Pairi Daiza has taken in the shoebills from Wuppertal and Zurich in hopes of creating compatible pairs. as far as I know there haven't been any...
A link to some of the pictures we took of their arrival and the new zone dedicated to them and the other fauna of the region....
that planning depends on the chinese. they'll be coming to inspect the facility this month. if all is approved, the animals can be here very...
still closed. the work is going strong, but I doubt you'll be able to visit in january
I indeed remember 1 B/W lemur being kicked out of the group and living on the island of the red ruffed lemurs. But essentially the B/W lemurs as a...
the island with the B/W lemurs is not accessible to the public, the other lemur islands are indeed walk through. The only other zoo in Belgium...
I'm not sure there were pandas in Beekse Bergen and Antwerp at exactly the same time. I believe there was a short period in between, but not long...
on the lions or the tigers island. I' believe the tigers island but am not sure, as I was a pre-teen at the time. the cats themselves were...
to put a few things in perspective: - Antwerp housed giant pandas in the 80's for just a few months. that was the time that china sent pandas...
the park has 2 shoebills: the reproductive female (3 hatched eggs of which 2 animals are still alive in Zurich) and a non reproductive male from...
nice some fresh blood for the EEP. now get a few more zoos to start breeding and we won't need fresh imports every few years.
one of the hyenas is definately pregnant, the 2nd female probably too. pairi daiza bred a whooping 23 pink pelicans this year (allthough their...
it were to females? I thought it was a pair. if it really are 2 females, I'm happier than with a pair. MS doesn't have the space to keep a group...
I don't see iberian lynx outside of spain the first 5-10 years. I highly doubt they will even be visible IN Spain in that period. @Pygathrix: I...
true, but we don't count as the average joe public. you have to have some croud pleasers like elephants and the likes. as they're starting a...
It's been a few years since I've visited, but jardin des plantes is in a park area (jardin des plantes meaning garden of plants, as you know) But...
as I understand construction is on schedule and within budget. They're working on the big greenhouse at the moment. The giraffes should move to...
Last friday evening, after 10 months of labor, the new theme zone: "terre des origines" which translates as "land of origin" opened in Pairi...
They've had expansion plans for several years now. I heard a few weeks ago that they finally found a sponsor (or other form of budget, didn't ask...
wow, has it been that long since I last posted here? anyway, with photo courtesy to my wife: [img] Still in construction, opening is foreseen...
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