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Today gorilla "Ukiwa" (born at Wilhelma Stuttgart on April 9th, 1983) gave birth to her first offspring, unfortunately the baby was a stillbirth.

A second female, "Grace" (born at Dublin Zoo on November 28th, 1992), is still pregnant.
 
BjoernN said:
Today gorilla "Ukiwa" (born at Wilhelma Stuttgart on April 9th, 1983) gave birth to her first offspring, unfortunately the baby was a stillbirth.

A second female, "Grace" (born at Dublin Zoo on November 28th, 1992), is still pregnant.
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Sad news but good that new male 'Vimoto' is proving imself as a breeding male where 'TamTam' couldn't as he was infertile. As a result its quite late for a first birth but hopefully better luck next time. I'm a bit surprised to hear that 'Grace' is pregnant as I thought she had socialisation problems- but evidently not with 'Vomoto' though. Or is that another female?
 
here's an article about the two new elephant calves:
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A zoo in Germany can now enjoy not only one but two new offspring amongst the herd of African elephants.

In the space of only four days, elephant babies 'Uli' and 'Shamu' were born at the zoo in German town Wuppertal.

While the birth of 'Uli' went relatively smooth, there were complication with 'Shawu'. The birth lasted many hours and only after the veterinarian administered a contraction enhancing aid. It was watched by the the zoo keepers very closely.

'One does always worry if the birth doesn't proceed as quickly, it could be a huge problem since the option of midwifery are extremely limited,' said zoo director Ulrich Schuerer.

He said the the baby is doing fine now but it is still too weak to drink for himself. Therefore 'Shamu' has to be bottle-fed.

But the little one shows no signs of weakness otherwise. He loves to romp around with little 'Uli'. The little elephant bulls don't know yet that sooner or later they'll have to leave the place of their birth.

'The female elephant babies remain with the mothers and the male elephant calf will have to migrate when they are about seven years old,' explains Schuerer. 'Then they will also chased away from the herd. And we must then give them to other zoos.'
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BjoernN said:
Bonobo twins born August 13th to "Birogu" and "Eja"!!!!!!
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What a wonderful news. I visited the zoo on Sunday and it's a pity that there bonobos and chimpanzees have to live in such small and adequate indoor enclosures. Do you know when the zoo will start to build the bonobo enclosure? And what about chimpanzees? Will they get a new enclosure? Or will they age and die in the tiny indoor enclosure?
 
The zoo plans to built a small outdoor enclosure for the bonobo troop in 2012 (about 200m²). The chimpanzee male will die in the tiny indoor enclosure, the female is going to go back to Münster after his death (he is 43 years old). The chimpanzee will nit get a new enclosure.
 
BjoernN said:
The zoo plans to built a small outdoor enclosure for the bonobo troop in 2012 (about 200m²). The chimpanzee male will die in the tiny indoor enclosure, the female is going to go back to Münster after his death (he is 43 years old). The chimpanzee will nit get a new enclosure.
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Thank you. I've read here that the gorilla female grace was pregnant,did she give birth?
 
A four year old okapi male from Cologne Zoo will follow.

The bigger part of the fairy blue penguins, imported from Taronga Zoo, unfortunately died.
 
They died from a bacterial infection, a similar way the fairy blue penguins from Cologne and Bristol died at Wuppertal Zoo two years ago.

Only sever or eight penguins are still alive. In my opinion that is a kind of bad management.
 
Sharak_Jek said:
The new okapi enclosure opened a week ago. It houses Rab(born in London in 2009).
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Does anyone know what the enclosure is like?

Also, I tried to find a map of the zoo on their website but couldn't find one, does anyone know where I could find a map?
 
BjoernN said:
They died from a bacterial infection, a similar way the fairy blue penguins from Cologne and Bristol died at Wuppertal Zoo two years ago.

Only sever or eight penguins are still alive. In my opinion that is a kind of bad management.
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Do you know what it was? I think they're usually quite susceptible to aspergillosis (a fungal infection), especially after the stresses involved with the big move and changes in diet & environment.
 
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