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2 births within 2 years is a great milestone!
Agreed and given that this pair was only formed in 2018. Well done by the local keeping staff at Parco Zoo Falconara.

I have a query now: Which giraffe are currently at Falconara (and what (sub-)species?
 
Agreed and given that this pair was only formed in 2018. Well done by the local keeping staff at Parco Zoo Falconara.

I have a query now: Which giraffe are currently at Falconara (and what (sub-)species?
ZTL says one Reticulated and a Rothschild's, which checks out
 
Agreed and given that this pair was only formed in 2018. Well done by the local keeping staff at Parco Zoo Falconara.


I have a query now: Which giraffe are currently at Falconara (and what (sub-)species?

On my visit (October 2021) Falconara Zoo had 2 giraffes (see foto)
 

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Great news for Parco Zoo Falconara:

2 okapis will come in the next months for the 50th anniversary of the zoo. First time for an italian zoo (except one male in Rome decades ago).

In the guidebook (1956) of Zoo di Napoli (Napels Zoo) is a foto of an Okapi, probably kept in the famous Parco di Quarantena ed Acclimatazione per Fauna Esotica (perfectly situated on a strip of land between Lake Fusaro and the Mediterranian Sea, 15 km away from Napels Zoo).
So there might have been more okapis in Italian Zoos than in Rome and Falconara.
 
Deplorable as in...?

On their website they explain it was due to a fecalith that started a gastrointestinal colic.
Relax, relax, friend. I meant it is a huge loss ... as she was still fairly young. There is also not a great supply of female okapi and - fingers crossed - hope that before long a new companion and compatible female will be found to continue the breeding line at Parco Zoo di Falconara.
 
2.3 generic Colobus guereza should have arrived from Prague, it seems that they're still in quarantine while the outdoor accomodation is being finished.

Source is their Instagram and ZooTierliste.
 
Relax, relax, friend. I meant it is a huge loss ... as she was still fairly young. There is also not a great supply of female okapi and - fingers crossed - hope that before long a new companion and compatible female will be found to continue the breeding line at Parco Zoo di Falconara.

Falconara Zoo has one of the best okapi enclosures worldwide consisting of 2 parts one of which is a “real” wood ( densly planted with many trees ) while other zoos often keep okapis on some sort of golf course.
Hope Falconara will receive a compatible female soon to continue the succeses in breeding this species.
 
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