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  1. vogelcommando

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    2 Guinea baboons born at Paris :)
     
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    Lions born at Paris :) .
     
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    A male manatee "Herbert" arrived this morning at the zoo from Nuremberg.
     
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    1.0 red backed bearded saki has arrived from South Africa.
     
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    A white-faced saki born at Parc Zoologique de Paris :).
     
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    1.0 Manatee has arrived from the Genoa aquarium
     
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    A Chinese Leopard was born 11th May
     
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    0.1 Fossa has arrived from Port Lympne

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    Paris Zoo has taken in a group of Cedar Waxwings (Bombycilla cedrorum): custom seizures, believed to be wild-caught in Mexico. They are the only members of this species currently in a European zoo.
     
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    Very interesting!
     
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    But probably never on show, they received more (for us) rare bird species over the years, but these always remained off-show.....
     
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    On show or not, they need to be bred, would be worth trying to establish them in European aviculture.
     
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    Actually, the waxwings were released into the Tropical house along with 7 other seizured species
     
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    which were the other seven species?
     
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    A good reason to get to Paris, then!
     
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    Already on April 19 a twin Red-handed tamarin was born at Paris :).
     
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