For the moment, Singapore Zoo and Jurong Bird Park are already Associate Member of EAZA. So, is Taipei Zoo. It is a small step from there to...
Alpenzoo Innsbruck of course represents Alpine fauna extremely well. The zoo in Taipei also seems to have a very nice variety of Taiwanese fauna.
It's a hard question, given that zoo nerd species and average-visitors lovers vary quite differently.I think generally, the more it is present in...
Sri-Lanka elephant cows Janita and Tamara are both expecting a calf in March/April 2020. Father is local bull Ankhor, he successuly mated them on...
Why the gorilla house? Surely the Indonesia house would be more geographically appropriate, as well as having suitable nocturnal exhibits already.
After my 2018 update... Now I've done the 2019 update that will be in the next messages :)
As in previous updates, new species for this year will be marked in bold: MAMMALS: Order Artiodactyla Addax nasomaculatus (Addax). Taipei zoo....
If unsuccessful attempts in the past leave you against pangolins in captivity, then you should also be against elephants, gorillas, and the many,...
Hello Kakapo This is very impressive and shows that you have kept detailed notes of zoo visits. You have split the Xenarthra into 2 Orders:...
Well this must have been an incredibly long labour of love. I've tried to do this in the past with projects such as the Zoo Community Fantasy Game...
Of course I was absolutely aware of every one of these taxonomic opinions, but that doesn't mean that I asked you for taxonomic advice ;) Some of...
Whilst I obviously don't want any animals to die I think this is over simplifying things. If we go back 60 years then animals like gorillas and...
Time of an update! With my zoo tour at Benelux this year, I added some species to my list. So I will show now with the new species not seen before...
I don't disagree with this sentiment. In my opinion, more have already died than necessary. Every single animals ever kept in captivity was an...
BONY FISHES (Non perchlike): Order Acipenseriformes Acipenser baerii (Siberian sturgeon). Saragossa fluvial aquarium. 2009, 2012, 2016, 2018...
I've been in Indonesia for over a week now. This trip has been planned for a long time, to take advantage of a period of relative calm and...
Broadly speaking, your description of the zoo bears very little resemblance to what I saw in August 2018. Animals were not in poor condition....
I don’t disagree that there should be pangolins in captivity, I just think the route taken to acquire these resulted in a lot of unnecessary...
Little Blue/Fairy Penguins, Sealife Weymouth. Only three were visible yesterday when I visited. Maybe the rest were in nest boxes or off show? No...
This moment has arrived. I had plenty of new species in Germany this summer and I will put here my uploaded list of animals seen in captivity...
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