Sorry for late answer KB! All Chimps in Sweden are zoo-mix, without a female called: Linda at Furuviksparken, Gälve (Pan troglodytes verus). Kolmården has also received an award for best zoo in the Nordic countries 2015 by Nordic family website, barnsemester.se.
The Asian elephant bull, Tonsak (B. Thailand 1998) will arrive from Copenhagen Zoo in the end of summer for to start a breeding group at Kolmården together with the elephants females Sao Noi and Bua. The elephant house at Kolmården has rebuilt for over 300000 euro for adjustment of the bull. SVT (Swedish Television) will also produce their popular children tv-show, Wild kids for two weeks in the end of the summer at Kolmården. Wild Kids won also an award for best Non-Scripted Entertainment at International Emmy kids award earlier this year.
Bull Tonsak done the entire business in Kobenhavn? All cows of breedable age pregnant or in the later stages of their gestation period?
On Tuesday morning this week, Tonsak began his journey to the other side of bridge and to his new home in Kolosseum. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPfJ_eRN2zU According to a FB comment from the zoo - A Bottlenose dolphin have been born too.
Six Chimpanzees have been transferred from Kolmarden to La Aurora Zoo in Guatemala Guatemala zoo receives 6 chimpanzees from Sweden | Fox News Latino
The Asian elephant female, Bua (B Thailand 1997) has been confirmed pregnant and hopefully a calf will be born in Autumn next year. This will be Bua's second calf and Tonsak's first (B Thailand 1998). Both Bua and Tonsak are gifts from the recently deceased king of Thailand (Bua to the Swedish king and Tonsak to the Danish queen). Kungliga elefanter väntar tillökning
Kolmardens work on wild porpoises : When zoos really matter - how we protected the last porpoises - Zoospensefull
Kolmardens contribution to the Wisent-re-introduction : When great conservation meets human selfishness - Zoospensefull
Asian Elephant calf, Namsai is in a critical condition after developing herpes Fingers crossed that she pulls through.. Royal elephant at Swedish zoo has deadly herpes virus
Great news! Kolmården has this year abandoned "free-contact" for "protected-contact" on their Elephants. Mindre fysisk kontakt mellan människa och djurparksdjur - P4 Östergötland This seems to be a good year for the Elephants in Sweden with already 2 births in Borås and a third is waiting, but this time in Kolmården later this year. Namsai, Kolmårdens first-born calf was struck off EEHV (Elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus) but after some weeks of around-the-clock intensive care by the keepers he was recovered and was on his legs again. A new map was aslo released for some weeks ago on their homepage (3D). Karta - Kolmårdens djurpark
Sad news! The Asian Elephant, Bua gave a birth to a stillborn calf on the night to Tuesday this week. Kungens elefant födde död unge
According to the zoo's Facebook page, rhino girl Nambi, 4, was transferred to her new home. Any idea to which zoo?
