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Also, screens around Barma and her cub were taken down on Wednesday morning last week during my visit (!) so both can now be viewed, although there is still a barrier in place to create some distance from the window.
 
Female of Japanese serow died at the end of 2018, thus all the serows in Europe are now gone.
 
Zoo announces its future plans for elephants !!! Delhi should go to another zoo. The pavilion should be converted to a protected contact after leaving. This will allow ferrying of young males. There should be up to four! Really great.:D:)
 
Due to findings from a recent inspection, EAZA changed member status of Zoo Usti nad Labem from full member to temporary member. Now some details on it made it to the press and it is not a happy read.

• All three members of the zoological department are young, fresh graduates with little experience. EAZA inspectors are concerned that this will have a negative impact on working conditions, animal care and welfare, general safety, etc.. This was further worsened by fact, that head of the zoological department didn't have keys from all exhibits and was dependent on keepers, who were at home at the time of the check. EAZA feels this is a safety risk. The inspection was further complicated by the fact that none of the zoologists have sufficient language skills, which not only made it hard for inspectors trying to get the answers but it is concerning in terms of potential international cooperation.

• Zoo's vet was present during the inspection as well and after a few questions, the inspectors found out that he has no idea which weapons are in the zoo's disposal. EAZA recommends that at least management members and all vets working for the zoo should know which and how many weapons are present on-site and which types are suitable for which situation.

• The inspection also found many issues regarding animal welfare, enrichment quality and failing to meet EEP Best Practice Guidelines standards. Mainly in terms of primates and carnivores
 
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HOMIN96 said:
Due to findings from a recent inspection, EAZA changed member status of Zoo Usti nad Labem from full member to temporary member. Now some details on it made it to the press and it is not a happy read.

• All three members of the zoological department are young, fresh graduates with little experience. EAZA inspectors are concerned that this will have a negative impact on working conditions, animal care and welfare, general safety, etc.. This was further worsened by fact, that head of the zoological department didn't have keys from all exhibits and was dependent at keepers, who were at home at the time of the check. EAZA feels this is a safety risk. The inspection was further complicated by the fact that none of the zoologists have sufficient language skills, which not only made it hard for inspectors trying to get the answers but it is concerning in terms of potential international cooperation.

• Zoo's vet was present during the inspection as well and after a few questions, the inspectors found out that he has no idea which weapons are in the zoo's disposal. EAZA recommends that at management members and all vet's working for the zoo should know which and how many weapons are present on-site and which types are suitable for which situation.

• The inspection also found many issues regarding animal welfare, enrichment quality and failing to meet EEP Best Practice Guidelines standards. Mainly in terms of primates and carnivores
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Shocking this may be, I do feel the municipal administration carries most of the blame as they more or less define policy decisions, appoint and sack zoo directors and do not provide sufficient funding for their zoo to operate. They have already done away with 2 (perhaps even more I do not know about) promising new directors with good plans to develop and improve before and the last one was sent off too by Municipality I believe. It is a sorry state for a zoo in the most impoverished and Industrial heartland of the Czech Republic.

I also feel the EAZA and Inspection Team should engage the Municipality, province and federal state in the Usti Zoo case.
 
HOMIN96 said:
Asian elephant female Delhi will move to Karlsruhe, meaning the zoo will go out of elephants. They plan to reconstruct the house and keep group of males in future.
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So maybe he'll be friends with Jenny of the same age. It also occurred to me that she could go to Prague because she has a slightly similar nature to Shanti, but that's nonsense, because Prague has a breeding group and would definitely not want another older cow.
 
HOMIN96 said:
Asian elephant female Delhi will move to Karlsruhe, meaning the zoo will go out of elephants. They plan to reconstruct the house and keep group of males in future.
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Zoo Usti says its not true that there a plans to move Delhi to Karlsruhe when you request a confirmation of this.
 
HOMIN96 said:
Well, either is the zoo lying to you, or their spokeperson lied to media...
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I am afraid the whole affair is out of Zoo Usti's hands. This goes for elephant as well as rhino and a few other plans that have already fallen through.

It is public knowledge that the Usti Municipality is playing a peculiarly bizarre role in the day to day management and operation of Zoo Usti, has managed to appoint and fire a few directors in the process and really seems unconcerned with any long term vision for the zoo and how this public service is best supported. Some of the past and gone directors did have good plans, yet never received the investment and support this required. The why's and wherefore's always seem to evade us. At heart, really is the issue that the zoo receives only marginal and tacit support from Council - which is a real shame, even for a region that is the most impoverished in Czech Republic - and thus remains in a time warp limbo Catch22 sit drama.
 
Mr. Zootycoon said:
Or maybe the plans have changed?
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Possibly, the article did mention that there are "some issues" in Karlsruhe's herd that must be solved before Delhi arrives, so if it was something that can't be solved easily they could very well opt for a different zoo...
 
Kifaru Bwana said:
It is public knowledge that the Usti Municipality is playing a peculiarly bizarre role in the day to day management and operation of Zoo Usti, has managed to appoint and fire a few directors in the process and really seems unconcerned with any long term vision for the zoo and how this public service is best supported. Some of the past and gone directors did have good plans, yet never received the investment and support this required. The why's and wherefore's always seem to evade us. At heart, really is the issue that the zoo receives only marginal and tacit support from Council - which is a real shame, even for a region that is the most impoverished in Czech Republic - and thus remains in a time warp limbo Catch22 sit drama.
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And yet they have insolence to yell something about need to keep "attractive animals" as elephants, apes or rhinos...
I totally understand people who don´t want Usti to loose big mammals, but members of city council should shut their mouths about this matter
 
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