Male Siberian tiger named Sasha arrived from Veszprém. He will be in Budapest until Veszprém's new tiger complex won't be ready.
On the 16th of September the zoo posted the following message on their Instagram: "Egy nagyon idős és egy nagyon fiatal kedvencünket is elvesztettük a héten // We lost an old and a very young animal of our Zoo this week " The post also includes two images, one of a (common) seal and another of a young Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii). This death was already reported in the "Orangutans in Europe", apparantly Buda passed away. Source: Instagram of Zoo Budapest (16/09/2021) https://www.instagram.com/p/CT4he3kKRsJ/
The zoo's male Indian lion called Basil will be temporarily moved to Prague because of the EEP coordinator's decision.
I revisited the zoo last week and comparing to my november 2017 visit, there were now some disappointments. My companion, for whom it was his first visit, found the zoo rather poor and dirty, and that was hard to refute. Many enclosures/buildings were closed: Giant Otter House, Crocodile House, Owl's Castle, House of Wetlands, and (permanently I persume) the aquarium. Logically many iconic species were off display too: giant river otter, echidna, wombat, ground cuscus, kowari, crocodiles, etc. I only saw 1 l'hoest guenon Highlights were, as in 2017, both Rocks, the large and very active pack of red dhole, the excellent collection of venomous snakes, the Madagascar water lily conservatory, Magical Hill and the Secession architectural style of some of the buildings. Americana Tropicana still has some interesting species but overall it needs a complete makeover. So does the Australia house imo. The Palm Caffee and the Zoo Confectionary are permanently closed. The latter is a pity, I found it excellent in 2017. Food is rather poor in the zoo. I'm aware that the zoo looks a lot better in summertime, but in general it is in urgent need of renovation, and a radical change in presenting species and in visitor facilities : many houses are cramped, a lot of enclosures are a mikmak with unclear visitor paths, the collection is large but there are too many ordinary species, the sidewings of the America Tropicana are lacking species, it's missing a modern zoo restaurant Somehow, with all those construction works going on in the city, the zoo looks a little neglected. That is a pity because it has great potential with both Rocks as the centerpiece of a modern zoo.
Hi! I agree with you as a person who lives there and has a pass to the zoo. The main cause of this neglectedness is lack of money, partly because of the increasing costs of the biodome. The zoo cannot even receive their Tasmanian devils from Copenhagen because there is no money to build their enclosure.
And - also because of lack of resources- the Municipal would like to give the whole Biodome project to the government. Article in Hungarian: Telex: Átadná a Biodóm ingatlanát a főváros a kormánynak, csak fejezzék be végre
Three Persian leopards were born six weeks ago. Afaik they are healthy, though they need silence, therefore they haven't introduced to the public yet. This info will be official on next week!
The zoo officially announced the birth of the aforementioned Persian leopards as they became 10 weeks old. They are twins, one of them is a male, another is a female. You can vote for their names here: Szavazással dől el a leopárdkölykök neve | Állatkert Budapest szívében (zoobudapest.com)
Leopard cubs got their names: the male is Amir, female is Arya. The zoo also released a video about their vaccination, it can be found here: Arya és Amir lett a leopárdkölykök neve | Állatkert Budapest szívében (zoobudapest.com)
Two pelicans died in bird flu, other specimens are in quarantine now. Visitors won't be allowed to see the pelicans and a few other waterfowl for a while.
