Zoo La Boissière du Doré News from La Boissiere
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Construction of a new breeding facilty for Amur leopards began on the site of the former brown bears, Sumatran tigers and asian lions enclosures.
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Haliaeetus
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The baby Rhino has received the name of MATAKO, that means "b*ttock" in Swahili language !!!
Haliaeetus
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2 brown bear cubs were born 
Parents are Arkan, the young male arrived in 2022, and Frisquette, the oldest adult female (21 years old). That's a surprise as the zoo expected cubs from Frisquette's older daughter Meya, 7 years old, who gets along very well with Arkan.
Parents are Arkan, the young male arrived in 2022, and Frisquette, the oldest adult female (21 years old). That's a surprise as the zoo expected cubs from Frisquette's older daughter Meya, 7 years old, who gets along very well with Arkan.2 brown bear cubs were born
Congratulations to the zoo for the breeding of this specie that suffers from lack of space and which compete with endangered species for new exhibits!
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The Bear cubs are two girls, that have received the names of ANIE and QUIALA.2 brown bear cubs were born
Zoo de La Boissière du Doré on Instagram: "ET NOS OURSONS SONT… 2 petites oursonnes ! Vous avez été 62 sur 411 votants à avoir trouvé le sexe des bébés de notre Frisquette Mais ce n’est pas tout ! Ces 2 oursonnes ont désormais des prénoms : Anie et Quiala, en hommage au pic Anie et au col Quialarot, situés dans les Pyrénées Frisquette et ses deux petites se portent à merveille, et sont choyées par leur équipe soignante, en particulier par Thony, leur soigneur référent. Elles viennent d'être pucées, vermifugées et pesées par Marion notre vétérinaire. Elles font chacune un peu + de 3kgs, de beaux bébés ! Sachez, chers visiteurs, que nous avons hâte de découvrir vos premiers retours et vos belles photos de nos deux oursonnes dans leur lieu de vie. Car oui, leur première sortie dans leur espace extérieur est toute proche ! N’hésitez pas à partager cela avec nous via le @zooboissiere ! Zoo de la Boissière du Doré #ZOOBDD #zooboissiere #animaux #animauxsauvages #loireatlantique #enpaysdelaloire #bébés #ours #femelles #naissance #exceptionnel"
Haliaeetus
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Of course Brown Bears are LC globally due to large, stable populations in Russia, Canada and other Northern countries, but it isn't the case in most of Europe.
In France they remain CR with a very small (while increasing) population.
It's unlikely that the zoo-born Brown Bears would be reintroduced in the wild, but they remain important as a reminder of conservation priorities in Europe and especially France (and given that this elusive species is nearly impossible to spot in the wild).
Of course we don't need hundreds of Bear cubs every year but the maintaining of stable captive Bear populations remain pertinent.
Bears in Carpathians, Balkan, Baltics have stable or growing populations. There are increasing conflicts with local people and "problem" animals are culled. Just two days ago, a bear followed a pair of Belarussian tourists in Slovak mountains, the woman got scared, fell off a cliff and died. Authorities decided the bear will be shot in next days. If any European zoo wants brown bears for exhibit purposes - just contact Slovak or Romanian or Estonian authorities etc and you can swim in "problem animals" and abandoned cubs that would otherwise be killed.
Any zoo breeding of brown bears is stupid decision.
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Haliaeetus
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Are them fit for captive life ?
I'm a bit doubtful, but there may be actual examples of these "problematic" bears removed from the wild within our zoos.
There's another way to get bears one may mention : the rescuing of captive bears maintained under awful conditions in the private menageries, circuses and even places like hotels and restaurants, mainly in the East (but I know recent examples from France).
Indeed, it remains pertinent for education value. As it remains pertinent for many european species : not globally endangered, but they are locally, and people who meet the species and are educated about it are more prone to accept living with it, and to know how to do it right.
And, we can't say la Boissière du Doré breed bears excessively, as it's only the 3rd litter since they exhibit brown bears ! 1 cub in 2003 (still here), 1 in 2017 (still here and not planned, they thought the male was sterile as he never sired any cub before and was 32 years old) and now 2.
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Pourquoi les loups hurlent-ils ? Souvent associé à l’image légendaire et mystérieuse du loup hurlant à la lune, le cri du loup est avant tout un moyen très efficace de communication entre les membres de la meute et possède plusieurs significations : asseoir la position sociale, appel à la chasse, délimitation d’un territoire… De plus, hurler en levant le museau leur permet de faire un écho plus long qui peut s’étendre jusqu’à 
km ! A noter : en 2025, nos loups du Canada seront à l’honneur avec un nouvel espace de vie de 15 000 m2 qui sera situé après la Terre Sacrée des tigres. Restez connectés, nous vous tiendrons informé de l’avancée de ce beau projet pour notre meute composée de la douce Nali, Lakota sa mère et Kenzy, son père Photo Cécile GARANS #ZOOBDD #zooboissiere #animaux #animauxsauvages #loireatlantique #enpaysdelaloire #animal #loups #canad"
Thank you for the photos @Panthera9
Do you know how many enclosures there are for the new leopards exhibit ?
There are two and they can be connected