Zoo Leipzig Leipzig zoo news 2010

Any hopes of elefant offspring in 2011 have been squashed.

Elefant cow "Trinh" lost her unborn calf.

 

The female Amur-Tiger Taiga (born at Moskow Zoo in 1997) has been shipped to Tierpark Chemnitz.

Amur-Tigers at the Zoo:

Group 1: 1,0 Mischa (born at Hagenbecks Tierpark, Hambourg in 1999), hybrid and sterilized
Group 2: 1,0 Tommy (born at Tierpark Berlin in 1992), 0,1 Conny (born at Leipzig in 1992)
Group 3: 1,0 Tomak (born at Leipzig in 2004, Tommy x Taiga), 0,1 Bella (born at Plzen in 2005), 1,0 Tamyr, 0,1 Selenga, 0,1 Angara (born at Leipzig in March 2009, Tomak x Bella)

 

Tommy is also sterilized

 

That is right, he was sterilized in 2005 to keep him together with Conny all the time.

 

Arrivals in january:

- 0,0,5 Yellow-headed temple turtle (Heosemys annandalii) from Hongkong (Botanical Garden)
- 0,0,1 Malaysian giant pond turtle (Orlitia borneensis) from Hongkong (Botanical Garden)

 

Arrivals in january:

- 0,1 Maned wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus) from France

 

Arrivals in february:

- 0,5 thomson gazelles from Burgers Zoo, Arnhem, Netherlands

 

Births in March:

- 1,0 Baringo giraffe (born March 24th, Maximilian x Knöpfchen)

Deaths in March:

- 0,1 Baringo giraffe "Jamala" (born June 2008 at Leipzig, Maximilian x Ashanti), she was euthanized and suffered from an severe injury after an accident in fall 2008
- 0,1 Amur tiger "Conny" (born 1992 at Leipzig)

 

Births in April:

- 1,0 Baringo giraffe (born April 4th, Maximilian x Ashanti)
- 0,0,3 Scimitar horned oryx

Deaths in April:

- 1,1 Baringo giraffes (0,1 Knöpfchen by accident, 1,0 calf, Maximilian x Knöpfchen, born March 24th)

Departures 2010:

- 0,2 Giant river otters (born at Dortmund Zoo) were shipped to the UK (Chester [0,1 Mandija, born 2005] and Dalton-in-Furness [0,1 Tupi, born 2007])

Arrivals 2010:

- Acacia rats

 

Arrivals 2010:

- 0,1 Silvery marmoset
- Four-striped grass mice

 

Births in May:

0,0,1 Western griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus fulvus)


Arrivals in May:

1,1 Virginia opossums (Didelphis virginiana)
1,0 Silvery marmoset (Callithrix argentata) from Krefeld

 

Deaths in May:

- 1,0 Amur tiger "Tommy" (born 1992 at Tierpark Berlin)

 

Any News about the planned Tariers for Gondwanaland ? I hope, they still try to get them.

 

Arrivals:

- 1,1 servals (Leptailurus serval)

 

BjoernN, do you know why Leipzig stopped keeping the water deers? They were quite new for zoo (cca 2 years) so it looks they didnt succed with keeping them. Thanks

 

@Cockroach
They received two males from Szeged Zoo Hungary two years ago, one males was shipped to Berlin Zoo. The single male died in february.

 

Births in May (May 6th):

- 0,0,3 Snow leopards (Uncia uncia), sire: Onegin (born 2003 at Krefeld), dam: Laura (born 2001 at Wildpark Lüneburger Heide)

 

The three snow leopard cubs, born May 6th, are females (0,3).

Births in May:

- 0,2 Dall sheeps (Ovis dalli)
- 0,0,1 Slender-tailed cloud rat (Phloeomys cumingii)

Births expected in June:

- Baringo giraffe, Spotted hyena, Amur leopard, Amur tiger, Red duiker, Cape fur seal

 

Departures in May:

- 0,2 Grevy's zebras to Magdeburg Zoo

 

Births in June:

- 0,0,3 spotted hyenas
- 0,0,x meerkats

Arrivals in April/May:

- 1,0 fishing cat from France
- 1,0 giant otter from Hamburg