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On 8 February a female Banteng was born at Dresden Zoo.

 

With some delay by the long winter, Dresden Zoo opens a new enclosure on coming monday. On the place where first a monkey-rock was, there's now a brand-new enclosure with rocks and a savanah-part, altogether about 850 squar meters.
4 Meerkats ( 3 males and 1 female ) and 4 Cape Hyrax ( Procavia c. capensis ) will be the new residents of the enclosure.
The Cape Hyraxes came from Frankfurt Zoo and the sexes are given different by 2 sources:
one says it should be 1.3, the other says 0.4 (?).
The costs for this new exibit were no less then Euro 380.000 !

 

On July 2 a rare baby was born at Dresden, a Crowned lemur. Mother is the 5 year old Vintana. Last year she gave birth to a death young but this time the young seems to be healthy ! It's the first living baby of this species for Dresden Zoo.

 

2 rare breeding-results with European bird-species at Dresden :
on july 1 2 Ringed plovers hatched
on 15 july 15 3 Little grebes hatched

 

Reticulated Giraffe bull, Ulembo will move from Dresden to Katowice, Poland next week. Dresden will then keep a pure group of Kordofan Giraffe, with female/s to follow shortly from La Barben

 

After a long wait - 2.0 Koala will arrive at Dresden next week from Duisburg. Dresden will become the 2nd Koala holder in Germany
greenpeace magazin: Dresden bekommt Koalas als zweiter Zoo in Deutschland

 

There is a quid pro quo here!

 

Dresden Zoo has recieved a female Wooly monkey for its single male. Dresden is the only zoo in Germany currently keeping Wooly monkeys.

 

At the beginning of Dec. 2013 3 Buffon's macaws hatched. 1 has died but the other 2 are doing great.

 

On July 20 a Mandrill was born at Dresden

 

This week a Zebra was born at Dresden Zoo

 

Some intresting births at Dresden :
Sloth
White-faced saki
Guereza
Meerkats

 

A third Kordofan giraffe ( Gaia, female 2 years old ) arrived from France. Dresden is the only German zoo in which this sub-species can be seen.

 

Popular long-term zoo resident "Max", Germany's largest saltwater crocodile, was found dead yesterday in his enclosure. Despite professional treatment, his health had deteriorated over the last months.
Tierische Neuigkeiten | Tiere zum Anfassen nah - im Zoo Dresden

 

The zoo is now home to a False Gharial from Zoo Leipzig

 

Within a month time 2 Golden takins born:
March 14 a male
April 4 a female
Also a Banteng was born .

 

New species at Dresden : 3 Saddle-billed storks.

 

On Oct. 18 3 Capybaras were born at Dresden .

 

Red panda breeding :
Red Panda Cubs Loving the Chill of Winter

 

New arrivals at Dresden :
one male and 2 females Nilgai's and a male Hog deer. The new animals will be housed together with the 5 female Hog deers which already lived at Dresden.