Giant otters in Europe

The cubs at New Forest Wildlife Park have been named. The male has been named Guapo and the females Laguna, Acari, and Runa. Unfortunately, Laguna and Runa passed away.

Source: Endangered Rare Giant Otter Quadruplets born at New Forest Wildlife Park

 

Meanwhile, the zoo has confirmed that three giant otters were born at the end of January. Parents are Dagget and Mora. The otter family at Zoo Zlin currently consists of seven animals, besides the parents and the three cubs, there are also the two males born in 2022.

Source: Máme tři mláďata vyder obrovských!

 

Out of zoo thread range: COLOMBIA -giant otter
I have it on new information that a young rescuee Colombia a giant otter Kirpa was recently transferred from Zoologico de Cali to Piscilago (and that the latter or the former has another adult giant otter in Manuela - rescued +/- 6 years ago.

 

They have been given the names Chaco and Salto.

Source: Givskud Zoo

 

3-year-old giant otter male Manú recently moved to Chester Zoo from Budapest Zoo. He now forms a pair with female Tibiri. It is intended that they will have pups together in the future.

Source: Facebook Chester Zoo
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As mentioned by @Okavango in the La Palmyre news thread, the giant otter couple Gata and Arni at Zoo de La Palmyre are expecting pups. A poster at the enclosure is said to announce the pregnancy.
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According to a member of the French zooforum 'Les zoos dans le monde', there is a banner at Zoo de CERZA stating that they plan to keep giant otters.

 

After asking Zoo Duisburg, I recently got the answer to this question. Male Lobo who now lives in Duisburg used to be called Kovid. And male Rio in Allwetterzoo Münster used to be called Wirus.

 

Good news from Argentina! A pair of giant otters consisting of two animals born in European zoos has had four cubs. The pair is part of the reintroduction project at Iberá Park. The parents are male Nanay from Parken Zoo in Sweden and female Ariranha from Zoo de Doue la Fontaine in France. The cubs are two males and two females. The intention is that they will be released back into the wild as a large family group in the future.

With the birth of the new cubs, there are now 13 giant otters participating in this project.

Source: Instagram Fundación Rewilding Argentina