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0.0.4 Painted Dogs have arrived at Natur'zoo de Mervent from Wroclaw
Natur'zoo de Mervent : les lycaons sont arrivés - Mervent - Loisirs - ouest-france.fr

 

New species at the zoo : 2 female Cheetas arrived.

 

From where and north-eastern or southern?

 

Southern - Actuzoo reports that they came from Arnhem and Port Lympne

 

On Sept. 19 a Brown spider monkey ( Ateles hybridus ) was born to a first-time mother .

 

After a two hectares enclosure for angolan lions in 2018, a white-tailed sea eagles aviary and a sand cats exhibit in 2019, the zoo is building a 4.000 square meters enclosure for european lynxs (new specie for the park).

 

A baby ring-tailed lemur was born on April 16th.

 

After a first litter last year two new sand cat kittens born in July.

 

Next year the park will open a new exhibit for european otters (new species). The park already hold nort american river otters.

 

It won't be a new exhibit. According to a sign on the enclosure the NA river otters have already left the zoo and their enclosure will be remodeled for the Europeans..

 

Thank you @lintworm for your answer.
The press article where I read the news told about an extension...

 

Would be interesting to learn where the N.A. river otters were transferred to.

I personally favour North American zoos to work with N.A. river otters and European zoos with the Eurasian species. There might even be a direct conservation and reintroduction benefit involved!

 

Birth of a white-cheeked turaco.

 

On this official tourism office site NATUR'ZOO it is announced that the iberian lynx are coming this year. So fingers crossed tht the arrival will not be delayed another time.

 

Some recent news from Mervent :
- a white-nosed coati escaped in march and is still living in a forest near the zoo,
- the african spurred tortoises have been transfered to another enclosure larger and more grassy than the previous one,
- two european otters arrived from Czech Republic to form a new breeding pair.

 

Some news and answers :
- I asked the zoo about the North American otters. They both died in 2020. The male during winter and the female a few months later (I've seen her in july)
- The iberian lynxes are here ! Official news tonight if all goes well

 

So the press release is there : the zoo welcome Fruta, a 12 years old female born in El Acebuche, and K5, her 8 years old son. Fruta has 21 cubs who 16 were reintroduced into the wild.

It will take some times before the lynxes will be on view.

 

Here is an info page (in French) about the lynx: cplynxmerventfrutaK5espagne5 (naturzoomervent.com)

Does @Antoine know if they are on view yet, or if not when they will be?

 

@Arizona Docent They started to go outside but are really shy. I saw somewhere that a lucky woman took some pics (not good but a proof they go outside).

 

The lucky woman is a friend of mine For now she seems to be the only visitor to have photographed a lynx outside. The trap is open everyday, but they're still very shy. She waited 4 hours to have a glimpse (15 minutes with the female outside).