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[xmoose]

Of course they weren't. And there's actually plenty of free space around too, including the playground.

Playground for bears? Even better deal

 

[HOMIN96]

@Jana summarised the key information on Page 4 of this thread; but noted the omission of the tables of animal population changes over the course of 2024 (which can be found on the final pages in this edition of the report).

That is a different document though...

 

[HOMIN96]

Director Miroslav Bobek confirmed on his social media, that Prague, in cooperation with Stuttgart, started efforts to bring platypus to European zoos.

 

[Kalaw]

Director Miroslav Bobek confirmed on his social media, that Prague, in cooperation with Stuttgart, started efforts to bring platypus to European zoos.

Amazing news! I suspect with all the necessary paperwork it will take a few years for these plans to actually come to fruition, but something good to look forward to in the long-term.

 

[Cat-Man]

That is fantastic news. Currently they’re only held in San Diego outside of Australia. Is anybody familiar with the process behind them acquiring the species?

 

[Kifaru Bwana]

Director Miroslav Bobek confirmed on his social media, that Prague, in cooperation with Stuttgart, started efforts to bring platypus to European zoos.

That 2 major zoos with some contacts to the Antipodes zoo community and conservation authorities make moves towards acquiring platypus seems to make it more an existing possibility. Really excellent when it comes to fruition!

 

[jwer]

Can someone enlighten me on the captive breeding situation of platypi in Australia? As far as I know, only a handfull of succesfull breedings have occurred? Is that because noone is trying because they are found orphaned, or is it because it’s just hard to get them to breed?

As a “near theatened” species, I don’t really see how this would fit the conservation story most zoos try to dish out? And it’s not like Australia has no other nice creatures that do require a better ex-situ population…

As an avid species hunter, of course yay!

 

[Mickey]

That is fantastic news. Currently they’re only held in San Diego outside of Australia. Is anybody familiar with the process behind them acquiring the species?

So fare we have gaslighting the Australasian Association of Zoos and Aquaria into thinking they can get a breeding okapi back.

 

[Zorro]

So fare we have gaslighting the Australasian Association of Zoos and Aquaria into thinking they can get a breeding okapi back.

Perhaps there is more going on behind the scenes than you are aware of

 

[Mickey]

Perhaps there is more going on behind the scenes than you are aware of

Of course, mine was a joke, sorry if it didn't come off a s such

 

[Zorro]

Of course, mine was a joke, sorry if it didn't come off a s such

Its all cool

 

[Ferril21]

Yeah. I guess the complex should be somehow connected to the Indonesian jungle, but we'll see.

Maybe they will connect the planned enclosure with the existing one using some kind of overhead tunnel for the orangs ? I think it's probably the most plausible way to connect both buildings, at least for the apes

 

[merlin]

Maybe they will connect the planned enclosure with the existing one using some kind of overhead tunnel for the orangs ? I think it's probably the most plausible way to connect both buildings, at least for the apes

Most probably, there are not many other ways how to solve this.

 

[hawkkeye]

Two mountain bongo males were born. Source: Pomáháme jim přežít

 

[merlin]

Also three Javan rusas were born - one female and two males.
source

 

[hawkkeye]

Geoffrey´s spider monkey young was born. Source: Log in to Facebook

 

[merlin]

There are actually maybe two of them, but I don't know for certain. I saw another little black animal in the cage behind, but it was too dark to identify it, but it looked like a little kitten too.

It's been confirmed there are two of them.
source

 

[HOMIN96]

The most notable arrivals in July:

Orange-headed thrush from Köln
One more Raggianna bird-of-paradise from San Diego

after one chick in June, another Palawan hornbill hatched on 23rd July

 

[Kalaw]

One more Raggianna bird-of-paradise from San Diego

Another male?

 

[Jana]

Another male?

It´s not exactly stated in the list, there is just "1". But I would guess that it´s probably another male. And while it reads it came from San Diego, this bird arrived at the same day with some pigeons from Walsrode, so I would interpret it that it physically also arrived from Walsrode but is still in ownership of San Diego.

I would also point at one baby Forsten´s tortoise hatched in July. Prague received that little tortoise breeding group from Pilsen just in March 2025 (to live mixed with crocodile monitors in the giant tortoise house) and already produced a baby, pretty fast.