I am not the biggest fan of Cologne, yes it is large, but apart from size it isn't very good, there is relatively little structure and I find the...
On the 26th of April the 4th Elephant in the zoos history, a female named Don Chung (South-East Asian elephant (Elephas maximus indicus)) arrived...
This is just a bit of fun to judge the general consensus on the best enclosure for Asian Elephants in Germany. I have added a few photos from the...
Don Chung has arrived at Cottbus Zoo "Earlier today at the elephant temple it was time to say goodbye to our elephant cow Don Chung. With a...
On the 26th of April, 41-year old female South-East Asian elephant (Elephas maximus indicus) Don Chung was send to Tierpark Cottbus. Sadly male...
about Don Chubb’s move, I have seen people being upset about this on social media but I could not understand why. Some people felt she should be...
Don Chung the Asian elephant is set to move from Leipzig to Cottbus to live with Sundali "The Tierpark Cottbus is getting a new elephant! Don...
Don Chung is set to move from Leipzig to Cottbus to live with Sundali "The Tierpark Cottbus is getting a new elephant! Don Chung the elephant...
15 years is a long time.... Personally my favourite 3 German zoos are Cologne, Nuremberg and the Wilhelma in Stuttgart. Behind that is gets...
Tierpark Cottbus is going to renovate its predator building, the following link shows a schematic drawing of the layout. According to the...
Elefantenkuh Saida kommt in den Karlsruher Zoo Elephant cow Saida was moved to Karlsruhe. Don Chung will move to Cottbus because she doesn't get...
Having recently returned home from an epic zoo trip around Western and Central Europe, my challenge totals require a pretty large update as...
Tierpark: Baugenehmigung für Elefantenhaus in Cottbus ist da The zoo obtained a building permit for a new elephant house. It should be completed...
Thank you @Shirokuma for your insightful review. To add to what you said, the latest edition of Zoo Grapevine & International Zoo News (Issue 55,...
Hello. The zoo in Niterói has been closed. Rio and Gramado no longer have penguins. Gramado's penguin enclosure is now inhabited by a couple of...
Hi, I'm looking for some suggestions for my next Germany zoo tour. I will have around 7 days for the trip from Nürnberg to Berlin. I have...
Given your preferences I would skip Erfurt, which is predominantly a big mammal zoo. They do have some good enclosures though (largest African...
The final batch - for now - of updates: TOTAL: 651 taxa Zoo Leipzig- 19/09/2023 - 1 taxon [SPOILER] Wilhelma - 20/09/2023 - 3 taxa [SPOILER]...
Another raft of updates from my recent travels; after this lot there are only four zoological collections remaining to work totals out for:...
Really appealing is exactly how I would describe the zoo having visited for the first time today. They clearly don’t have huge financial...
Separate names with a comma.