Do you guys know this Zoo already of Belgium? It is called Monde Sauvage (Safaripark Aywaille). I visted it last year, and i will go back next week to it. It is a little Zoo like Olmen, but with an amzing Birdshow, a Parrotshow, a Sealionshow and a Safaripark. In the Safaripark there are Elephants, Rhino's, Hippo's, Zebra's, Girafs and a lot of other safarianimals. They have sometimes specials events like "breakfast with the Girafs" etc. This year the redone the Polarbear exhebit, and they put a South American part into the Safarizone... But why i want to go back to this zoo? It is the last Zoo in Belgium with Orangutans..
pictures Here are some pictures of my visit a year ago... Yeeeeu, set the Zooanimals free (that is what this image screams ) Safaripark... Visit it with your one car, or with a huge train that's been dragged by a unimogjeep... Elephants perk, just next to the safari (only way to see them) HUGE monkeyislands, but little things to play with...
This park has(or had) 2 male Sumatran Orangutans. One is Mokko who was born in Jersey- he hasn't developed normally. The other I know less about(is he called Marcus or Marius?) Have they any females now? Maybe you can photograph these Orangs during your visit...
I am sure there is one big male, and that their are 3 animals all together. Or the two others female or male are? I wouldn"t know, but mayby it will be clearly next week. These pictures are from last year...
I didn"t find these animals there i am afraid. With the Orangs there are now two Gibbons on the island. The 3 Orangs are still the same, 2 are certainly male, the other i don"t know... New in the Zoo? A South-american Safari with a Tapir. New paintings against the wall of the Icebears, youngsters with the Vari's, nice cubs with the Artic Wolves... And still a beautifull birdshow...
Gorilla gust i must apologise it looks as those the kiang are at Parc Paradisio. Kiang » ZooBeat Photo Gallery
I find Monde Sauvage a fine zoo, it's not like an international big zoo, but I have a great time each time I have visited this zoo. Mine pictures of Monde Sauvage: Picasa Web Albums - Matthias - Monde Sauvage...
Nice Orangutan photos. The big(padded) male is Marius/Mario. The dark slim one is Mokko (ex Jersey- he will never develop into a normal adult male- no testicles) The third & smallest one staying close to the big male in the photos looks more like a female by its behaviour.( I will check on ISIS) Maybe you can found out her/his details?
New pics of me? Picasa Web Albums - Gorilla Gust - Monde Sauvage... By the way, this 3 Orang is a female i think...
I ment this picture, here you can clearly see the Big male with an Orang that seems to be a female... Picasa Web Albums - Gorilla Gust - Monde Sauvage...
It is definately a female according to ISIS. Maybe you can find out where she came from and any more details e.g. are they intending to breed them?
It´is Girl The little Polar Bear in Aywaille ist a Girl. Father ist Rocky and the Mother Blanche. In Aywaille wurde ein Mädchen vorgestellt | Eisbären im Zoo
Sumatran Orang-Utans at Monde Sauvage Zoo, Aywaille: - 1,0 Mokko, 27.10.1982, Jersey, Gambar x Gina, Melbourne 11.07.1992, Jersey 14.10.1992, Aywaille 04.09.2003 - 1,0 Marco, 02.08.1988, East Berlin, Coco x Bata, Soest (animal dealer) 29.01.1991, spanish Circus 31.01.1991, Aywaille 21.07.2002 - 0,1 Salih, 18.11.1992, Zurück, Pongo x Lea, Aywaille 13.12.2005 There are rumours at the Zoofreunde-Forum, that the young male "Kejutan" (07.07.2004, Hamburg, Sinjo x Toba) from Hamburg was shipped to Belgium.
The reason 'Mokko' was returned to Jersey from Melbourne is because they found he had undescended/damaged testicles and so was no good for breeding. The reason was later traced to an Xray his mother was given while she was pregnant, which presumably resulted in this damage in utero. He has never developed normally- cheek pads/size, and so he can be kept with another male.