Saturn, a Mississippi Alligator that survived the bombing of Berlin in 1943, has died at the age of 84 Berlin bombing survivor Saturn the alligator dies
Births of 2020: 0.0.1 Blyth's hornbill 0.0.2 Dalmatian pelicans 0.0.1 Black stork 0.0.5 Humboldt penguins 0.0.4 American flamingoes 0.0.1 Greater flamingo 0.0.3 Bush dogs 0.0.3 Maned wolves 0.0.1 Ring-tailed lemur 0.0.1 Northern Luzon giant cloud rat
Does anybody know if Moscow Zoo still has their Dolphins and Beluga Whales? Also, does anybody have a photo of their Giant Pandas?
The dolphins and belugas belonged to the private dolphinarium that was leasing the zoo's land. They left the zoo in 2014-2015. And panda photos can be googled easily
Moscows breeding-program for the Southern ground hornbill belongs to the most succesfull worldwide. For the 4th year in a row the species has been bred. In April again 2 chicks hatched : https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=2408089432817836
In May 4 ( 3-1 ) Persian gazelles were born at the Breeding Station of the Moscow Zoo. In total 11 of this species are now kept there https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=312542073281723
A Lion-tailed macaque born at Moscow Zoo on July 17 : https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1777941442346037
4 Freshwater stingrays ( 2 males - 2 females ) born at Moscow https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=228619135184463
Mid-November 2020 6 Chameleon forest dragons - aka Chameleon anglehead lizards - ( Gonocephalus chamaeleontinus ) hatched : https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=694672927901178
Young elephant bull Filimon that was born in 2017 is planned to be sent to Tashkent zoo (Uzbekistan) for 20 year old female.
That seems completely unnecessary to me. Putri will soon be too old for the calf and Filimon is still too young, he may have his first offspring in 8 years. Plus, I don't think Tashkent has good conditions for elephants.
No zoo in Russia wants a bull. Besides Rostov (they should have replaced a bull even before inbreeding started, and Sitara would be pregnant soon) the rest of Russian zoos have cows unsuitable for breeding - Ekaterinburg (Dasha, 40), Kaliningrad (Pregolja, 50), Gelendzhik (Chani, 57), and recently Taigan safari park in Crimea got 2 cows (Jenny, 47 & Magda, 45) that were retired from circus after fighting on show. Kazan zoo is planning to keep only Africans (likely those with tusklessness/small tusk genes that should not be bred at all). Moscow Zoo doesn't work with circuses and Russian trainers avoid bulls (Ecol's fate would be better if she was born with another gender).
