On the 10th of August a female Drill (Mandrillus leucophaeus) was born. Recently female Barbary lion (Panthera leo leo) Zara arrived from Zoo Rabat. Sources: Instagram of Zoo Hannover (23/08/2022) Instagram of Zoo Hannover (25/08/2022)
Sadly the male red panda cub passed away recently, the female is still alive. Source: Instagram of Zoo Hannover (11/11/2022)
Around a week ago 5-year old female Barbary lion (Panthera leo leo) Zara gave birth to 3 young. This is her first litter, so hopefully all cubs survive. Source: Instagram of Zoo Hannover (01/03/2023)
Sadly 50-year old female Common chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) Schika passed away. The newborn barbary lions have been sexed: one boy and two females! Sources: Instagram of Zoo Hannover (29/03/2023) Instagram of Zoo Hannover (31/03/2023)
On the 1st of April a male Grant's zebra (Equus quagga boehmi) was born. Source: Instagram of Zoo Hannover (15/04/2023)
Recently Nürnberg and Hannover exchanged female Polar bears (Ursus maritimus). 3-year old Nana moved to Tiergarten Nürnberg and 20-year old Vera arrived from Nürnberg at Hannover. Sources: Instagram of Zoo Hannover (25/04/2023) Instagram of Zoo Hannover (05/05/2023)
Recently the North American porcupines (Erethizon dorsatum) moved to their new enclosure which was funded by the Verein der Zoofreunde Hannover e.V.. Source: Instagram of Zoo Hannover (09/05/2023)
Is it true that there is only one female caribou at Hannover now? That is according to ZTL anyways ...
That is true, they are down to a single young female. Hannover would like to keep this subspecies, but for now there is a distinct lack of interest from other zoos, so they are planning to switch to European forest reindeer, which seems a sensible move...
In May 2 American wood bisons (Bison bison athabascae) were born. Source: Instagram of Zoo Hannover (25/05/2023)
Hannover Zoo flamingos seem to be partly hybrids, but when I asked about that the Zoo denied it for most of the birds. The said the flamingo species wouldn´t interbreed and they had only 1 or 2 hybrids.... I really wonder why they do not admit it....How is the practice in other zoos?
On the 13th of December a male Grant`s zebra (Equus quagga boehmi) was born. Source: Instagram of Zoo Hannover (22/12/2023)
Recently a male Somali wild ass (Equus africanus somaliensis) arrived from Tierpark Berlin to accompany the two already present females. Source: Instagram of Zoo Hannover (25/01/2024)