Hi everyone - i was wondering if anyone out there could help me out with some info on californian sea lions in Europe... im looking for updated info on Names, sex, birthdates, lineage etc - Any info will be greatly appreciated.
Do you have any idea, how many of them are living in european zoos and aquariums ? They are the second common pinniped species here after harbor seals... I'm not sure, if there is a studbook for californian sealions, if yes, it might be the best help for you, to get the informations you want.
Afaik, an ESB (European Stud Book) is run for them by mr. Meijer from the "Ouwehands Dierenpark" in Rhenen, the Netherlands. You could give it a try; This is their website in English: Ouwehands Dierenpark Rhenen - Home
If it's of any help Longleat Safari Park in the UK have had a breeding group for many years I think they still live in the Hippo lake.
Off the top of my head in the U.K the following collections keep Californian Sealions Belfast Zoo Blackpool Zoo Blair Drummond Safari Park Chessington World of Adventure Chester Zoo Flamingoland Knowsley Safari Park Longleat Safari Park Welsh Mountain Zoo West Midlands Safari Park Woburn Safari Park Not sure if they still have one at the National Seal Sanctury at Gweek.
When I went in April they had 2 young Male South American Sealions that had arrived 2 weeks prior to my visit,were they in the end pool with the under water viewing in it?
Depends on which enclosure if its the same one it should be another South American Sealion,if it was in one of the other pools it will be the pair of Male South African Fur Seals that came from Combe Martin Wildlife Park.
I do have a list of that. A while back, I tried to make an overview of all the California sea lions in Europe, because there are so many of them, I did not go any further than just making a list of every zoo with California sea lions in Europe. The numbers are also included in the list, although I don't know the numbers of every zoo. Spoiler: California sea lions California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) BELGIUM Zoo Antwerpen (1,3) Sea Life Blankenberge (2,0) Boudewijn Sea Park Erholungspark Mont Mosan CROATIA Zagreb Zoo (2,1) DENMARK Zoo Aalborg (0,4) Kobenhavn Zoo (0,3) Odense Zoo (1,2) FRANCE Zoo Amiens (1,4) Zoo Amneville (2,3) Marineland Antibes (3,5) Aquarium Nausicaa (5,1) Zoo La Flèche (5,0) Zoo de La Palmyre (3,2) Safaripark Peaugres (1,4) Parc Astérix African safari (0,3) ZooParc de Beauval (2,9) GEORGIA Aquarium & Dolphinarium Batumi GERMANY Zoo Berlin (6,6) Zoo Dortmund (1,3) Zoo Duisburg (3,6) Zirkus Charles-Knie Zoo Zoom Erlebniswelt Gelsenkirchen (1,10) Zoo Hannover (0,4) Zoologischer Stadtgarten Karlsruhe (2,4) Zoologischer Stadtgarten Köln (2,6) Zoo Krefeld (2,1) Zoo Leipzig (0,5) Zirkus Krone-Zoo Allwetterzoo Münster Tiergarten Nürnberg (5,12,1) Zoo Osnabrück (0,3) Elefantenhof Platschow Marine Science Center Rostock (2,0) Wilhelma Stuttgart (2,3) Zoo Wuppertal (3,4) GREECE Attica Zoological Park (2,0) HUNGARY Zoo Budapest (2,0) Sóstó Zoo (4,0) IRELAND Dublin Zoo (3,3) ITALY Sea Life Gardaland Bioparc Roma (1,1) Zoomarine Torvaianica (2,2) LITHUANIA Lithuanian Sea Museum Klaipeda NETHERLANDS Natura Artis Magistra (2,4) Wildlands Adventure Zoo Emmen (0,11) Dolfinarium Harderwijk (1,5) Safaripark Beekse Bergen (0,2) Ouwehands Dierenpark (1,6) Diergaarde Blijdorp (7,7) Waterland Neeltje Jans (3,0) NORTH MACEDONIA Skopje Zoo (2,0) NORWAY Aquarium Bergen (0,2) POLAND Opole Zoo (4,5) Sea Park Sarbsk PORTUGAL Zoomarine Mundo Aquatico (6,3,1) Lisboa Zoo? SLOVENIA Ljubljana Zoo (2,0) SPAIN Barcelona Zoo (1,4) Aquapark Mundomar (1,1) Parque de la Naturaleza (1,1) Rio Safari Elche (4,0) Aquopolis Vilaseca Faunia Madrid (2,0) Terra Natura Murcia (0,1) Marineland catalunya L’Oceanografic Valencia (1,2) Rancho Texas Park Marineland Costa d’en Blanes Siam Park Las Águilas Jungle Park Loro Parque Tenerife (1,7) SWITZERLAND Zoo Basel (0,5) Connyland Lipperswil UK Banham Zoo (1,3) West Midland Safari Park (3,0) Blackpool Zoo (1,7) Yorkshire Wildlife Park (4,2) Chessington World of Adventures (0,2) Combe Martin Wildlife (2,0) Safari Park Knowsley (3,0) Pleasurewood Hills Leisure Park Flamingo Land (5,0) Longleat Safari Park (2,3) Woburn Safari Park (0,2) Belfast Zoo (1,2) Blair Drummond Safari Park and Adventure Park (1,2) Welsh Mountain Zoo (1,2)