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Updates:
Despite COVID-19, the WdG is doing well - to the point that I've started to look for a new, larger venue to extend the business to being opened four days a week, with appointments for guided tours in the evening (as it is currently the case) as well as walk-in guests who will be outfitted with simple tablets that are supposed to "supplant" me while at my main job.
Despite COVID-19, the WdG is doing well - to the point that I've started to look for a new, larger venue to extend the business to being opened four days a week, with appointments for guided tours in the evening (as it is currently the case) as well as walk-in guests who will be outfitted with simple tablets that are supposed to "supplant" me while at my main job.
Dear moderators,
could one of you please change the allocation of the WdG gallery from Germany to Austria? The locals are already giving me dirty looks for being so wrongfully nationalistic...
I've already asked for a new WdG gallery to be created for your new site, I think
but I shall do so again. Once it is up I'll move the relevant photos across.
Thank you, kind Sir!^^I've already asked for a new WdG gallery to be created for your new site, I think
There is now a dedicated WdG Salzburg subforum and gallery
will get stuff moved once on my laptop, as the moderator tools are playing up a bit right now!
Splendid; thank you very much.There is now a dedicated WdG Salzburg subforum and gallery
Onychorhynchus coronatus
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Take a look at WdG's Facebook and Instagram account. #weltdergifte
Onychorhynchus coronatus
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Take a look at WdG's Facebook and Instagram account. #weltdergifte
Will do gladly mate
I saw the discussion on the botany garden thread about vampire bats being considered venomous. Are vampire bats an animal that you would consider exhibiting at your zoo? Is that even feasible in Europe legally? I don't know anything about the state of vampire bat exhibits in Europe.
Yes, I still consider common vampire bats for a future expansion of WdG. Due to the decreasing European captive population, I might be forced to import specimens from American zoo populations, but that is doable. The federal local husbandry requirements might be, at least in my pov, a bit detrimental to their breeding and rather pricey, but I would try nevertheless. The most demanding aspect would be the technical configuration of the enclosure to make sure that the visitors are not, well, "overwhelmed" by the delicate odour of the bat guano / urine...
Onychorhynchus coronatus
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As I've said before , I think these would be an amazing species to have on display and I can actually almost imagine them being a major attraction for visitors.
Incidentally, what are the zoos in Europe that currently keep this species ?
There's a thing called Zootierliste.de for that kind of questions.
Currently, only Poznan Zoo keeps the species, and there might be still a few specimens left in universities and private collections.
Judging by the visitor behavior in Poznan, Zoo Berlin and American zoos, I doubt that they are the major attraction you think them to be. They're tiny (pretty big for microbats, but still) , hard to see in large enclosures (unless you keep a larger group) and their smell, is, well, not something for sensitive city slickers' noses.
Onychorhynchus coronatus
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I know there are challenges to keeping vampire bats in zoos (smell / disease risk etc) but I really dont know why the species is not more common in zoos across the world as it is interesting, fairly easy to keep and breed.
Onychorhynchus coronatus
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There's a thing called Zootierliste.de for that kind of questions.
Currently, only Poznan Zoo keeps the species, and there might be still a few specimens left in universities and private collections.
Judging by the visitor behavior in Poznan, Zoo Berlin and American zoos, I doubt that they are the major attraction you think them to be. They're tiny, hard to see in large enclosures (unless you keep a larger group) and their smell, is, well, not something for sensitive city slickers' noses.
I'm biased of course as these sorts of species greatly interest me but I would have thought that they would have had enough notoriety and "scariness" thanks to popular culture to generate interest in keeping them in zoos.