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Gerenuk are back in Europe! They are currently being held off-show at the Tierpark.
 
Some recent and not so recent news:

- Apparently only 1,0 Javanese leopard made it.

- The TP is to receive (or already received?) Echnidas or Spiny Anteaters. So far it is not officially known if they will be displayed and if so where. But they will definitely stay in the Tierpark. They could well be kept in the pachydermy building.

- The TP also received 5 Northern Gannets which live with the African penguins now. I don't know if they will stay there for good, but it seems like they will remain there for the time being.

- I heard it is 2 Gerenuks, but I don't know the sex (of course I hope it is 1,1) or where they will be kept (Tierpark or Zoo).

- The hall in the Brehm building could still reopen this year (perhaps in fall?). The polar bear enclosure should be finished any time now. It is basically finished, only the space behind the steps Needs to be filled and evened out. So far there is no constructions by the outside enclosures of the cats, the prairie dog enclosure or the bald eagle aviary.

- The list of May births/ hatchings has been published. Where available I at least translated the German terms of the mammals. Perhaps some one can translate some of the rest or the birds/ reptiles:

Births
1 Red-handed tamarin
1 Diana's monkey
1 Barbary macaque
2 Japanese macaques
4 Egyptian fruit bats
1 Riesenflugfuchs? (the flying foxes from the Brehm-building)
1 Wieselmeerschweinchen?
2 Stachelmäuse?
2 European wildcats
5 pot-bellied pigs
1 alpaca
1 Mesopotamischer Damhirsch?
1 Timorhirsch?
1 Addax-Antilope?
1 European bison
1 Watussirind?
1 Markhor?
3 Langohrziegen?
1 Rotkopfschaf?
1 Zackelschaf?
1 Hissarschaf?
1 Pamir argali

Hatchings:
11 Jemen-Chamäleons
6 Rotbauchspitzkopfschildkröten
1 Amboina-Scharnierschildkröte
1 Gelbkopfschildkröte
4 Brillenpelikane
2 Nashornpelikane
3 Weißstörche
1 Kuhreiher
1 Waldrapp
4 Blauflügelgänse
5 Riesenkanadagänse
9 Orinokogänse
8 Spießenten
1 Gelbschnabelente
2 Neuseeland-Tauchenten
9 Goldfasane
4 Amherstfasane
4 Königsfasane
3 Sathyrtragopane
1 Steinadler
2 Gelbkopfgeier
2 Mandschurenkraniche
1 Kuckuckskauz
2 Fleckenuhus
3 Jendayasittiche
1 Ararauna
10 Wellensittiche
2 Rotschnabelkittas
1 Veilchenorganist
7 Zebrafinken
 
markmeier said:
Some recent and not so recent news:

- I heard it is 2 Gerenuks, but I don't know the sex (of course I hope it is 1,1) or where they will be kept (Tierpark or Zoo).

- The list of May births/ hatchings has been published. Where available I at least translated the German terms of the mammals. Perhaps some one can translate some of the rest or the birds/ reptiles:
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Do you know where the Gerenuk came from?

English names:

Mammals:
1 Red-handed tamarin
1 Diana's monkey
1 Barbary macaque
2 Japanese macaques
4 Egyptian fruit bats
1 Giant Flying fox
1 Cavy (Muenster Yellow-toothed Cavy?)
2 Spiny Mice (Crete sp?)
2 European wildcats
5 Pot-bellied pigs
1 Alpaca
1 Persian Fallow Deer
1 Javan Rusa
1 Addax
1 European bison
1 Watusi
1 Markhor
3 Long-eared Goats
1 Rotkopfschaf?
1 Zackelschaf?
1 Hissarschaf?
1 Pamir argali

Birds & Reptiles:
11 Yemen Chameleons
6 Red-belly Rock Shield Toads
1 Amboina Box Turtle
1 Yellow-headed Turtle
4 Glasses Pelicans (???)
2 White Pelican (Australian?)
3 White Storks
1 Cattle Egret
1 Waldrapp Ibis
4 Blue-winged geese
5 Giant Canada geese
9 Orinocco Geese
8 Pintail
1 Yellow-billed Duck
2 New Zealand Scaup
9 Golden Pheasants
4 Lady Amherst Pheasants
4 King Pheasants
3 Satyr Tragopans
1 Golden Eagle
2 Yellow-headed Vulture
2 Crowned Cranes
1 Morepork
2 Fleckenuhus???
3 Jenday Conure
1 Ararauna? (?Macaw?)
10 Budgies
2 Rotschnabelkittas (?Kite?)
1 Violet Turaco?
7 Zebra finches
 
zooboy28 said:
English names:

Mammals:
1 Red-handed tamarin
1 Diana's monkey
1 Barbary macaque
2 Japanese macaques
4 Egyptian fruit bats
1 Giant Flying fox
1 Cavy (Muenster Yellow-toothed Cavy?) - I like how the German name Wieselmeerschweinchen is "weasel sea pig" :D
2 Spiny Mice (Crete sp?)
2 European wildcats
5 Pot-bellied pigs
1 Alpaca
1 Persian Fallow Deer
1 Javan Rusa
1 Addax
1 European bison
1 Watusi
1 Markhor
3 Long-eared Goats
1 Rotkopfschaf? - a breed of domestic sheep (see www.Zootierliste.de)
1 Zackelschaf? - another domestic sheep (with weird spiralled horns. Very cool)
1 Hissarschaf? - and another (see www.Zootierliste.de)
1 Pamir argali

Birds & Reptiles:
11 Yemen Chameleons
6 Red-belly Rock Shield Toads
1 Amboina Box Turtle
1 Yellow-headed Turtle
4 Glasses Pelicans (???) - spectacled pelican, i.e. Australian pelican
2 White Pelican (Australian?) - European white pelican I should imagine
3 White Storks
1 Cattle Egret
1 Waldrapp Ibis
4 Blue-winged geese
5 Giant Canada geese
9 Orinocco Geese
8 Pintail
1 Yellow-billed Duck
2 New Zealand Scaup
9 Golden Pheasants
4 Lady Amherst Pheasants
4 King Pheasants
3 Satyr Tragopans
1 Golden Eagle
2 Yellow-headed Vulture
2 Crowned Cranes
1 Morepork - presumably boobook rather than morepork
2 Fleckenuhus??? - spotted eagle owl
3 Jenday Conure
1 Ararauna? (?Macaw?) - blue and yellow macaw
10 Budgies
2 Rotschnabelkittas (?Kite?) - red-billed blue magpie
1 Violet Turaco? -violaceous touraco
7 Zebra finches
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I only checked the ones you hadn't got yet.
 
markmeier said:
The TP is to receive (or already received?) Echnidas or Spiny Anteaters. So far it is not officially known if they will be displayed and if so where. But they will definitely stay in the Tierpark. They could well be kept in the pachyderm building.
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Echidnas have been received. They are the New Guinea subspecies, Tachyglossus aculeatus lawesii , but are not on public exhibit.
 
Thank you for confirming this Information. Do you also happen to know the sex ratio and if they will be on public exhibit in the future?
 
Sorry, I don't know the sex ratio. No plans at the moment for them to go on exhibition, but that might change.
 
One hopes they would go on exhibition in the future; Europe could do with an increase in onshow echidnas!

Personally I hope Paignton get some of the recent influx of lawesii once their elderly non-ssp status individual goes to the anthill in the sky.
 
That is bad news. Well I hope they will change their plans and Show them to the public. Do you know how many echidnas they got anyways?
 
At the risk of looking like an idiot why do zoos do this? Is it just as part of a breeding programme, and being on public view would not be helpful for this?
 
chizlit said:
At the risk of looking like an idiot why do zoos do this? Is it just as part of a breeding programme, and being on public view would not be helpful for this?
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lots of people always wonder why zoos keep animals off-display for no apparent reason.

In this case though, if the previous imports of New Guinea echidnas to Europe are anything to go by, the animals are young ones and need special care to survive. (See here for example: http://www.zoochat.com/327/animal-news-zoo-praha-26413/index12.html)
 
markmeier said:
That is bad news. Well I hope they will change their plans and Show them to the public. Do you know how many echidnas they got anyways?
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Three echidnas were received; the last I heard, the plan was to have them in one fo the large enclosures in the elephant house, seen from outside the house (where the hutias are at the moment).
 
Chlidonias said:
In this case though, if the previous imports of New Guinea echidnas to Europe are anything to go by, the animals are young ones and need special care to survive. (See here for example: http://www.zoochat.com/327/animal-news-zoo-praha-26413/index12.html)
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This said, as they are young individuals and the species can live for several decades, if they survive we will hopefully have the species in Europe for a good long while - plenty of time for some at least to go onshow!

Be even better if someone got the species bred in Europe; both Frankfurt and Saarbrücken have had limited success in the past 20 years or so in this area, but I am unsure as to whether the offspring survived.
 
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