Tierwelt Herberstein Tierwelt Herberstein news

[vogelcommando]

Another little-known Austrian Zoo with an intresting collection.
List of births sofar during 2013 :
3 American bisons
2 cotton-topped tamarins
a number of Blackbucks
1 Pere David's deer

 

[kiang]

A gelada was also born yesterday

 

[Jola]

Red pandas

The first red pandas ever hold in Styria arrived at Tierwelt Herberstein in June 2013. It's male "Kaldon" from Touroparc, Romanèche-Thorins, and female "Tumka" from zoo Plock in Poland, both about one year old.

 

[vogelcommando]

2 recent rare births at Tierwelt Herberstein:
Southern three-banded armadillo
Geladda

 

[vogelcommando]

Cotton top tamarins twin born. Mother is Freeza, father is Chrisu. Together with the 2 new babies now 9 Cotton top tamarins are living in Herberstein.

 

[kiang]

2 wolverine have arrived from Sweden.

https://www.facebook.com/dieProZooSeite/photos/pcb.1346349825394714/1346348155394881/?type=3&theater

 

[vogelcommando]

Already in December triplets Maned wolves were born but now they are on public view .

 

[Jungle Man]

A baby wolverine was born in March 31st, the first baby of the year and in Mid April, a male European bison was born and has been named Anton.

 

[Jungle Man]

Baby Boom:
The zoo has experienced a baby boom during the lockdown with 23 babies born so far. The animals include a Gelada, 2 kangaroos, a Pere David's Deer and more than ten prairie dogs.
Here is the article:

Tierwelt Herberstein / News

Another article related to the baby boom:

Tierwelt Herberstein / News

 

[JurassicMax]

At the start of this year a Linnaeus' two-toed sloth (Choloepus didactylus) was born.

Source:
Instagram of Tierwelt Herberstein (14/01/2022) https://www.instagram.com/p/CYs4FseqFZT/

 

[JurassicMax]

Recently 4 European wolverines (Gulo gulo gulo) were born.

Source:
Instagram of Tierwelt Herberstein (01/04/2022) https://www.instagram.com/p/CbzaF3UOtYs/

 

[JurassicMax]

For the first time in 15 years 4 "Arctic" wolfs (Canis lupus) were born.

Recently 2 Patagonian maras (Dolichotis patagonum) were born.

Sources:
Instagram of Tierwelt Herberstein (13/05/2022) https://www.instagram.com/p/CdfQf8HKwJg/
Instagram of Tierwelt Herberstein (15/05/2022) https://www.instagram.com/p/CdknXYWurO5/

 

[JurassicMax]

Earlier this month male Barbary lion (Panthera leo leo) Maximus was euthanised.

Source:
Instagram of Tierwelt Herberstein (06/09/2023)

 

[JurassicMax]

Sadly 11-year old female Nepalese red panda (Ailurus fulgens) Anouk was euthanised recently, she suffered from age-related illnesses. Currently the zoo is looking for a new mate for their male.

Source:
Instagram of Tierwerlt Herberstein (05/10/2023)

 

[eric84]

Jochen Lengger is the new director during 5 years. He already worked at the zoo earlier as vet.
He is also known as European Studbook keeper for Eurasian lynx since 2016.

 

[Haliaeetus]

Birth of 2 Red Pandas on June 17th
ORF Steiermark on Instagram: "Nachwuchs in der Tierwelt Herberstein: Am 17. Juni erblickten zwei Rote Panda-Welpen das Licht der Welt – ein bedeutender Erfolg für das internationale Artenschutzprogramm. Die Geburt der stark gefährdeten Tiere wurde am Mittwoch offiziell bekannt gegeben und ist ein wichtiger Beitrag zum Erhalt dieser seltenen Art. #orfsteiermark #steiermark #tierweltherberstein #redpanda"