Due to a combination of aging birds, difficult to ventilate enclosure, and to prevent zoonotic diseases, the kingdom has made the decision to stop the contact parrot enclosure. I am not sure in the animals in question will still be on display or the exhibit will be converted into another enclosure. If it is the latter, then I am wouldn’t be surprised if the enclosure would turn into another sand cat enclosure.
View attachment 535006 It would be two again since the former kea and leadbeater cockatoo enclosures, which were once converted into sand cat kitten enclosures are now the gundi and baby tamandua enclosures. Speaking of the sand cat kittens, the four kittens that were born are displaced with camera footage from their den. Also, there is a strange object stuck on the base of both male and and female shoebills’ tails.
News article about the baby peccary has given information on the history of the peccaries. The zoo first had 0.1 Kaede and 1.0 Fu from Izu Shaboten Koen. However Fu ended up dying and was replaced by 1.0 Hifumin from Omiya Park Zoo Kaede was pregnant when she first came to Kobe but she ate the first baby after birth (the article didn’t mention stress but I wouldn’t be surprised if that was the reason). The second and third births failed due to stillbirths and early infection. The current juvenile Tsubaki was born on display and the visitors saw the birth. Keepers raised Tsubaki in an incubator before she was old enough to get out. 来園者の連絡が命を繋いだ！イノシシみたいな動物赤ちゃん誕生秘話（FRIDAY） - Yahoo!ニュース Other news include: The fishing cat now have a proper shifting chute. Now instead of using a pathetically tiny dog crate as a howdy cage the animal, the animal being introduced can go behind the scenes if it chooses to. Sand kittens are now on display withe their mother. Gundis gave birth days after their display. The old dog stage is closed and there is construction going on. According to the source I found there is also a new otter habitat being built called the otter sanctuary, although I do not know if it is on the old dog stage. The otter enclosure was one of the crowdfunding goals.
https://twitter.com/ukiukiAWAtrain/status/1511212741448536066?s=20&t=WjxPe7adt1eAHfZU0izjUA There is construction for an enclosure for Miyako grass lizards.
Twitter-note with a nice video of the 4 kittens : https://twitter.com/kobe_doubutsu/s...APggRje9GfIsGVgS2XmSrhCCxBTCUz6xUIH9-ro3WopIg
The exhibit for Miyako Grass Lizards (Takydromus toyamai) is now open to the public. Kobe animal kingdom is working with the Japanese government to help protect this species. Source: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=3095787510634700&id=1501128673433933&m_entstream_source=feed_mobile
The serval exhibit will be closed for the future expansion. The sand cat enclosure in the pelican lagoon section will also be closed during this time.
A new enclosure for the small-clawed otters have been made on the former sheepdog stage. It is to be open to the public at July 15. I hope that enclosure is safe for the guests. Log into Facebook | Facebook
Four Japanese night herons hatched. The population of this species is said to be decreasing. Log into Facebook | Facebook the opening of the otter enclosure is postponed to July 22 due to a fault
Pallas Cat Lev/Refu is being being sent to Nasu animal kingdom paired up with Poly. Apparently he and Az did not make a good pair, which may make the investment to expand their enclosure an investment that did not pay back. The easiest solution with this problem, in my opinion, is to just not keep Pallas cats at all. Their enclosure is inside a greenhouse located in a part of Japan that is facing south (not to mention that its is in a city where manul are already kept). Both Kobe and Nasu animal kingdom should try to be unique from each other rather than have the same collection.
The alligator snapping turtle enclosure which was converted to hold Misaki Park’s surplus otters is getting back alligator snappers and smooth fronted caimans. The enclosure has a wall built in the middle to separate the species.
Hello everyone. I've some questions about this zoo: the first one is if it's possible to visit this zoo in a single day together with the Kobe Ōji Zoo. The second question is if this zoo have striped opossums or are they in the Kobe Ōji Zoo. What other rare species are kept here? Thanks a lot
First question, yes. Second question, also yes. Other rarity include shoebill, pudu, bush dog and japanese night heron.
There is also Miyako Island grass lizard but I don’t know if they are still on display. You can ask the Park if they still have the lizards.
Accordig to a fan group on Facebook, there are plans to bring in Japanese squirrels in 2023. The zoo also lists Incan terns in their animal list and they are kept in the bee-eater and shoebill aviary. The park has also announced that they have gotten a certificate from the Ministry of Environment, whichis given to zoos that participate in the conservation of native endangered species protected by the government (in this case the species in question are Amami spiny rat and Miyako island grass lizard.) Kobe Animal Kingdom is the first privately owmed zoo in Japan to achieve this certificate.
