Planckendael Planckendael News 2024

I sadly can confirm Shafira passed away however the date on Zootierliste isn't correct. I don't have an exact date it should be anywhere from 2 to 3 weeks ago. But I did spot her on the 5th.

 

For the fourth year in a row black lemur was born to pair Oreo and Kimmie. Planckendael now houses five black lemurs, as this baby's two older sisters Xhuna and Yuna are also still at Planckendael.

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Ooooh, a new baby Hyena and Black Lemur! We will be visiting Belgium again in June, and Planckendael wasn't 100% in the planning again, but I guess this will tip it over the edge, lol.

 

Earlier this month a female Bactrian camel was born.

Recently 4 year old female Northern koala (Phascolarctos cinereus cinereus) Inala arrived from Edinburgh Zoo.

Sources:
Instagram of Zoo Planckendael (05/04/2024)
Instagram of Zoo Planckendael (13/04/2024)

 

Permanent shade structures are being installed in the penguin exhibit in Planckendael's South American aviary.

Hoover Concepts

 

They also started adding the old Echidna/wombat enclosure to the Tasmanian devils.

 

Not a bad solution to use this area again, but personally I still would have liked an additional exhibit. Planckendael notably misses any kind of parrot species in this area, in my opinion.

The hyena cub has been found to be a female and has been named Zahara.

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