European elephants #2

10-09-2008

Would anyone know the future of the keeper?

14-09-2008

A few days ago, Calvin moved from Hannover to Leipzig. Since today he is with the cows.

14-09-2008

Thats one well travelled elephant, last time I saw him he was in Canada

14-09-2008

That's interesting , I knew it was coming but are they planning to do anything with Mekong?

14-09-2008

they have 3 bull-enclosures in leipzig, so I don't think it should be a problem

14-09-2008

I see, hopefully with the arrival of Calvin Voi nam can be a big brother or cousin of some sort,

14-09-2008

Are they all adult bulls?

14-09-2008

At the moment there is Calvin 22 years old and Mekong, 26, the young bull Voi nam is 5

14-09-2008

Wow, thats good that there is place like this that house bulls. Sorry to ask such a silly question, but do they also house a herd of females, if so what are there numbers?

14-09-2008

No problem, there are zoos that house bachelors only so there is a valid reason for people to think that there are zoos only for bulls, in fact hat is the plna in the future because of the recent amount of male births so not all will be used in the breeding circuit,

From Hamburg there is Saida-1973, to stay long-term and her daughter salvana- 1996 to stay as soon as she falls pregnant, and then she'll be sent back to Hamburg,
And from Vietnam,
Don Chung-1982, Trinh-1982 (Voi nam's mother) and Hoa-1982, and plus the recently passed Rhani,

14-09-2008

Thanks for that,

15-09-2008

@Dragon(ele)nerd
"Hoa" was born in 1985 and "Voi" is already 6 years old (*05.04.2002)...

15-09-2008

oh yeah sorry my bad, forgot that article I read about Hoa, getting bullied, apparently they wanted her to get pregnant to improve her herd status, other cases have been seen before, thanks,

16-09-2008

sorry - wrong thread

18-09-2008

Speaking of hannover is Nikolai well suited with the females there as in has he mated with any of them yet?