ZooParc de Beauval Zooparc de Beauval news 2024

MennoPebesma said:
The EEP populations of the Mishmi takin (B. t. taxicolor) and the Golden takin (B. t. bedfordi) will both be managed towards insurance populations. The population of Sichuan takin (B. t. tibetana) will be phased out in EAZA to make space for the other subspecies.

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Right! I do think they should not phase out, but export all the Sichuan takin (tibetana) to AZA zoos in USA and Canada.
 
Kifaru Bwana said:
Right! I do think they should not phase out, but export all the Sichuan takin (tibetana) to AZA zoos in USA and Canada.
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Which are all AZA bloodline related so the added value from a genetic point of view would be limited if I understand well.
Of all the takin subspecies, the Sichuan is the one with best founder basis even though it is fully satisfactory. Both Mishmi and golden are based on less than 5 founders if I'm not mistaken.

I'm concerned the Mishmi get slowly replaced as judged less attractive due to the colour.
 
A couple of changes in the bird quarters near the Southern entrance (reported by JoJo from Howtank forum/chat) :
  • Purple-naped Lory and Salmon-crested Cockatoo are no longer mentioned on the signage of the Indonesian aviary, instead there's a panel about Major Mitchell's Cockatoo (a strange choice given the entirely Australian distribution of this bird) ;
  • Red-crested Touracos have been transferred in the Lovebird/Vulturine Guineafowl aviary ;
  • the White-naped Pheasant Pigeons have been transferred in the Papuan aviary.
 
Haliaeetus said:
Some other news from Beauval :

- the newly hatched Bearded Vulture chick (who hatched on Feb. 20th 2024) will be transferred to Goldau Zoo (Switzerland) when fledged, then eventually rewilded in the Swiss Alps.
Très belle nouvelle au ZooParc : naissance d’un poussin gypaète barbu ! - Beauval Actus

- the female White Tiger ASHA has been placed in backstage, as she didn't do well with the other female (the younger SUSHI, born in Beauval in 2018) who shared her former enclosure.
(seen on Howtank forum/chat)
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The Bearded Vulture chick has received the name of PARADISO, and has been transferred today to Goldau Zoo in Switzerland. It will be reintroduced in the wild on June 2nd, with 2 other fledglings that hatched in Spain and Austria.
Le petit gypaète transféré en Suisse en vue de sa réintroduction - Beauval Actus
 
Some recent news reported by Antoine on Howtank forum/chat :
  • the Steppe Eagles briefly displayed in the former Fishing Cat exhibit have already been replaced by Steller's Sea Eagles ;
  • at least one Golden Takin is on public display ;
  • there's new signage on "Conservation Bridge" (the footbridge above the Red Kangaroo enclosure) that replaces the old kakemonos.
 
Haliaeetus said:
There's a temporary cartoon exhibit about the role played by zoos in worldwide conservation in the picnic area near the Southern entrance.
Et si vous profitiez de votre pause pique-nique… - Beauval Actus
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I remember seeing this comic series when I visited the gift shop of the comic book museum of Brussels. It looked impressive with the book featuring extinct species from the holocene (?) era instead of the ever so popular mesozoic animals. I was a bit miffed because I had a gut feeling that this will never get translated to English.
 
The young Bearded Vulture PARADISO, that hatched in Beauval earlier this year, has taken its flight for the first time over the Swiss Alps on June 12th.
ZooParc de Beauval, la passion animale on Instagram: " Grande nouvelle avec le tout premier vol pour Paradiso, premier gypaète barbu né à Beauval a été réintroduit dans la nature ! Cette réintroduction de Paradiso, accompagné de 2 femelles, Gaïa et Aurora, originaires de deux autres institutions européennes, avait été repoussée du 2 au 6 juin en raison des mauvaises conditions météorologiques. Ce projet fait partie d'un Programme Ex situ de l’ @eaza_official, visant à réintroduire ces majestueux oiseaux en France, en Espagne et en Suisse. C’est la @vultureconservationfoundation, soutenue par @beauvalnature, qui coordonne ce programme qui a vu des vautours réintroduits engendrer une progéniture. Une superbe nouvelle pour la protection du gypaète barbu classé « quasi-menacé » au niveau mondial sur la liste rouge de l’UICN (Union Internationale pour la Conservation de la Nature). Merci à tous pour votre engagement envers la biodiversité ! ❤️ #ZooParcDeBeauval #BeauvalNature #GypaèteBarbu #Conservation"
 
Many births to be noticed (mainly birds) in late Spring in Beauval : 4 Splendid Japalures Diploderma splendidum, 1 Green Anole, 13 Crested Partridges, 3 Mandarin Ducks, 6 Wood Ducks, 4 Blue-winged Geese, 2 Rosy-billed Pochards, 4 Red-crested Pochards, 2 Common Shelducks, 1 Grey Crowned Crane, 1 Yellow-billed Stork, 2 Cattle Egrets, 1 Black-crowned Night Heron, 1 Great Grey Owl, 1 Palm-nut Vulture, 2 Lord Derby's Parakeets, 2 White-rumped Shamas, 1 Victoria Crowned Pigeon, 1 Bongo and 1 Mantled Guereza.
(source : Beauval newsletter)
 
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