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Serengeti Park Hodenhagen safari park

Discussion in 'Germany' started by kiang, 27 Jul 2008.

  1. Shorts

    Shorts Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    I'm no expert on how leopards evolved/expanded geographically but maybe the Amur Leopards are more closely related to Asian leopards which I understand are more likely to be melanistic? Additionally maybe there's never been a black Amur Leopard spotted in the wild as their colouration means they struggle to survive in their habitat?
     
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    what about pampas cats? I'm sure there must be other examples too.
     
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    0.1 White Rhino born to female, Usuri today (7th March)
     
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    At least some good news from Hodenhagen !
    I've lived about 10 km away from this safari-park for 3 years - when I worked at Walsrode - but never managed to visit it at the end of the 1980-ties. At that time it already had quite a bad name ( the reason I didn't want to go to it ) and I worked at Walsrode with several ex-Hodenhagen-keepers ( both English ), which were by the way very skilled persons !
    At that time I also met the wife of an ex-Hodenhagenkeeper ( forgot her name ), so lost her husband through a fatal tiger-attack at the Safari-park ! She wasn't able to tell me more about it - to painfull - but maybe somebody else know more about this accident which must have happened around 1985-1988 ?
     
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    For about 2 months 'superstar' Justin Biber came to Germany and with him his baby White-fronted capucine monkey. Because he however didn't had the right papers to bring the animal into Germany, the animal was confitigated and mr. Biber was given the possibility to provide the documents at a later date so he would get back his mokey. Mr. Biber is however quite bussy and the documents never came to Germany. Therefor the animal is now brought to Hodenhagen safari park were it will be intergraded into the small Capucine-group already there ( 3 males, 3 females ). Hopefully the little animal will forget his former owner and live a happy monkey-life at Hodenhagen !
     
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    Not an animal you would want to languish as a pet, perhaps it is better off now at Hodenhagen?
     
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    nice to see his commitment to keeping an exotic pet....
     
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    1.0 White Rhino born to female, Claudia
     
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    White Rhino, Kianga has given birth to a female calf today - the 3rd White Rhino birth at Hodenhagen this year
     
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    1.1 Amur Leopard born 1st December. The male cub is melanistic and his sister is normal colored
     
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    On Sunday-evening 4 Baboons escaped from the Safaripark and were seen at several places but it proofed impossible to catch them. The next morning all 4 had returned to the Safaripark themself !
    This is already the 6th time Baboons escaped and every time they come back on their own.
     
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    New species at Hodenhagen : White-faced sakis. 3 male ( father and his 2 sons ) came from the Danish Jesperhus Blomsterpark :).
     
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    1.0 White Rhino born 7th September to female, Claudia - calf has been named Akono
     
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    3 white Lions born at Hodenhagen :).
     
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    On Dec. 26 a female calf was born to Southern whithe rhino Kianga :).
     
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    The new Rhino-calf has been named Moana ( so I guess the calf is a female (?) ) and it's the 47th white rhino born at Hodenhagen !
     
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    A female Lowland nyala has been born at Hodenhagen. There are now 11 animals in the herd :).