After a few days crisis, the calf got an infection, was itthe first time in the outdoor enclosure yesterday. Fortuantely, the calf ist fully healthy now, very playful and"Rapti"is a perfect Mom. No its waiting for a name. Two more Indian Rhino births are expected for this year, "Betty"at Tierpark Berlin is due for September and "Karamat"at Planckendael for the end of the year.
Some birth from the past 3 months : 3 Capybaras 3 Nylgau antilopes 1 Mhorr gazelle 2 Greater kudus 3 Cape hyrax 2 Azara agutis
By the way, the reopening of the renovated and modernizied elephant house is now shelduled for oct.5.
I guess you mean MOOSE, because ELK is a Cervus species, also known as WAPITI and Tierpark Hellabrunn Munich doesn't have Wapitis.
European elk is the European moose. American elk is wapiti. Alces are the original elk (hence Alces) - the American Cervus elk was named after the European Alces elk.
Okay, beg your pardon. But to avoid misunderstandings by our US-American and Canadian members (whom I've never heard using the word elk neither for an American nor an European moose) wouldn't it make more sens to use elk for wapiti only?
for me personally, I never use elk (or at least not usually - I probably shouldn't say "never"). I much prefer to use moose for Alces and wapiti or red deer for the appropriate Cervus. It just avoids all the confusion.
Seems the genus Alces is somewhat strange in different languages : in Dutch they are called Eland - in other languages a complete other animal ! in German they are called Elch which can be confusing with the English Elk for both Wapiti and European elk. So I guess using Moose for both species would be the most wise dissision .
The renovated Elephant-house at München will be opened again for the public on Oct. 28 2016, here already a small video : https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1317818124919126
