ZTL said the subspecies was there until Wednesday 12th April but is no longer kept in any ZTL zoos
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Ceylonpanther
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Does anyone know from where Zaki and Kobe came from?
Ricky Hans
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Kobe was one of the offspring of Zaki born in the park. I don't know the origin of the parents but they had many cubs.
I wrote an article about the leopards when I had a website about the zoo. This is in short the history about the leopards in the zoo (black leopards not included) :
There were no spotted leopards in the zoo until Zaki and Zazouf joined in 1999. In 2001, two cubs were born : Chai and Chabli. On 25 June 2002 followed Dumai and Dario, two males. On 3 November the same year, Zazouf gave birth to twins again, with one of them was black. They were given the names Diego and Diablo. In 2004, two more cubs were born, Feline and Felix, both of whom moved to South Africa.
The importation of leopards into South Africa is subject to several rules. One is that only African leopards may be imported. This is to avoid hybrids in the wild should an Asian subspecies escape. So before Feline and Felix could leave, a DNA test had to be done. On paper, although the parents were 6th-generation descendants of African leopards, in reality there is always the possibility of a crossbreed. The examination revealed that they were Central African leopards (Panthera Pardus Shortridgei), which today falls under the nominate form Panthera Pardus Pardus. So this confirmed that these are really African leopards.
In 2005, Zaki and Zazouf were moved to Casa Panthera. Even before their move to Casa Panthera, Zazouf had another litter of two cubs. And in July 2006, Hyde and Hayati came into the world. With the improved housing at Casa Panthera, the mother was now getting enough rest and was able to raise her cubs herself.
On 18 May 2008, Zazouf gave birth to another black cub, who was named Jerry. Kobe was born in 2009 and Lily was born on 26 June 2010. Unfortunately, Zazouf died in early 2015.
I wrote an article about the leopards when I had a website about the zoo. This is in short the history about the leopards in the zoo (black leopards not included) :
There were no spotted leopards in the zoo until Zaki and Zazouf joined in 1999. In 2001, two cubs were born : Chai and Chabli. On 25 June 2002 followed Dumai and Dario, two males. On 3 November the same year, Zazouf gave birth to twins again, with one of them was black. They were given the names Diego and Diablo. In 2004, two more cubs were born, Feline and Felix, both of whom moved to South Africa.
The importation of leopards into South Africa is subject to several rules. One is that only African leopards may be imported. This is to avoid hybrids in the wild should an Asian subspecies escape. So before Feline and Felix could leave, a DNA test had to be done. On paper, although the parents were 6th-generation descendants of African leopards, in reality there is always the possibility of a crossbreed. The examination revealed that they were Central African leopards (Panthera Pardus Shortridgei), which today falls under the nominate form Panthera Pardus Pardus. So this confirmed that these are really African leopards.
In 2005, Zaki and Zazouf were moved to Casa Panthera. Even before their move to Casa Panthera, Zazouf had another litter of two cubs. And in July 2006, Hyde and Hayati came into the world. With the improved housing at Casa Panthera, the mother was now getting enough rest and was able to raise her cubs herself.
On 18 May 2008, Zazouf gave birth to another black cub, who was named Jerry. Kobe was born in 2009 and Lily was born on 26 June 2010. Unfortunately, Zazouf died in early 2015.
Moorhunhe
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The first time I visited here was March 2016, because I had heard there were white tigers, and at the time I had never seen any before.
I read about how it wasn't a great place back then, but I wanted to see for myself, because people like to exaggerate.
Sadly, the experience wasn't great, it was all very poorly/sad and brown looking.
We visited 2 weeks ago, and I was very pleasantly surprised in how it looks now!
Enclosures are so much better, there was so much green everywhere, we had a great day out, where as back in 2016 I went home feeling not all that great about it.
I'm sure there's still lots of room for improvements, but these are my personal thoughts about how it was then and now.
(and I'm obviously no expert in what needs to be done or how things really should be
)
Me and my boyfriend love anything cats (and me lemurs, a new found love recently), so that was a reason to go here (and only a 40 minute drive).
I hadn't seen a Striped Hyena before (only the Spotted one), so that was a nice sighting as both were quite active.
And a few more animals we hadn't seen before, so that's always nice (White Fronted Lemur, Cape Genet)
We actually saw all the animals, apart from the Serval & Caracal.
When we got to the Black and White Ruffed Lemurs, some where inside their enclosure, and due to reflection and the sun, we couldn't really see it that well, only when starting to look back at the pictures straight away to see if they were decent, we spotted a tiny tail wrapped around a mother lemur, and turns out there's not 1, but 2 little ones <33 who were very active later in the day when we did a 2nd round of the entire place.
I read about how it wasn't a great place back then, but I wanted to see for myself, because people like to exaggerate.
Sadly, the experience wasn't great, it was all very poorly/sad and brown looking.
We visited 2 weeks ago, and I was very pleasantly surprised in how it looks now!
Enclosures are so much better, there was so much green everywhere, we had a great day out, where as back in 2016 I went home feeling not all that great about it.
I'm sure there's still lots of room for improvements, but these are my personal thoughts about how it was then and now.
(and I'm obviously no expert in what needs to be done or how things really should be
)Me and my boyfriend love anything cats (and me lemurs, a new found love recently), so that was a reason to go here (and only a 40 minute drive).
I hadn't seen a Striped Hyena before (only the Spotted one), so that was a nice sighting as both were quite active.
And a few more animals we hadn't seen before, so that's always nice (White Fronted Lemur, Cape Genet)
We actually saw all the animals, apart from the Serval & Caracal.
When we got to the Black and White Ruffed Lemurs, some where inside their enclosure, and due to reflection and the sun, we couldn't really see it that well, only when starting to look back at the pictures straight away to see if they were decent, we spotted a tiny tail wrapped around a mother lemur, and turns out there's not 1, but 2 little ones <33 who were very active later in the day when we did a 2nd round of the entire place.
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Ricky Hans
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The grey crowned cranes in the big aviary have 3 chicks and 4 capybara were born.
Ricky Hans
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On Wednesday Alex, a 25 year old European brown bear, was taken to Equitom with the assistance of Tim Bouts and Trigenio Veterinary Center to perform a CT scan of his back and hips. He had been ill for a while and the medication unfortunately did not work. The results from the examination learned that Alex had advanced arthrosis of the back, resulting in several hernias. Severe arthrosis of both hips was also diagnosed. After careful consultation with several specialists, it was decided that there was no treatment that could guarantee him a pain-free life. Therefore, the difficult decision was made to do the best for Alex and put him to sleep.
source : facebook Pakawi Park
source : facebook Pakawi Park
Haliaeetus
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Pakawi Park recently posted about this on their social media and website.
They have added some individuals to their savanna hoofstock herds, and more space is required to allow animals to avoid each other as new hierarchies are established.
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Haliaeetus
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GalenMarek
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In mid-October, Capé, a young Striped hyena (male), left Réserve Zoologique de la Haute-Touche in France (where he was born) and was transferred to Pakawi Park.
The info was shared on Haute-Touche's facebook page
I went there today, but he's not yet visible.
The info was shared on Haute-Touche's facebook page
I went there today, but he's not yet visible.
GalenMarek
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No, I only saw one and didn't see the new male.
I don't remember seeing a second striped hyena earlier this year.
When it is rainy, I skip a part of the zoo and only focus on some enclosures.
I only noticed last week that the aviary with the pheasants and swamphens is closed. You can observe the animals from outside but can't walk in.
Did someone recently see the Goliath Heron? I didn't see it for a while!
Moorhunhe
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I took this May 27th this year. You can see both Striped Hyena's in this.
(not a great picture, I know, lol)
I didn't see the Goliath Heron back in May or October from this year.
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Pakawi Park has finally started the construction of Monkey Island, their new chimpanzee exhibit.
According to their website the project should already open this summer. That seems perhaps a little quick to me, however, it is still good news that they are working on replacing one of their most unpleasant exhibits.
Laafsekikkers
According to their website the project should already open this summer. That seems perhaps a little quick to me, however, it is still good news that they are working on replacing one of their most unpleasant exhibits.
Laafsekikkers
Why is the new chimpanzee being called 'Monkey Island?'
I honestly don't know... none of the species that were originally named for Monkey Island (chimpanzee, lar gibbon, ring-tailed lemur and tree shrew) are in fact monkeys. I'm also not sure whether the species other than the chimps are still included in what they have apparently now started building.
I'm somewhat afraid that the reason behind could be as simple as just bad knowledge of the English language and its peculiarities regarding the strict distinction between the words "monkey" and "ape".