Zoo d'Asson Zoo D'Asson

kiang

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For 2013 the zoo is opening new exhibits for Australian and Madagascan animals.
Notable new arrivals are a pair of red fronted lemurs, the only ones in France, which came from Jilhava and Budapest.
 
Strange that the Red-fronted lemur is not kept in more French zoos because France always had good connections with Madagascar and Lemurs have always been well-represented in France zoos !
 
The zoo has received a pair of dusky pademelon from Magdeburg and Antwerp.
 
I don't know but suppose not as this species is hold in Puy du Fou, Les Aigles du Léman and Rocher des Aigles in Rocamadour, three very good facilities for birds breeding.
 
Other babies in June include:

Peacock chicks:

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Two emperor tamarins sired by Fluffy. He was born in Belfast Zoo on May 1999 and came to Asson in 2002. The group of emperor tamarins is of 11 individuals.


Two snow leopard cubs were also born on July 2nd to mother Eva and father Dalai. This is their first litter. They have been sexed as a boy and a girl.


Two Parma Wallabies got out of the pouch recently.

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A newspaper article indicate that the zoo has a multi year building plan until 2024.
The zoo will use 500.000 euros to enlarge a gibbons enclosure, create a small tropical house and a walkthrough aviary. This area will be called "The Lost Temple".

From what I know the enlargment of the gibbons enclosure has been done already :

Nomascus spp. gibbons or regular lar?
 
Here northen white-cheeked gibbons.
For a long time the zoo had : pileated, northen white-cheeked and lar gibbons. The last times, lar were just a male and his son. I suppose these ones have gone.
 
Maya, the young female ocelot, is travelling to Zoo de Guyane today with scarlet ibisses born at the zoo. A young male ocelot born at Zoa, small park in Sanary Bandol (south-east of France) travel with Maya. The two ocelots will form a breeding pair.
 
Four ring-tailed lemurs will go soon to a park in the Emirates (no more info unfortunately).
 
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