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Another nice breeding - a male fishing cat cub born on 1th August. It has been the first surviving cub at Ostrava since 2018. It´s on show with its mother but both are very shy.
The zoo mentions that EAZA population is currently 55 animals, of them 6 born in current calendar year (after just 1 cub born in 2023 survived). The population is relatively aged and the program negotiates further imports from Sri Lanka and the US.
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The zoo mentions that EAZA population is currently 55 animals, of them 6 born in current calendar year (after just 1 cub born in 2023 survived). The population is relatively aged and the program negotiates further imports from Sri Lanka and the US.
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The group of lion-tailed macaques has grown to 17 members. A breeding male (came from Zoo Sofia last year), 11 adult females and currently 5 cubs born 2024. The zoo mentions 7 babies were born but one was a stillbirth and one died shortly after birth probably due to inexperience of a first-time mother.
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Does the Fishing Cat EEP still have a breeding program specifically for specimens from Sri Lanka?
I don´t know if it still exists, sorry.
However animals going back to Sri Lankan imports make a good chunk of the EEP and I think most (all?) fishing cats kept at Czech zoos can be traced back to this origin. Zoo Na Hradecku also imported 0,2 cats directly from Sri Lanka in 2023.
Do you know if the previous bull at Ostrava (came 2019 from Antwerpen) is still alive?
I don't know, but probably yes - there is no space for four adult hippos, especially for two males.
It was still alive by the end of 2023, but according to the news article from Karlsruhe it appears only the 2 females are left. Given the enclosure in Ostrava it seems safe to say that the resident male there moved/passed away...
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Bouli moved to Zoo Berlin the same day Halloween arrived.
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Also, out of curiosity, does anyone know the name of the female Nile Hippo born to Bouli and Holly on July 24th, 2020?
The bear has arrived. It means Ostrava has currently 2.0 Asian black bears (the old one is castrated). And it will try to get a female of breedable age.
The exclosure indoor for the Nile hippo is not the biggest ..., I do hope they can look at creating a bigger exhibit along the expansion of the new savannah (more wishful thinking ... then probably reality)±
Among first animal babies born on 1st of january 2025 are also Glossy medakas (Oryzias loxolepis) - small endemic fish from lake Towuti in Sulawesi. Ostrava obtained 1.1 last year and they breed well. This species is currently bts and Ostrava is the only zoo that keeps it (I´ve just asked ZTL to add it.)
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It has, but needs a lot of careful management, not in the least by appropriate protection from foxes. There are currently 4 successful breeding herds (Karlsruhe, Goerlitz, Beekse Bergen & Helsinki) and several bachelor groups. All these breeding zoos seem committed to the species.
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The zoo will keep the Pallas's cat again, but it's not publicly known since when yet, but it was said it is going to be very soon.
There are also plans on getting the Geoffroy's cat.
Going back to keeping lynxes in the further future was also mentioned.
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There are also plans on getting the Geoffroy's cat.
Going back to keeping lynxes in the further future was also mentioned.
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It is a group of endemic fish from Sulawesi's big lakes that are under threat! More species should be the focus of ex situ conservation breeding concerns both locally and overseas!