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30-09-2008

As there isn´t a general thread for news from the Rotterdam zoo i´ve opened this one.

Recently one of the chinese giant salamanders died. It is probably one of the behind the scenes enclosure as there are still 2 animals on display. I´m not sure how many are still alive in the zoo, but al least 2. Once blijdorp had 5 animals.

The 2 polarbears Jelle and Ewa are moving back to Dierenrijk Europa, because they can´t get along with female Tania. Ewa has been bitten by Tania. Jelle and Ewa are very nervous, often pacing up and down the same line all the time.
Ewa will move from Dierenrijk Europa to Orsa bear park in Sweden somewhere in the near future (together with Knut). And Jelle will probably be moved to a german zoo.
At the end of this year blijdorp will receive a Male bear from Vienna; Erik. He is 14 years old and they think he will be albe to stand up to Tania.

Soon the small group of cichlids in the croc-pool will be enlarged with some animals from antwerp. (They keep Oreochromis mossambicus)

01-10-2008

Which Knut, do you mean the Polar bear Knut from berlin Zoo ? If yes, from where do you have this information ?

To which german Zoo will Jelle go, maybe ?

Any news about the planned import of klippspringers to rotterdam, and has the klippspringer male from Frankfurt arrived at rotterdam now ?

01-10-2008

How many different paddocks are in polar bear exhibit? I thought there are 2 or 3 and bears will be separated most of the time.

01-10-2008

Since I live in Sweden, i just wanna know if it's true that Knut will move to Orsa? I know that they will get polar bears, and i'm looking forward to it.

01-10-2008

@ Zebraduiker & Swedish zoo fan;
Is there more than 1 knut? But yeah, I mean the famous one from berlin. Before ewa moved to blijdorp they already said that was temporarily and that she would move to orsa in sweden to be paired up with the celebrity bear from berlin Apparently Knut + Ewa is a very good match (geneticly speaking). (it's been in the media overhere lots of times, newspapers, tv, etc.)

Im not sure which zoo Jelle will go to. I've only heared "Germany". Is there a german zoo in need of a young male???

I haven't heared anything yet about the klipspringer unfortunately.

@Jurek; There are 2 polarbear enclosures. Tania in 1 and Jelle+ewa in the other.

01-10-2008

I've heard that the new polar bear exhibit in Orsa will be one of the best exhibits in the world

01-10-2008

Maybe Gelsenkirchen, they want a young male for their young female Lara (born in Vienna). Originally they tried to get Knut and even published a "llover etter written by Lara to Knut" in the media. by the way, the newspapers in Berlin always quote the director of the Berlin Zoos that Knut will for now stay in Berlin and that NO plans for his future have been made yet. I`d really like to know if that is correct or if he is just telling this tto the media to keep the thousands of Knut fans in Berlin quiet.

04-10-2008

Here's some fun news, they attempted A.I. with the Sea Otters at the start of Juli. They used sperm from the male Chuluugi (normally in Antwerp) to fertilise one of the two (Lisbon born) females at Blijdorp, Rotterdam and there's a strong suspicion one of the ladies (afaik they only tried on one) is pregnant.

Would be cool if it worked

04-10-2008

The female that could be pregnant is Micas. The keeper has noticed behavioural changes, but it is still to early to test for a pregnancy.


this is probably micas (She has the white head, Maré ha a yellow/brownish head)


Today the young male giraffe Tsavo is moving to Ramat Gan in Israel. He is still quite young and small (easier to fit into an airplane).
Giraffe Marco (also a young male, but older than Tsavo) will soon move to a zoo in france. (blijdorp keeps reticulated giraffes).

11-10-2008

It was "dierenrijk" that annouced the move of Knut in AD and other media in the Netherlands

25-10-2008

4 hedgehogs (Hemiechinus aethiopicus) moved into the new crochouse. (Lamprotornis/Spreo superbus will be added to their enclosure in the future)


The 2 very old Slendersnouted crocs have been moved from the rivierahal to the new crochouse as well.
So now it's only waiting for the klipspringers and the free flying birds (bee-eaters, turacos) and the house is "full".

A couple of days ago a greater kudu was born (it's been a couple of years since that happend, due to a male-switch. The new male was still very young). A second female is still pregnant.

25-10-2008

Which zoo or .. will be the source of the new klipspringers?

Any chance this might be the projected import of klipspringers from E.Africa zoos and the TAG within EAZA have been talking about lately to re-invigorate klipspringer coop breeding in Europe?

25-10-2008

Has it been annouced who the new zoo director is going to be yet???

25-10-2008

Marc Damen ex Zodiac Parcs.

25-10-2008

In this thread; Klipspringers in Europe Zebraduiker said rotterdam is getting a male from frankfurt to get some experience with the species.