. Es ist das erste von Mutter Clooney, die selbst 2017 in Augsburg zur Welt kam. Vater Koba stammt aus Dubai. Die beiden wurden seit Oktober 2024 als Paar gehalten – sechs Monate später ist der Zuchterfolg da. "Clooney kümmert sich von Anfang an sehr aufmerksam um ihr Jungtier", sagt Tierpflegerin Kathleen Arndt. Auch der Vater sei ungewöhnlich ruhig und aufmerksam – obwohl Plumploris eigentlich Einzelgänger sind. Plumploris stammen aus den Regen- und Mischwäldern Südostasiens. Sie bewegen sich langsam und bedächtig durch das Geäst. Und: Sie gehören zu den wenigen giftigen Primaten weltweit. Eine Drüse in der Armbeuge produziert ein Sekret, das mit Speichel vermischt ein Abwehrgift bildet. Ein Biss kann beim Menschen allergische Reaktionen auslösen. Trotz ihres niedlichen Aussehens sind sie daher keine geeigneten Haustiere. Dennoch werden sie immer wieder illegal gehandelt. Die ersten Plumploris im Augsburger Zoo wurden 2003 am Münchner Flughafen beschlagnahmt. Seitdem engagiert sich der Zoo für den Schutz dieser Art. #Schwaben #Plumplori #Bayern #Augsburg"