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France Zoo-first breeding with the Wattled crane, a chick hatched at the beginning of April .

 

Philippe de Paredes, the founder of the park passed away. He created the park in 1998 and he sold it a few years ago.

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Lots of news for this little known park with a nice birds collection :
- new aviary for spectacled owls (new species),
- new aviary for a marabou pair,
- new exhibit for yellow mongooses,
- new african area for ring-tailed lemurs, meerkats, porcupines, servals and an island for brown and black and white ruffed lemurs,
- new enclosure for raccons.
- birth of a common zebra and ring-tailed lemur,
- a canadian crane hatched.

And surprise : the zoo has at least a saddle-billed stork.

 

I live very close to Labenne, it's deserving a new visit soon or later.
Are there any pics of the new exhibits @Antoine ? It's been many many years since my last visit.

 

You can see some on the Facebook page. The exhibits I saw look not outstandibg but are nice.

 

I found said pictures, seems pretty nice. Glad to see this place improve, things are changing at a pretty fast pace.
Although the spectacled owl exhibit seems like an exhibit they already had, I think it last exhibited vultures (and in my early visits, brown lemurs and eagle owls after that). I'm not gonna speak as if I knew though, I'll have to do some more research ahahaha.

 

You're right : it is a refurbished exhibit which was before for vultures. Much more adapted now.

 

News:
The park has two new species:
- Two pairs of Magpie goose (Anseranas semipalmata).
- White-headed ducks (Oxyura leucocephala) (Not sure if these are new but I've never heard of them at the zoo). The zoo is now partaking on a breeding project for this endangered species.

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News:
- Four female Alpacas (Vicugna pacos) have arrived to the zoo from Zoo de Champrépus and have joined the herd that already existed at the zoo.

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Building of a new aviary and refurbishment of the Cockatoo aviaries in the Zoo de Labenne.
Zoo De Labenne on Instagram: "Le Zoo de Labenne bouge Les travaux se poursuivent au Zoo de Labenne.... un nouvel enclos immersif est en cours de construction et nous rénovons également les volières de nos cacatoès avec de nouveaux aménagements... Durant ces travaux, ne vous inquiétez pas, l'ensemble de nos animaux sont visibles ! Prêts pour une visite nature ? Ouverture en février et en mars tous les jours de 14h à 18h"

 

Exciting developments! Any idea of what the new species could be?

 

According to a podcast the zoo wants to present Verreaux's eagles.

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The male is already there and on show

More sweets : arrival of crowned-pigeon, southern ground hornbill and a pair of black-casqued hornbills

 

Amazing news! Where do you get this information from? I'd love to see pics of the new aviaries and inhabitants (If there are any of them, of course).

 

I recall visiting this zoo actually a few years ago, thinking little of it other than a rather small subpar establishment ... though seeing recent developments in regards to exotic birds, I think my appreciation for it has started to grow somewhat.
Perhaps its establishment prior as a children's zoo mainly was the monetary start it needed to grow into an embryonic, though interesting place of cultivation of rare species.

 

I can just say : you read my message since some times now so you know you can trust me

 

I'm not asking out of distrust (I do, indeed, trust you ahahah), it's just curiosity.

 

A new children playground will open on Easter.
Zoo De Labenne on Instagram: "(Zoo de Labenne) (Nouvelle aire de jeux) (Pâques 2023) Le Zoo de Labenne bouge ... ✅ Notre nouvelle aire de jeux éclot petit à petit... des tours, des ponts de singes, des tobbogans sont entrain d'être montés... Photo prise ce matin ✅ En effet, pour rappel, notre aire de jeux fait peau neuve... une belle mue que vous pourrez découvrir d'ici quelques semaines ! encore un peu de patience ! ✅Fin des travaux prévue : Pâques 2023.. on a hâte ! vos enfants vont adorer ! Les Landes Ville de Labenne Landes Atlantique Sud seignanx.com HOSSEGOR Pays basque Tourisme Labenne ma ville Seignosse Tourisme Office Du Tourisme Bidart Visit Bayonne Côte Landes Nature Tourisme Anglet Tourisme Mont de Marsan Tourisme @sansebastiantourism Pau Pyrénées Tourisme Office de Tourisme de Seignosse #nature #animalslover #vacancesenfamille #vacances #labenneocean #naturelovers #loups #landestourisme #enfants #parczoologique #enfantsheureux #animal #jeux #jeuxenfants #tour #filet #happychild #happychildren #happychildhood #happychild"

 

More interesting news for @SivatheriumGuy :
- a pair of spectacled owls (news species) arrived from Puy du Fou,
- the zebras and dromedaries will be mixed in a new plain with a new snack,
- wattled cranes, sandhill cranes and green peafowl (last one was not mentionned for the zoo before) have laid eggs and are on nest

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Thanks for all the news! I really wanted to visit last week but stuff got messed up and I sadly couldn't, but once summer starts showing itself I bet you I'll be heading Labenne.
The owls have been in the park since February, right? Or did they get another pair of the same species?