At Opel-Zoo Kronberg, 18-year-old elephant cow Kariba is pregnant. She is due in summer 2025. It will be her first calf. Father of the calf is...
News: - Cristina and Neco the African bush elephants (Loxodonta africana) will leave to Opel Zoo Kronberg as part of the species breeding plans....
They indeed have a great group in a great enclosure. That shows why they were so popular in the first place. Given that invasive sacred ibises...
15 years is a long time.... Personally my favourite 3 German zoos are Cologne, Nuremberg and the Wilhelma in Stuttgart. Behind that is gets...
I am pretty sure that there is no ‚push‘ to merge the Cabarceno and Wuppertal animals, its more coincidence. Both zoos have produced many...
I completely agree with you, but I have seen plenty of common hippos in the wild in pools/puddles that make...
All reasonably argued, but: not all zoos can actually keep exactly the same collection due to various reasons, chief among them available space....
The reason I did not mention small specialist collections in my original comment is because of the way these collections market themselves. For...
Zwei Dickhäuter für Opel-Zoo: Hoffen aufs junge Elefantenglück Elephant cows Kariba and Lilak from Tierpark Berlin moved to Kronberg this morning....
The whole point of the current exercise of moving African elephants across European / UK zoos has been to ensure that the conditions with African...
I think, that Kariba and Lilac will stay in Kronberg. There is new large enclosure and they want to restore elephant breeding after long pause.
In addition to Pori's transfer, the Berlin Tierpark also announced the two remaining African cows, Lilak and Kariba, would be moved to the Opel...
I tried polls on the best enclosure for Asian elephants in Germany. Now they are African elephants. This only applies to enclosures for breeding...
Four zoos have advanced from the previous two parts. Kronberg remains a big candidate, but other zoos also have good enclosures. Dresden: [IMG]...
I actually have a theory about this. I think that Halle, Hodenhagen, Dresden and Opel will all end up keeping the animals they received from...
African elephants in europe (Only Breeding institutions) Beekse Bergen Safari Park 1.0 Jack 01/01/93 (Kruger National Park) 0.1 Sabi 01/01/85...
The indoor space for elephants at Wildlands is one of the best I've ever seen and I was there with a Dutch zoo enthusiast (@jwer ) who also is a...
Thanks for your response :)
I've been to both Zoos (Frankfurt and Kronberg) several times and I very much agree with your review on Frankfurt and Kronberg Luckily Frankfurt...
I also think it would be better to move them to another better zoo. Maybe even all the cows. They are very important for the European population...
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