In march a female prairie dog was born. In March two Capybaras were born. On the 14th of April a worthog was born. On the 27th of April a bsion was born. In April and March a total of five lambs werer born in the themeworld Kajanaland (Guteschafe). Source: Zoo Osnabrück | Geburtenliste
On the 12th of April male Linnaeus' two-toed sloth (Choloepus didactylus) Lutz passed away. He was born in Zoo Dortmund in 1997 and arrived at Zoo Osnabrück in 1999. The Northern warthog (Phacochoerus africanus africanus) that was born on the 14th of April is a female. The American wood bison (Bison bison athabascae) that was born on the 27th of April is a male. Sources: Instagram of Zoo Dortmund (06/05/2022) https://www.instagram.com/p/CdN5ELIqlri/ Instagram of Zoo Dortmund (08/05/2022) https://www.instagram.com/p/CdSUa3SKRAW/ Instagram of Zoo Dortmund (10/05/2022) https://www.instagram.com/p/CdYOEYZqdtq/
The male tiger, Tilak, has recently been introduced to the female. Shortly afterwards they were let out into the outside enclosure together for the first time! Source: Instagram of Zoo Osnabrück (18/05/2022) Login • Instagram
Two new Harris's hawks (Parabuteo unicinctus) arrived at the zoo and can be seen in the walk-in aviary at Manitoba. Until now it only housed two barn owls (Tyto alba) and one tawny owl (Strix aluco). source: https://www.zoo-osnabrueck.de/aktuelles/news/artikel/news-title/harry-und-sally-fliegen-jetzt-im-zoo-483/
Young elephant Minh-Tan has tested positive for elephant herpes (Endotheliotropic elephant herpesvirus), which can be very life threatening for an young elephant. (not sure if its the correct term) source: https://www.zoo-osnabrueck.de/aktuelles/news/artikel/news-title/sorge-um-elefant-minh-tan-485/
I hope so too. The problem seems to be that a young elephant does not have a sufficiently strong immune system and the virus can only be cured in 1/3 of the cases. The zoo is working hard to help him, but they have to take blood samples (he needs to be sedated for that) and bring them to a lab in Rotterdam every day. Now, for fast transportation, they even use an airplane, which is very expensive. And they use blood plasma transfusions from other elephants with enough antibodies in them. At least the rest of the herd doesn't seem to be affected.
Water is currently being led into the new sea lion and seal pools. The new "Wasserwelten" are sceduled to open on 07.07.2022. Sources: Instagram and https://www.zoo-osnabrueck.de/aktuelles/news/artikel/news-title/wasser-marsch-in-den-neuen-wasserwelten-488/
The "Time Spiral", a futuristic hologram cinema, just got officially announced. It will be build in the center of the zoo, where the sea lion pool is. More infos will be released later this year. Source: www.zoo-osnabrueck.de www.youtube.com
Good news: The zoo has stated today that Minh-Tan has successfully recovered after a month of expensive and intensive treatment. They also had help from several people and elephants: An elephant expert from Pairi Daiza/Belgium, the Leibniz Institute in Berlin and Allwetterzoo Münster, from where they got blood plasma from already recovered elephants. Source: Facebook
Recently the Humboldt penguins moved to their new enclosure in the new "Wasserwelten" area. Source: Instagram of Zoo Osnabrück (26/06/2022) Login • Instagram
On 11.06.2022 a Lesser Kudu was born. (seen) And the new "Wasserwelten" now named "Mariensiel" were opened on 07.07.2022.
He will soon move to Heidelberg Zoo where he will meet other bull elephants. Source; Instagram of Zoo Osnabrück (11/07/2022) Login • Instagram
The Southern lesser kudu (Tragelaphus imberbis australis) is a male! On the 5th of July a male Vicuna (Vicugna vicugna) was born. Sources: Instagram of Zoo Osnabrück (06/08/2022) Login • Instagram Instagram of Zoo Osnabrück (07/08/2022) Login • Instagram
Can someone tell me if the raccoons and American minks in the zoo share their enclosure simultaneously or do they rotate? Also, does anyone have photos of the giraffe house/ hyrax enclosures? I missed them during my visit and I'm curious as to what they look like.
Interesting! That's what it looked like, but since I didn't see any minks I wasn't sure. Really interesting and unique mix, I had never heard of those 2 species sharing an enclosure before.
It doesn't seem as if anyone has uploaded photos specifically of the Giraffe House, but I took these photos of the two hyrax exhibits during my visit in August 2019: Rock Hyrax exhibit: Yellow-spotted Rock Hyrax exhibit: This 2021 photo shows a portion of the Giraffe House (as well as outdoor yards for goats and Kirk's Dik-diks: @RonBurrgundy
