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05-01-2008

Pedro,

For goodness sake, do they part with all their stock?

What about the conservation outreach programmes Paris Zoo set up with (peralta giraffes with extension to Niger, scimitar-horned oryx and addax with Chad/Mali/Tunisia, the various lemurs and Madagascar)?????

Surely, there is still some sense in its management that will build on the good breeding programmes already there and the conservation extension work it does with Museum national d'Histoire naturelle?????????????

05-01-2008

I do not know if there is still a reintroduction programme of scimitar-horned oryx and addax. The latest reintroductions of oryx were in Tunisia

05-01-2008

On my visit there in August these were the animals seen

European Black Vuture
Waldrapp
A Smaller Species of Vulture
Addax (only 1 though)
Kudu (1.1)
Sitatunga
Guinea Baboon
Lar Gibbon
Spider Monkey
Pelicans
A Number Of Waterfowl Species
Black Howler Monkeys
Nilgai
African Crowned Crane
Waterbuck
Sifaka
Ring Tailed Lemur
Giraffe
Kangaroos
Ground Hornbills
Blackbuck
Axis Deer
Wallabies
Reindeer
Pygmy Goats
Ankole Cattle
Otters
Capyabara
Common Hippo
Scimitar Horned Oryx
Pygmy Hippo
Sable
Grevys Zebra
Common Zebra
Beisa Oryx
Penguns
Seals
Arctic Wolves
Guanaco
Common Rhea
Parrots

The Following are on the map but i didnt see them.
Springbok
Lechwe
Impalas
Okapis
Coatis
Meerkats
Blesbok
Barbary Sheep

06-01-2008

1. Paris Vincennes Zoo - along with Hannover, Marwell and Whipsnade Zoos - was a major proponent of the reintroduction projects for Sahelo Saharan antelope in North Africa.

2. The latest reintroductions in Tunisia involved both scimitar-horned oryx and addax.

If new management will relinquish its addax and oryx herds, it will have done itself no favours. The entire collection is already in total disarray and in a sorry state as it is. No collection plan and yet giving quite a few species the chop. With no future masterplan and finances there is no shutting the door on yesteryear, nor can it look forward. A popular misconception in quite a few people is that the zoo is already closed.

Good zoos exist for recreation, education and conservation, by cutting out the very heart of its conservation message (okapi, Sahelo Saharan antelope) Paris Vincennes Zoo will become obsolete in the zoo community.

If Sarkozy is worth the salt of this earth he should make Vincennes a matter of pride for the nation!

06-01-2008

I Think theres only 1 Addax left and he wasnt in the paddock showed on the map. He was in a small paddock next to the kudu. For some reason it just looked a bit like he was on his way out.

06-01-2008

I know all this because I worked in Vincennes but The Minsitère of Education National does nothing and here's the result.

17-01-2008

during my studies, i've met an ethologist who has take part in the rebuilding of the paris zoo
actually it has been said that more that 50 million euros will be invested,
I really hope so, i've seen the project of rebuilding
it will be 5 biozone, (amazonia, america...)
the visitor will be really IN the biozone

I really hope that for ne time they'll do what the've said!!!

18-01-2008

Zoo will close in 2009 for a period of 3 years

1 Week Ago

Has it closed yet then?

1 Week Ago

Hi Yoman,

I have read something to that effect. Do you know whether and how much funding has now been put to the project? What portion of the original Masterplan will be built in Paris PZ Bois de Vincennes?

Thanx,

K.B.