The AI was with "German" freeze sperm. I don't remember from what zoo. Ok...Not from any zoo, but the Leibniz Institute after 11 years frozen, in 2020 was used for the AI.
In the Video about the Thomson's gazelles I recongized one individual: On my visit last year I saw one of the female has lost her ears. One day later I saw also a deer at Safari Madrid has lost one ear. Does anyone know how this can happen?
Live birth of the first elephant at BIOPARC Valencia The first African Elephant calf to be born at Bioparc Valencia has now arrived to 22-year-old female Matla, the oldest in the herd. The calf was born at 4:20 am on day 653 of the pregnancy, and so far, seems to have been a fairly problem free birth.
Birth news!: This morning, BioParc Valencia's very first African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana) calf has been born! After 653 days of pregnancy on a full moon night, the female Matla has given birth with complete naturality. A for now, the raising of the calf is going on correctly.
Finally! The first african elephant Sadly "Coco" the first Pan troglodytes verus born (in Spain?) has died.
First week of life of the first elephant born in BIOPARC BioParc Valencia have released an update on the progress of their week-old elephant calf (with a video included again), in the title it has been described as intense, but it seems to be a fairly positive situation, and things look like they are running smoothly for now. It appears things are progressing slowly and steadily, and 2 of the next big milestones will be being aloud outside and being introduced to more herd members.
The baby elephant is 3 weeks old and is doing fine. It's a female and on the park's website we can vote for here name: Makena, Meru or Mandisa.
I was really hoping for Meru, but Makena was my second option ahahah. She's a lovely animal, makes me want to go back to Valencia.
New species: BioParc Valencia has received two female Hartmann's mountain zebras (Equus zebra hartmannae) from Dvur Kralove! These two females are called Lisha y Hermina, they are both seven years old and have replaced Grant's zebras that used to live alongside white rhinos, ostriches, marabous and sacred ibises in the dry savanna. The Grant's zebra herd is now residing at Natura Parc in Mallorca. They have adapted well to living alongside animals of other species. They plan to bring a stallion to start a breeding herd. Cebra de Hartmann, nueva especie en BIOPARC Valencia
News: Ending the year on a sad note, Calypso, the one and only Ethiopian klipspringer (Oreotragus oreotragus saltatrixoides) in all of Europe has passed away at Bioparc Valencia. These aren't unexpected news, he has doubled the age a klipspringer naturally lives standing at 26 years old, but still sad to see. He will be greatly missed, a very charming little creature.
Alongside the last mazama at Faunia these have been two big losses in my book... for better or for worse I've seen both species, but I'll still dearly miss them.
New individuals: - Valencia has received a male Fossa (Cryptoprocta ferox) named Kirimbi from ZooParc Overloon.It has been paired up with a female that already lived at the Bioparc since 2012. Both outdoor and indoors exhibits have received developments to be better adjusted to the animal's needs. Nueva pareja de fosas, el rarísimo depredador de Madagascar
