Well, the dall sheep did not die of disinterest, but of illnesses favored by climate condtions whom they were not confronted with in freedom. Generally, however, many mountain ruminants are very prone to illness, which makes their husbandry in captivity very difficult.And because dall sheep and Rocky mountain goats were so little kept, you automatically shut out a disinterest? Well, if no youngsters are available, because you need the offspring yourself to maintain your own stock, it's no wonder that some animals like dall sheep and other species can hardly spread out in zoos.With other words - disinterest ?
AFAIK the issue with Musk Ox was that they were kept only in pairs or small groups, which wasn't ideal
Where are all these dead Dall Sheep then and how come many zoos kept them for decades if their captive population was so small from the beginning and birth rates did not exceed death rates? 1978-2019 for Krefeld. ~Thylo
I saw Krefeld's back in the 80s and they looked very well. Maintaining stock (from presumably relatively few founders) of any spp for 41 years is quite some achievement.
2 Musk-ox calves born at Krefeld ( both female ) : https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=749986382476062
Actually there are plenty of mountain anoas in Indonesian zoos but outside of their range, it's very probably the last one indeed (certainly is the last one in Europe/America)
I gather there are a few mountain anoa in Indonesian zoos, the majority however seem to be lowland anoa. Furthermore, a debate is still running on anoa subspecies as we speak. The Krefeld mountain anoa is the last representative in European zoos.
2005 Krefeld had the European first breeding with the Smooth-fronted caiman. Then breeding stopped and it lasted till June 2020 when the female started to guard the nesting / breeding hill - a sign that eggs could be laid inside. Between Oct. 15 and Oct 20 then no less then 16 young were found in the enclosure and placed in seperate enclosures .
Last Monday a California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) was born to parents Annie and Edu, this is Annie's third child. Source: Instagram of Zoo Krefeld (17/06/2021) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQOpls0ItJA/
I visited Krefeld a couple days ago, in addition to the young sea lion, there was also a young impala born recently and a young kikuyu guereza. Besides, I don't know if it has already been reported somewhere, some species switched exhibits: the anoa is now in the last enclosure towards the gorillas, the muntjacs are next to it, and the nilgais are in the former anoa enclosure. The chital have moved in the former scimitar-horned oryx exhibit, and there don't seem to be any more blackbucks. I can't tell how long this has been the case exactly, since my last visit was over two years ago. Aside from that, both the snowy owl and ostrich are sitting on eggs at the moment. Oh and since I don't see it mentioned here, the former indian ungulate exhibit is currently being remodeled for mountain zebras, which should arrive this summer (no date given, however).
I think nilgai, muntjac and anoa are just exhibit fillers and will eventually be phased out, pass on (anoa) or leave the zoo in due course when the new primate building is finished.
You're probably right. I had seen the plans, but I never realized that this encompasses the entire area up to the bridge. Though considering how long building something usually takes in zoos around here, I fear it will take some years until anything significant will happen ^^
Two mountain zebras arrived at the zoo (1.1, both born 2019), another mare will join them in the future.
On July 14th, a gorilla was born to Muna (her second young) and Kidogo. She is taking good care of it so far, and it is another male (it seems that all of Kidogos offspring have been male so far). Source: Facebook
The construction of a new primate complex at Krefeld has been approved. Duitse dierentuin mag na grote brand nieuw apenpark bouwen
