I would assume the transfer is connected to a swap / B/L for a male to Africa Alive. Not sure about the potential source zoo though!
Hog deer (Axis porcinus) born in the stable complex of Burgers' Rimba. According to Burgers' Zoo's comment on the video below more deer are expected to be born soon. https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=2166750046745838
I was in briefly in Burgers' yesterday and I saw the new enclosures. They are nice but not really big (but not too small either), although the squirrel monkeys (I think) have access to several large living trees. If the vegetation matures I think that they're both quite attractive enclosures. But, as @lintworm said, there's quite some empty space around them. Just food for thought: very recenty the same area housed bongo, two duiker species, ringed seals, pygmy hippo, tapir and warthog, as well as the lemurs and coatis that still live there now. Quite a collection reduction!
Note on your thought: Some areas that used to house animals are now offlimits (behind the indoor enclosure of the squirrelmonkeys) and some turned into decorations around the enclosures. But I have to admit the enclosures are smaller than expected.
I am well aware of that, and I would be the first to admit the necessity of collection downsizing, especially in this particular case. The enclosures for hippo, tapir and seal were among the worst in the zoo.
Very welcome and exciting breaking news from Burgers' Zoo: two sun bear cubs born in the night of May 6th to May 7th. The birth wasn't announced until today as the first few critical days passed and mother and cubs were left totally alone. This is the first time the sun bear has been bred in the Netherlands. https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=347256706140801 The cubs certainly aren't out of the woods yet and things remain a bit tense, but hopefully everything goes well with the cubs. Between this, the manatee birth and the new exhibits opening it looks like Burgers' Zoo is having a great year.
This is fantastic news!!!!!! Not only twins, but also more offspring from a founder animal that are much needed for the population to continue!
Oh yeah, what great earth shattering news! A small step for the Sun Bear EEP, a giant step for the sun bears inside Europe!
this is such great news, i am totally besides myself. this is just great. i will have to live with fingers crossed now for months..... but ... well ... that's ok. i was in such doubt when they decided on the move, but they did right. a-effing-mazing!
Small video-clip about the new young Spotted ( Ocellated ) eagle rays : https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=743916282676987
The female Golden-bellied mangabey ( recognizible by the half tail ) now intergrated in the group : https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=392427318016147
Mexican housefinch hatched at the Desert. Small video of the parents feeding the chick : https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=424261361703569
According to a video on the Burgers Zoo facebook page the zoo is busy with preparing the transport of an elderly Asian elephant from Sweden ( must be Kolmarden). The transport will be in the "near future", so no dates have been given yet.
Some notes from my visit yesterday: - There are quite some young animals around, including a Forest reindeer, 4-5 Bighorn sheep, 1 Capybara, White-rumped shama, 2 Red-legged honeycreeper, 2 Chaco chacalaca, multiple Greater flamingo and many Robin chats and Red-eared bulbul. It also looked as if another Screaming piha has recently left the nest. - Wrinkled hornbill are not on show anymore, the Black hornbill live in their aviary now, which leaves the Satyr tragopan alone currently (Maybe the Red-billed blue magpie that was behind the scenes will move in there?). - A second Madagascar crested ibis has joined the single male from Zurich in the Bush - Golden-bellied mangabey were not visible. The Sun bear cubs are also still behind the scenes, but that is not surprising - In the Mangrove the Four-eyed fish are back, but the Red-eared slider and Fulvous whistling ducks are currently behind the scenes. The Slider was somewhat too interested in the Manatee calf. - For the first time in years the Chimpanzees were really active during one of my visits, there seem to be some struggles in the male hierarchy... - Water quality on the Mud flat in the Mangrove has increased significantly, with visibility being very high currently, so you can even see the Surgeonfish that have been released there.
An update on the Cheetah kept in Burgers' Zoo: Privacy settings In the past years 15 cheetah were born, 1 cub has died since and 13 have since moved away to Tabernas, Kronberg, Neuwied, Dresden, Bussolengo, Warsaw, Colchester, Montpellier & Boissiere. Both current breeding females are retired from breeding, but will be continue to be kept in Burgers'. The breeding male will move to another zoo and a new male will take his place. The remaining cub will become the new breeding female.
