It may a intense UV-radiation, intense ligh and very high temperatures durring spring/summer may play a role? Who knows, must be researched. Tropical animals evolved in conditions with intense UV-radiation and experiencing high temperatures (eg above 35 deg C). That must have influence in biology, genetics and heritability of different traits.
4 Bottle-nosed dolphins came from Finland : The Attica Zoological Park Receives Four Dolphins from Finland | Greek Reporter Europe
The new enclosure for Sumatran tigers has been officially opened (not literally!) https://www.facebook.com/AtticaZool...61031669751/10154161029979751/?type=3&theater
Reading about the Greek wildfires today - does anyone know if Attica Zoo and its inhabitants have been affected? Wildfires kill dozens on Greek coast
It’s about 8 miles from where the worst of the fire seem to have been today. Events in the area sound pretty terrible.
In Pictures: Greece’s only zoo approaches extinction Link above is about how the zoo is coping during Greece lockdown. Owner suggests they have enough funds for just over a month.
Trying to ''eliminate the threat of extinction'', Attica Zoo has started a campaign of selling 5000 tickets in a lower price (10 €). Other ways of supporting the zoo are by becoming ''a friend of the zoo'', buying an annual card or directly donating an amount of money of your choice to their bank account (you can find all these ways here). With 3 continuous months of strict lock-down and probably another 1-2 to come (that's the ''optimistic'' scenario...), Greek economy (mainly small and medium sized private businesses, like Attica Zoo) has suffered a lot and will certainly suffer more. The fact that we have one of the strictest and most ridiculously organized tax systems in Europe, plus a government that sees all of these businesses only as ''taxable land'' and ''cash sources'' makes everything much worse.... I may sound pathetic, but please, if you have the time, capability and mood during these weird days that we all live through, mind supporting Attica Zoo in one of the above ways! Even a ''meager'' donation of 0.10 €/$ is extremely valuable during these hard times! From the start, Attica Zoo was created with the intention of educating (mainly) Greek people about the animals and the environment and helping them protect it, especially when concerning Greek nature. With every passing year, the park only became better and better in these, ''upgrading'' its education value by adding more species, improving existing habitats, accommodating educational events and starting or supporting various programs (like the rehabilitation of young/injured Monk Seals in participation with MOm, breeding of the last Greek chameleons, recording of roadkills and car-hit animals, rehabilitation of injured animals of various native species, beach cleaning, reforestations etc). Heck, this 20-years-old park has turned out being more educating and useful in these sectors than all the governments and educational systems that have passed from this country the last 60 years! As such, at the end of the day, its (almost unavoidable) ''extinction'' will certainly become another black page in the already bruised socio-cultural diary of modern Greece....
According to ZTL, Attica has the only African chameleon (Chamaeleo africanus), brown-cheeked hornbill (Bycanistes cylindricus), hair-crested drongo (Dicrurus hottentottus), Torresian imperial pigeon (Ducula spilorrhoa) and Greek rock partridge (Alectoris graeca graeca) in a European zoo.
Recently, after the death of their old male Emu and the jaguar incident, they were also planning to add Clouded Leopards and Red Pandas to the collection. Some recent additions were also a breeding pair of Persian Leopards (with the ambition of releasing any offspring to the wild), a new glass-domed exhibit for Radiated Tortoises (again for breeding purposes) and a walk-through exhibit for Rodriguez Flying Foxes.
Currently 15 pairs of Greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus) have made nests and are incubating eggs, hopefully the record of last year can be broken (which was 2 chicks). Source: Instagram of Attica Zoo (09/06/2022) Login • Instagram
Chimp shot down after escape : https://greekreporter.com/2022/06/2...wdkgEfrn7wE50kgSsv9-_r5BmdAJjYjXjbPkQUscLuQno
No, but since all of their monk seals (at least in recent times) have been rescue animals, there's a chance they'll get the species again... Unless the rescue center has been moved to a different location or closed.
Hi Guys, I know its a long shot but maybe someone will know. Besides Thiebe (don't know if thats the right spelling) are there any more katanga lions at Attica?
