In a few weeks, a group of 10 gray langurs will arrive from Ostrava. Nice to see the zoo agreed to use the new enclosure for a bachelor group.
Orientarium complex is open for 2 weeks now. It shows ca 215 species of South-east Asian animals, including 180 fish and ca 1500 individuals. Orientarium ZOO Łódź By the way, I chanced upon a news that Łódź has currently the biggest and most modern elephant house in Europe. Anybody can verify it?
It might be "most modern" purely because it is the newest to open but that's about it, in terms of biggest depends if it's meant whole exhibit or indoors only... Also having some contacts in Poland I heard that house itself has a lot of flaws...
On the 22nd of June a female Nepalese red panda (Ailurus fulgens) was born. Source: Instagram of Zoo Lodz (11/08/2022)
At the end of last month 3 Binturongs (Arctictis binturong) were born! The Vietnam forest scorpions (Heterometrus laoticus) also have young. Sources: Instagram of Zoo Lodz (24/08/2022) Instagram of Zoo Lodz (28/08/2022)
The zoo has today opened a new night-light pavilion called Nocny Świat (night world). Species mentioned: egyptian fruit bat Seba's short-tailed bat armadillo ?(species) African brush-tailed porcupine common brushtail possum woylie (or long-nosed potoroo? my Polish is not great) black-crowned night heron bushbaby ?(species) sloth Source
The woylie is another name for the brush-tailed bettong. ZTL only lists 2 species of armadillos: the southern three-banded armadillo and hairy armadillo.
Zoo Lodz has announced the arrival of 1.0 Asian Elephant Jung Bul Kne from the Copenhagen Zoo Source Facebook Veszprémi Állatkert
Birth of a Javan Langur in the Orientarium. Zoo Łódź on Instagram: "Witaj maluszku! #orientarium #newborns #zoo #orientariumlodz #zoos #zoolodz #animals #monkeys"
Lodz received a manul from Berlin - a female born in April 2023. It´s already on show near the lynx exhibit. Source According to ZTL Lodz has not kept any manuls since 2015.
The zoo is working on a new "Savannah" enclosure. Here are the links, and after that a "google translate" of the document what they want. BIP | Miejski Ogród Zoologiczny w Łodzi Sp. z o.o. - Zaprojektowanie kompleksu „Sawanna” składającego się z wybiegów dla zwierząt oraz budynku inwentarskiego wraz z pełnieniem nadzoru autorskiego https://bip.zoo.lodz.pl/images/zoo/sawanna/zal1-opz.pdf " Specifications for the livestock building and savanna enclosures. Designing a livestock building and enclosures for oryx, kudu, and other African animals within the outlined area – see Annex number 3 and Annex number 6. Building footprint approximately 140 m2, see Annex number 4, location - see Annex number 6. The building equipped with central heating, water, sewerage, and electrical installations. All mentioned installations powered from municipal networks. External enclosures within the development area. Building with a minimum usable room height of 4 m. Single-sloped roof with an appropriate slope angle for the structure and weather conditions. Front elevation in the form imitating African huts. Internal layout - a transit corridor from the rear wall of the building with a minimum width of 2.5 m with gates of 2 m width at both ends and 1 door of 1.5 m width and 2.5 m height with a window above the door opening in the rear wall. On the front wall side, 6 stalls for animals with dimensions according to Annex 4. Partition walls of stalls with a height of 3 m, with sliding doors of minimum width 1.5 m between stalls. Solid wooden fronts up to a height of 1.5 m, above that wooden or metal lattice up to a height of 3 m, with doors of minimum width 1.2 m. Doors to external enclosures in each stall with a width of 1.5 m and height of 2.5 m, electrically operated sliding doors from the corridor. Feeding troughs in the front walls of stalls and automatic drinkers, connected to internal water supply of the stalls, installations isolated from animal access. Stall floors made of rubber-epoxy material sloping towards the corridor. Corridor floor concrete sloping towards the stalls. Drainage pits along the stalls at the corridor boundary. Skylights in the roof, 1 above each stall of standard size, including 3 electrically controlled hinged ones. Mechanical ventilation, artificial lighting above the stalls and corridor, heating minimum 18 degrees Celsius. In the corridor, hot and cold water points and hermetic electrical sockets, at least one for every 2 stalls. Entrance gates of 2.5 m width and 2.5 m height, with small doors 0.9 X 2.1 m within one wing. From the driveway side, the gate from the outside width 2.5 m. Access to the building hardened. Enclosure fenced (steep slopes or fences), with varied terrain and arrangement (boulders, hollows, vegetation). Water feature in the enclosure with drainage and water supply of irregular shape, surface area 10-12 m2, depth 50 cm at the deepest point, with a gentle slope of the bottom. On the side of the building facing Krzemieniecka Street, a small auxiliary enclosure of minimum area 100m2. Elimination of a section of the visitor pathway, basement of the building, and access to the aviary. Connection in the front part of the oryx and zebra enclosures, see Annex number 6. Designing a promenade for pedestrian traffic adapted for people with disabilities, passing through the enclosures (see Annex 6) within the development area, rising in sections to a height of 2.5 m, in a convention reminiscent of the visualization with roofed points resembling African huts (Annex 5). Enlargement of the giraffe enclosure with partial elimination of the moat and pathway. Connected with the antelope enclosure with passage only for antelopes. Planning of small African-style architectural elements along the walkways. Giraffe enclosure in the new section partially fenced with an integrated fence with a pedestrian walkway, partially fenced with a dry moat. Construction implementation envisaging staging: Stage I - livestock building. Stage II - large enclosure and associated walkways. Stage III - giraffe enclosure and associated walkways."
The male Sun Bear SOMNANG has just passed away. Zoo Łódź on Instagram: "Żegnaj Somusiu Dziś jest nam bardzo smutno. Za tęczowy most odszedł Somnang Nasz ukochany niedźwiedź malajski. W młodości padł ofiarą nielegalnego handlu zwierzętami w Kambodży i trafił do fermy żółci. Niemal od urodzenia był przetrzymywany w ciasnej klatce. To spowodowało, że pojawiły się zwyrodnienia stawów, które z wiekiem zaczęły się nasilać i wymagały stałego leczenia. Dzięki fundacji Free the Bears Fund niedźwiedź trafił do europejskich ogrodów zoologicznych, gdzie był pod stałą opieką lekarzy weterynarii I poddawany był terapii ograniczającej postęp choroby. Do Orientarium przyjechał, by stworzyć parę z niedźwiedzicą, Batu i przekazać swoje cenne geny. Niestety, w ostatnim czasie problemy zwyrodnieniowe nasilały się, mimo terapii konsultowanej z najlepszymi specjalistami z Europy. W konsekwencji Somnang miał poważne problemy ze stawami, przestał chodzić, więc podjęliśmy decyzję o eutanazji, gdyż dalsze leczenie nie przyniosłoby efektów. Somnang w całym swoim życiu w ogrodach w Europie spłodził 3 potmostwa i jest szansa na kolejne, ponieważ po śmierci pobrano od niego nasienie, które w przyszłości zostanie wykorzystane do inseminacji samic."
