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Rotterdam's breeding bull Fanindra left Rotterdam a few days ago for France, so yup :)

Rotterdam's breeding female is about to give birth to what will probably be her last calf, after which at some point she and her calf will move and Rotterdam will step out of indian rhino in favor of black rhino's...
 
Female Indian Rhino, Maruska (age 2) arrived at Touroparc from Plzen today

Are the Indian Rhino still housed in the elephant enclosure?
 
Nisha said:
Female Indian Rhino, Maruska (age 2) arrived at Touroparc from Plzen today

Are the Indian Rhino still housed in the elephant enclosure?
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Yes, and while the enclosure has been extended to accomodate the female it is still not great ...!
 
Touroparc has received a second female Indian Rhino. Female, Salyan (age 3) made the journey from Zoo Parc Beauval today
 
A dusky pademelon has been born

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Had a nice time there yesterday.
Was the sole customer for most of the day, with maybe 10 other clients coming for an hour or so, at least from what I saw.
It's a small zoo with a few boring exhibits by the entry, but it gets more interesting as you keep going in.
One of the two indian rhinos shares its good looking exhibit with :
- 3 grey-crowned cranes
- 1 himalayan monal
- 2 african sacred ibis
- 3 bar-headed geese
- 1 no idea what species of guineafowl, maybe a bald crested guineafowl
The interaction between all the birds and the rhino is interesting to watch.
Other highlight is the tropical house, I had it all to myself for 2-3 hours. It holds the following species :
- Black-rumped waxbill (only saw 1)
- Cockatiel (1 individual)
- Crested partridges
- Greater blue-eared glossy starling (1 individual)
- Grey-capped emerald doves
- Grey-winged trumpeter (1 pretty damaged but very social individual)
- Guira cuckoos (with one very agressive individual who followed me and "chased" me around for 20 minutes)
- Namaqua dove (only saw 1)
- Pied imperial pigeons
- Rainbow lorikeets
- Red-billed leiothrix
- Ringed teals
- Scarlet ibis
- Violet turacos
- White-cheeked turacos
- White-faced whistling ducks
- Yellow-fronted canaries
- Yellow-mantled widowbird (spent 2 hours looking for a male, I unfortunately only got to see the female, not sure if there is a male in there to be honnest)
- Red-headed queleas (were signed, but I couldn't see any)

Very pleasant house, especially being the only one in there, the birds get used to your presence and it's way more fun wandering around.
The baby pademelon is extremely cute but very shy.

Overall, a good little zoo, no bad exhibits, no outstanding exhibits as well. Not worth a trip from Lyon but definitely worth a visit if in the region.
 
Rayane said:
Had a nice time there yesterday.
Was the sole customer for most of the day, with maybe 10 other clients coming for an hour or so, at least from what I saw.
It's a small zoo with a few boring exhibits by the entry, but it gets more interesting as you keep going in.
One of the two indian rhinos shares its good looking exhibit with :
- 3 grey-crowned cranes
- 1 himalayan monal
- 2 african sacred ibis
- 3 bar-headed geese
- 1 no idea what species of guineafowl, maybe a bald crested guineafowl
The interaction between all the birds and the rhino is interesting to watch.
Other highlight is the tropical house, I had it all to myself for 2-3 hours. It holds the following species :
- Black-rumped waxbill (only saw 1)
- Cockatiel (1 individual)
- Crested partridges
- Greater blue-eared glossy starling (1 individual)
- Grey-capped emerald doves
- Grey-winged trumpeter (1 pretty damaged but very social individual)
- Guira cuckoos (with one very agressive individual who followed me and "chased" me around for 20 minutes)
- Namaqua dove (only saw 1)
- Pied imperial pigeons
- Rainbow lorikeets
- Red-billed leiothrix
- Ringed teals
- Scarlet ibis
- Violet turacos
- White-cheeked turacos
- White-faced whistling ducks
- Yellow-fronted canaries
- Yellow-mantled widowbird (spent 2 hours looking for a male, I unfortunately only got to see the female, not sure if there is a male in there to be honnest)
- Red-headed queleas (were signed, but I couldn't see any)

Very pleasant house, especially being the only one in there, the birds get used to your presence and it's way more fun wandering around.
The baby pademelon is extremely cute but very shy.

Overall, a good little zoo, no bad exhibits, no outstanding exhibits as well. Not worth a trip from Lyon but definitely worth a visit if in the region.
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Am I right in deducing this is really a bird park but just with Indian Rhino held also? Few other mammals? They used to have Gorillas(a retired pair) and at least one hybrid Orangutan but no longer I think.
 
Pertinax said:
Am I right in deducing this is really a bird park but just with Indian Rhino held also? Few other mammals? They used to have Gorillas(a retired pair) and at least one hybrid Orangutan but no longer I think.
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No, not a bird park at all. They probably have more mammals than birds.
They have 5 primate species, 2 zebra species, giraffes, lions, tigers, wolves, servals.
They still have their old hybrid Orangutan but no gorillas anymore.
 
At the end of november giraffe Fathy gave birth, Yongster is a male think.
Any Infos about male giraffe Djenne - is he still there and the father?
Are female giraffe Ramatou and yongster Zao *2018 still there?
 
Two species are leaving Touroparc :
- male southern ground hornbill will go to Mulhouse,
- female southern bolivian night monkey left for a hungarian zoo.
There weee the last of their kind for the zoo who will refurbished their enclosures for new species.

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Departure of Elephant bull Maung Htoo to Amersfoort zoo (Netherlands)
Touroparc.Zoo on Instagram: "✨ Un départ exceptionnel ✨ C'est fait, les équipes du parc ont assisté à un événement hors du commun : le transfert de Maung-Htoo, l'un de nos trois mâles éléphant d'Asie, qui a quitté Touroparc pour rejoindre le parc d'Amersfoort aux Pays-Bas. Un tel déplacement est une opération rare et d’une grande complexité. Pour nous, il est important de montrer en toute transparence les étapes de ce type de transfert, afin que chacun comprenne le soin, la préparation et l’expertise que cela implique. Des semaines de travail en amont, un caisson spécialement conçu, une équipe pluridisciplinaire de soigneurs, vétérinaire et transporteurs spécialisés… tout est pensé pour garantir le bien-être et la sécurité de l’animal. Nous souhaitons à Maung-Htoo une belle aventure dans son nouvel environnement, où il continuera à jouer un rôle essentiel dans la préservation de son espèce, tout cela dans le cadre d'un EEP. ".
 
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