African Safari, Plaisance du Touch news

Recent arrivals include a pair of Yellow Footed Wallaby. They are housed in a mixed exhibit with Bennetts Wallabys

 

Hippo born at African Safari .

 

A female African Elephant was born in May. A first breeding for the park, calf has been named Makeba

 

Dam and sire's name?

 

Apologies - the calf was born 24th March (not in May) but birth has only just been announced. Dam is Matibi and sire is Pembe

 

New species for Arfrican Safari : Red panda .

 

1.0 Angolan Giraffe has arrived from Lisbon

 

This year African Safari will open a 3.000 square meters enclosure for four male cheetahs.
The zoo is planning a new 5 hectares extension for asian species such as : amur tigers, takins, red pandas, indian rhinos, orangutans, gibbons, clouded leopards, binturongs...
The lands are on public ownership and will be transfer after the planning rules will have been modified by the mayor office.

 

A baby Common Eland was born to female Malawi on April 30th.

Zoo African Safari

On May 1st, twin marmosets were born. I don't know which specie so here is a photo:

 

Geoffroy's

 

Thanks @drill !!

 

You're welcome

 

Birth of two roan antelope males in the safari drive through and arrival of an amur tiger female called Irina, born in 2013 and coming from Sosto Zoo (Hungary). She will join Alta, the resident male.

Toulouse. Une tigresse de Sibérie, espèce menacée d'extinction, a élu domicile au Zoo African Safari

 

Birth of a nyala calf november 14th and it's a girl.

 

Very bad news from the park : Onduri, a 19 years old angolan giraffe died suddenly.
The sad thing is, she was pregnant

 

Birth of a female common hippo october 25th.
She has been name Nihahsah.

 

Birth of a common waterbuck called Koba last january 7th.

 

Some novelties for the reopening :
- creation of a 3.800 m2 enclosure for 4 cheetah brothers,
- creation of a 580 m2 enclosure for a pair of asian small-clawed otters (female from Thoiry and male from Lyon), new species for the zoo.

Picture of the otters enclosure :

 

The zoo welcome three births and seven lion cubs :
- Féroce gave birth during the night between 28/29 july to 2,1 cubs (Balou, Raïkaan & Malkia),
- Tika gave birth to 0,1 Naïka last august 21st,
- Shy gave birth to 3 females called Yari, Shira and Wonza the 1st of september.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.la...ont-nes-cet-ete-a-lafrican-safari-9836091.php

 

Unfortunately Naïka, the only Tika's cub died at the beginning of october.