Karlsruhe Zoo Zoologischer Garten Karlsruhe

Since March 5th, 2009, Zoo Karlsruhe keeps a new lioness. Only 3 Month after the death of "Twiggy", 0,1 "Safo" from Loro Parque,Teneriffa was transferred to Zoo Karlsruhe. At the moment, 19 year old "Menelaos" is seperated from "Safo" until the keepers are confident both animals can safely join each other.
 
Karlsruhe becomes Europe's latest holder for Persian Onager. A bachelor group of 4.0 arrived from Reynou, France this week

0.1 Snow Leopard also left for Parc De Felines around the same time
 
1 eastern atlantic seal born a few weeks ago
1 california sea lion born a few weeks ago
2 carpathian lynx born a few weeks ago
 
Two young snow leopards, born 3 weeks ago, suddenly died:

The two snow leopards 'Julika' and 'Assam' had the second offspring three weeks ago. But two days ago, the young snow leopard babies died without any prior warning. The last day, Julika, the female snow leopard, took the couple to the outdoor exhibit, which was not the case with her first offspring (moved a half year ago to other zoos). The first researches revealed an abnormal blood-system-development as the reason but the pathological researches endure a while.
Now, the animal rights organization "PETA" believes the death was the consequence of incest, which is in my opinion a bad joke because the EEP always has the hole bloodlines of all animals in the EEP and they mixed Julika and Assam because they met all the conditions that it will not be incest or cause some illnesses, but I guess nearly all of you know what the EEP does.

http://www.ka-news.de/region/karlsr...t-sich-gegen-Inzest-Vorwuerfe;art6066,1456950

Here is the link...
 
0,1 reticulated giraffe moved together with one from Rotterdam to the ZooParc de Beauval in Saint Aignan.
 
Karlsruhe Zoo plans to give up the keeping of the two female javan bantengs. At the moment, they live in Tierpark Oberwald because of the construction works at the banteng stable and the stables in the savannah area. EEP is now searching a new home for the two bantengs.
 
Karlsruhe Zoo plans to give up the keeping of the two female javan bantengs. At the moment, they live in Tierpark Oberwald because of the construction works at the banteng stable and the stables in the savannah area. EEP is now searching a new home for the two bantengs.

What is the rationale behind this?

Are they planning to renovate their exhibit for another cattle species?
Or are there other plans for the open space?
 
They will use the space by enlarging and renovating the camel and the ostrich/zebra stables. Maybe, they use a bit of the space to enlarge the camel enclosure too but that's just an idea.
 
I feel so pitty for all of them-for the new elephants and the old ones. Fortunately, old elephants do not move so much, so it is okay to keep five of them in a tiny exhibit, which would be only good enough for a small pack of pygmy goats....
 
Karlsruhe Zoo received two ("Eco" & "Lili") Southern three-banded armadillos, one from Heidelberg, one from Halle. In the next future, their new home will be the new "Exotenhaus".
 
The zoo will now become a "retirement" home for older Asian elephants in the EEP population with 0.2 elephants coming from Tierpark Berlin.

www.tierpark-berlin.de/tierpark/tiere-wissenswertes/tier-news/artikel/article/elefantendamen-louise-und-astra-beziehen-altersruhesitz-im-zoo-karlsruhe.html - Translator

Instead of 2 now 3 Asian elephants from Berlin are planned to come to Karlsruhe:
Louise ( 42 )
Astra ( 34 )
Frosja ( 34 )
At the moment Karlsruhe already has 3 older females :
Rani
Shanti
Jenny
 
Instead of 2 now 3 Asian elephants from Berlin are planned to come to Karlsruhe:
Louise ( 42 )
Astra ( 34 )
Frosja ( 34 )
At the moment Karlsruhe already has 3 older females :
Rani
Shanti
Jenny

I hope everything works out between these 6 lady's. And also a change in elephant management from FC to PC would be diserable
 
I hope everything works out between these 6 lady's. And also a change in elephant management from FC to PC would be diserable

I was under the impression that the current elderlies have benefitted much from FC. So, no need to - in fact detrimental to their overall health status -. The new ones as far as I know are also more or less in partial contact.
 
I was under the impression that the current elderlies have benefitted much from FC. So, no need to - in fact detrimental to their overall health status -. The new ones as far as I know are also more or less in partial contact.
I'm not agianst FC:). But Frosja is a difficult elephant, who in past has tried to attack her keepers on a number of occasions.
 
Six elephants in a 1100 square meters small enclosure-including moats and pool.And noone knows if both groups can be kept togehter-probably not, so they have to split the enclourse into two parts, each of 500 square meters for three animals Should elephnats be kept in Zoos ? Not at these place, for sure.

But I forgot-they are pretty old cows, and they do not move around so much, so it is okay to keep them in a tiny enclosure ?
 
Evermore species arrive at the zoo, waiting for the new "Exotenhaus" to be finished. The official website tells about, among others, 3 Brazil-nut poison frogs, so Karlsruhe is beside Cologne the only zoo in Europe keeping this species, Cologne keeps them behind the scenes however.
Other arrivals will be some, according to the website, Bowfin, what would be even more amazing because this species is kept in none of all european zoos.Some other species moving into the "Exotenhaus" that are already known for publicity are Maranón poison frogs, Yellow-banded poison frogs, Australian lungfish, Aldabra giant tortoises, Hermann's tortoises, Radiated tortoises, Merten's water monitors, Australian water dragons, Southern three-banded armadillos, Sunbittern, Oriental Magpie Robins, Red-crested turacos, Madagascar fody, some other sort of fish (I can't mention all now xD), flying foxes (not knwon which species exactly), sloths etc...
As soon as it's opened to publicity I make a list with all species.
 
I wonder why nobody has already mentioned it, so I'll do it:

The "Exotenhaus" was officially opened this week's Wednesday.
It's the second biggest tropical hall in Germany.

Karlsruhe: Eröffnung des Exotenhauses: Kleinod mit enormer Strahlkraft

The free-running animal list:

Rodriguez flying fox
Pallas' long-tongued bat
Linnaeus' two-toed sloth
White-faced saki
Hamerkop
Madagascar lovebird
Sunbittern
Lesser whistling duck
Fulvous whistling duck
Brazilian teal
Red-shouldered teal
Bernier's teal
Hottentot teal
Madagascar turtle dove
Diamond dove
Mindanao bleeding-heart
Sclater crowned-pigeon
Nicobar pidgeon
Superb fruit-dove
Pied imperial-pidgeon
Crested wood partridge
Violet turaco
Red-crested turaco
Blue-naped mousebird
Red-whiskered bulbul
Oriental magpie robin
Chestnut-backed ground-thrush
Madagascar fody
Cuban grassquit

Now I edited the other species (not free-running):

Adolfs catfish
Chameleon loach
Bushymouth catfish
Zebra cichlid
Cochu's blue tetra
Medusa pleco (Karlsruhe only european holder)
Red discus
Firemouth cichlid
Reedfish
Golden tropheops
Sterbai's corydoras
Convict cichlid
Boeseman's rainbowfish
Chinese high-fin banded shark
Imitator cory
Banded rainbowfish
Giraffe synodontis
Leopard cory
Neon tetra
African arowana (only european holder)
Malawi squeaker
Tiger oscar
Venustus cichlid
Giant hatchetfish
River stingray
Redhead cichlid
Australian lungfish
Cardinal tetra
Red piranha
Black neon tetra
Royal panaque
Spotted sailfin suckermouth catfish

Blue poison dart frog
Dyeing dart frog
Green and black poison dart frog
Yellow-banded poison dart frog
Golfoducean poison dart frog
Maranon poison frog
Brazil-nut poison frog
Golden tree frog

Aldabra giant tortoise
Leopard tortoise
Radiated tortoise
Common snkae-necked turtle
Helmeted turtle
Emerald tree boa
Merten's water monitor
Australian water dragon
Fiji banded iguana
Argentine black and white tegu
Dwarf crocodile

Sun conure

Azara's agouti
Degu
Southern three-banded armadillo
Seba's short-tailed bat
Callimico
Western pygmy marmoset
Black-capped squirrel monkey
 
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