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Mossman Joe said:
I feel this has been true for a while, they weren't there when I visited last month, 2 years ago and even back in 2015. Do you know during what period were they on display?
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Starting from 2014, four American beavers first arrived to Prigen from Brno Zoo in the Czech Republic. Presumebly in 2015 during your visit, it was still under a habituation period up probably until the end of the year or even by early 2016. I do know they were present from videos in the internet around the time span of 2017-2022. The year of 2022 is when I found out this was the last year that the beaver in Prigen was ever mentioned, which was two years ago when you visited. The website for Taman Safari still mentioned the beavers, though I doubt it was ever regularly updated aside from their more popular stuffs.
 
An new area called Enchanting Forest has been built, an park with elevated pathway and cafe with view of the pine forest prevalent in Prigen. Several exhibits are present for llama and capybara which visitors can freely feed and interact with.

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The Grand Taman Safari Prigen Jawa Timur on Instagram: "Petualangan romantis di Jawa Timur Jelajahi hutan yang mempesona dan ciptakan moment romantis bersama orang tercinta Hanya di Enchanting Forest The Grand Taman Safari Prigen #DiscoverMagicalJungle #TamanSafariPrigen #TheGrandTamanSafariPrigen #LetsGoSafari"
 
I uploaded approximately 300 photos of Taman Safari II Prigen into the gallery and it's a great zoo that I'd highly recommend. Of the almost 60 zoos I've visited in Southeast Asia, Prigen is one of the very best. The Baobab Safari Resort is an amazing hotel, the off-show Prigen Conservation Breeding Ark is a fabulous experience if you can pre-arrange a guided tour, and the actual zoo itself is mostly of a high caliber. The Safari is terrific and the walk-around zoo has a number of excellent exhibits amongst the occasional dud (like the dolphins).
 
I really liked your photos! For me it seems to be a fantastic zoo to visit, with its collection of rarely kept animals, and close contact attractions, like a snake walktrough and elephant contact. So different from many Western zoos, which change more and more towards a limited set of ABS species kept in distance due to the overblown fears of accidents and perhaps convenience. Of course it helps that elephants are domestic animals in Indonesia so behaving around them is perhaps the common knowledge.
 
Jurek7 said:
Of course it helps that elephants are domestic animals in Indonesia so behaving around them is perhaps the common knowledge.
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Hmm, definitely not really true. I feel like in the contemporary days, Indonesian human-elephant interactions are more prevalent in Sumatra (For context, Indonesia is not a homogenized civilization and wild native elephants are only found in Sumatra and Kalimantan). Even then, interactions with elephants are mostly conducted with staffs at national parks and eks situ facilities.

To be honest, I really prefer that western husbandry and curating system are softly implemented in Indonesian zoos and aquarias. Here, zoo and aquaria animals, even the threatened ones, are starting to be treated like pets rather than unique wildlife. This of course resulted in serious implication like the exotic pet craze that often benefit bad actors, causing neglects and bad husbandry, as well as less-awareness of wildlife rights, among others.
 
A pair of baby tigers has been born at the park, named Bima and Bisma last month (October 2024).

As shown by recent photos, its seems like Prigen have slowly been phasing out their Sumatran tigers on-display in favor for farm-bred tigers labelled as 'Bengal', something we had seen in zoos like Bandung. Despite this, Prigen might already have the facility to support the breeding of Sumatran tigers off-display.

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The Grand Taman Safari Prigen Jawa Timur on Instagram: "Hai Sahabat satwa Ada keluarga baru nih di The Grand Taman Safari Prigen. Ada dua Baby Harimau Benggala nih, namanya Bima dan Bisma. Apa nih harapan kamu buat mereka? #DiscoverMagicalJungle #TamanSafariPrigen #TheGrandTamanSafariPrigen #LetsGoSafari"
 
Rizz Carlton said:
A pair of baby tigers has been born at the park, named Bima and Bisma last month (October 2024).

As shown by recent photos, its seems like Prigen have slowly been phasing out their Sumatran tigers on-display in favor for farm-bred tigers labelled as 'Bengal', something we had seen in zoos like Bandung. Despite this, Prigen might already have the facility to support the breeding of Sumatran tigers off-display.

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The Grand Taman Safari Prigen Jawa Timur on Instagram: "Hai Sahabat satwa Ada keluarga baru nih di The Grand Taman Safari Prigen. Ada dua Baby Harimau Benggala nih, namanya Bima dan Bisma. Apa nih harapan kamu buat mereka? #DiscoverMagicalJungle #TamanSafariPrigen #TheGrandTamanSafariPrigen #LetsGoSafari"
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I really do hope PKBSI makes arrangements to reverse this undesirable trend. The "Bengal" tigers ex city abroad are mostly hybrid / crossbreeds and nothing like the real thing. More importantly, it is counterproductive to invest in pseud 'Bengals' over the critically endangered Sumatran tiger (global population 300-400 individuals in situ ...).
 
Kifaru Bwana said:
I really do hope PKBSI makes arrangements to reverse this undesirable trend. The "Bengal" tigers ex city abroad are mostly hybrid / crossbreeds and nothing like the real thing. More importantly, it is counterproductive to invest in pseud 'Bengals' over the critically endangered Sumatran tiger (global population 300-400 individuals in situ ...).
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Sadly this is something that are hard to implement by PKBSI towards their members. These facilities have considerable voices within the organization and PKBSI itself aren't always particularly strict when enforcing rules, which is how we got zoos like Lembang Park & Zoo.

Likely causes are how "cheaper" getting and taking care of farm-bred tigers are compared to Sumatran tigers, especially for commercial zoos like Lembang and barely conservationaly competent zoos like Bandung and Surabaya (Who also trying to move towards acquiring exotic cats). Additionaly, these zoos, due to their nature, are of course trying to minimize administrative and bureaucratic works regarding native critical species husbandry while focusing mostly on capital profit and social engagement. Which explain how Lembang have made no effort in even getting a partner for most of their native endangered mammals (Let alone have any actual breeding project) and instead focusing on importing popular exotic animals (Even then they came from private farms/suppliers, as Lembang has reportedly bad papers on their husbandry of larger mammals).
 
Rizz Carlton said:
Sadly this is something that are hard to implement by PKBSI towards their members. These facilities have considerable voices within the organization and PKBSI itself aren't always particularly strict when enforcing rules, which is how we got zoos like Lembang Park & Zoo.

Likely causes are how "cheaper" getting and taking care of farm-bred tigers are compared to Sumatran tigers, especially for commercial zoos like Lembang and barely conservationaly competent zoos like Bandung and Surabaya (Who also trying to move towards acquiring exotic cats). Additionaly, these zoos, due to their nature, are of course trying to minimize administrative and bureaucratic works regarding native critical species husbandry while focusing mostly on capital profit and social engagement. Which explain how Lembang have made no effort in even getting a partner for most of their native endangered mammals (Let alone have any actual breeding project) and instead focusing on importing popular exotic animals (Even then they came from private farms/suppliers, as Lembang has reportedly bad papers on their husbandry of larger mammals).
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It has got to change .... and it will no doubt in future (the future direction towards sustainable and non-commercial ex situ conservation breeding and management ..... is inevitable globally!!!!!).
 
A separate paid area of the zoo called the "Enchanting Forest" has a few animals on display, some not found in the main zoo, including Capybaras and interestingly, a number of native birds that were bred in PCBA. Some of these birds are very much under threat in their native habitats, the Maratua Shama in particular is believed to be extinct in the wild.

Enchanting Forest on Instagram: "Dengarkan kicauan merdu dari burung endemik Indonesia di Enchanting Forest! Temui berbagai spesies langka yang hanya dapat ditemukan di negeri ini, dan nikmati momen magis di tengah keindahan alam. ✨ #EnchantingForest#DiscoverMagicalJungle #TamanSafariPrigen #TheGrandTamanSafariPrigen #LetsGoSafari"
This video shows some of these birds, including:
Sumatran Laughingthrush - Garrulax bicolor
Sumatran Sunda Laughingthrush - Garrulax palliatus palliatus
Asian Fairy-Bluebird - Irena puella turcosa
Enggano Hill Myna - Gracula enganensis
Javan Green Magpie - Cissa thalassina
Nias Island Shama - Copsychus malabarica melanurus
Maratua Island Shama - Copsychus barbouri
Kangean Shama - Copsychus nigricauda
 
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