A male Lowland Anoa calf (Bubalus depressicornis) was born on January 2nd to "Bernhard" (born at Leipzig in 1997) and "Bianca" (born at Planckendael in 1999). Indian Sloth bear (Melursus ursinus ursinus) female "Ludmilla" (born in India in 1991) gave birth to two pups on January 4th. Sire is "Klaus" (born at Leipzig in 1998).
Will there be any building activities in 2012 ? In what order are the building activities planned will they first finish asia (with leopard and snowleopards) and then start with south america or finish afrika with hippo's and rhino's ?
Several Fulvous whistling ducks hatched at Gondwanaland. A male Diana monkey arrived to bear the four females (29, 7, 6, 3) company, a male Maned wolf arrived from Hunneborstrand/Sweden.
A male Lowland Anoa calf (Bubalus depressicornis) was born on February 4th to "Hermann" (born at Port Lympne in 2006) and "Kathi" (born at Leipzig in 2005, "Bernhard" x "Bianca").
A male De Brazza guenon was born at February 10th to "Jaco" and "Nora-Florence". Two Eastern pygmy marmosets and at least two Kowaris were born. Baringo giraffe female "Ashanti" gave birth to a boy on wednesday. Unfortunately bonobo female "Bokela" died. She suffered from a severe pneumonia. A male juvenile Indian Sloth bear and an old Dall sheep female died. The zoo received 6 Black-headed Ibis and 2 Superb starlings from Mannheim, two Greenish acuchies from Frankfurt and Black bulbuls from Plzen.
Two Giant Otter cubs died, the remaining three are males. The female Eastern Black Rhino (born Dec. 10th, N'Dugu x Sarafine) got the name "Naima" today.
Elephant cow "Hoa" (born 1985 in Vietnam) gave birth to bull this night at 1 a.m. Unfortunately "Hoa" attacted her calf and killed it.
Here's an article on it: Long-awaited elephant baby dies - The Local It's very unfortunate that the last few elephant births in zoos have ended in tragedy.
"Hoa" gave birth to a living calf and killed it seconds after the birth. A White-faced saki monkey was born at Gondwanaland.
The first Dall's sheep was born last week. Leipzig is breeding this North American wild sheep since 1984. About 70 lambs were born since 1984.
A male Baringo giraffe was born 11 days ago to "Maximilian" (born at Leipzig, 1995) and "Andrea" (born at Givskud, 2006).
Ten young Komodo dragons have been received from the USA. Two females will stay at the zoo (which already has a 7 year old male), the rest will be distributed around Germany and the rest of Europe. Zoo Leipzig: Zehn Komodowarane importiert - Zoo Leipzig vergrößert europäische Population Before Gondwanaland opened there was talk of tarsiers coming to the zoo. None is listed on Zootierliste however. Did any ever make it to Leipzig, or are there still plans to get them?
If tarsiers came to Leipzig, that would just be one more pressing reason to get there somehow don't think this will come to pass though...
