Tiergarten Nürnberg News from Nurnberg

[JurassicMax]

After a break of 4 years a female Mishmi takin (Budorcas taxicolor taxicolor) was born at the start of December.

Source:
Instagram of Tiergarten Nürnberg (21/12/2022)

 

[Gavial]

New species this spring : blue sheep (Pseudois nayaur) with takins and Chacoan peccary (Catagonus wagneri).

Tiergartenbilanz 2022: Freude über 1,1 Mio Gäste und Sorge um Energieversorgung
tiergarten.nuernberg.de: Gehegeplan

 

[Shruikan]

In march a yellow backed duiker was born

 

[MennoPebesma]

Polar bears Vera and Nanuq have moved from Tiergarten Nürnberg to other zoos. In their place are three young female polar bears coming to Nuremberg.

20-year-old Vera has moved to Zoo Hannover, where she will live with male Sprinter and female Milana. Their 3-year-old daughter Nana has moved from Hanover to Nuremberg.

15-year-old Nanuq has moved to Tiergarten Schönbrunn in Vienna. Here he will live with male Ranzo. Ranzo's 3-year-old daughter Finja has moved from Tiergarten Schönbrunn to Nuremberg.

Later this month, another young female polar bear will complete the trio of new arrivals in Nuremberg. This will be 4-year-old Elva from Dierenrijk. Neither Vera and Nanuq nor the three young females currently have a breeding recommendation.

Source: Jung und weiblich: Der Nürnberger Tiergarten bekommt drei neue Eisbären

 

[Shruikan]

In march a yellow backed duiker was born

And its a girl

 

[JurassicMax]

Recently female Atlantic bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus truncatus) Dörte (*27/08/2011) arrived from Zoo Duisburg.

Source:
Instagram of Zoo Nürnberg (10/05/2023)

 

[JurassicMax]

Earlier this month atleast 3 Carpathian lynx (Lynx lynx carpathicus) were born, is this a zoo first breeding for Zoo Tiergarten Nürnberg?

Recently a new species arrived at the zoo, namely Chacoan peccary (Catagonus wagneri).

Sources:
Instagram of Tiergarten Nürnberg (21/06/2023)
Instagram of Tiergarten Nürnberg (30/06/2023)

 

[JurassicMax]

Last week male Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer caffer) Napoleon arrived from Safaripark Beekse Bergen, last Wednesday night a cape buffalo was born.

Source:
Instagram of Tiergarten Nürnberg (01/07/2023)

 

[JurassicMax]

Recently a pair of Black storks (Ciconia nigra) arrived from Zoo Warschau, they can be found in the bearded vulture aviary. These storks were rescued injured birds that could not be released back into the wild.

Source:
Instagram of Tiergarten Nürnberg (04/07/2023)

 

[JurassicMax]

Yesterday 5 Alpine ibexes (Capra ibex) together with 5 ibexes from Zoo Salzburg and a private holder in Schladming were released into the wild in Austria (Großarltal).

Source:
Instagram of Tiergarten Nürnberg (06/07/2023)

 

[MennoPebesma]

The 2-year-old manatee female Letycja moved from Zoo Wroclaw to Tiergarten Nürnberg today.

Source: Facebook Zoo Wroclaw

 

[JurassicMax]

At the start of this month a new species arrived from Zoo Halle, namely Himalayan blue sheep (Pseudois nayaur).

Also earlier this month female Siberian tiger (Panthera tigris altaica) Katinka was send to the Kölner zoo, in return Nürnberg got Kölners female named Akina.

Sources;
Instagram of Tiergarten Nürnberg (03/08/2023)
Instagram of Tiergarten Nürnberg (04/08/2023)

 

[lintworm]

This summer 4 Libyan striped weasels were born in the giraffe house, seeing them is a different matter though .

 

[JurassicMax]

A few weeks ago 2 Asiatic lions (Panthera leo persica) were born to female Aarany.

Source:
Instagram of Tiergarten Nürnberg (18/09/2023)

 

[JurassicMax]

At the end of June 2 Humboldt penguins (Spheniscus humboldti) hatched, they can now be seen in the penguin enclosure.

Source:
Instagram of Tiergarten Nürnberg (07/10/2023)

 

[lintworm]

A harpy eagle was born in October. If I remember correctly this is the first harpy eagle to be born in Europe in 21 years.

Source: Zoofreunde forum

 

[Haliaeetus]

A harpy eagle was born in October. If I remember correctly this is the first harpy eagle to be born in Europe in 21 years.

Source: Zoofreunde forum

Very good news.
I hope these birds will breed in Beauval too.

 

[JurassicMax]

A few weeks ago 2 Asiatic lions (Panthera leo persica) were born to female Aarany.

Source:
Instagram of Tiergarten Nürnberg (18/09/2023)

They have recently been sexed, one male and one female.

Source:
Instagram of Tiergarten Nürnberg (23/11/2023)

 

[JurassicMax]

On the 20th of November a female Malayan tapir (Tapirus indicus) was born to female Indy and male Morse. This is the first Malayan tapir to be born in Tiergarten Nürnberg since 2012!

Source:
Instagram of Tiergarten Nürnberg (08/12/2023)

 

[JurassicMax]

Last year the zoo received 2 Vietnamese crocodile lizards (Shinisaurus crocodilurus vietnamensis) from the Kölner Zoo.

Source:
Zootierliste
Instagram of Tiergarten Nürnberg (01/02/2024)