Where he will soon met his cousins... The 2 resident females at Parc des Félins, sisters Rita and Aretha, are twice Tambo's cousins. The girls' mother and Tambo's father are siblings, the girls' father and Tambo's mother are siblings too.
Meerkats exchange in la Boissiere : - the zoo troop went to Zoo de Mervent, the sister park. - three meerkats arrived to la Boissiere from Mervent. - three other meerkats arrived from Emmen. The zoo has now 1.5 meerkats.
Due to crisis the new two hectares brown bears valley is postponed to 2022. Next year, small improvements will take place.
Last december 19th Swanie, a female southern white rhino, gave birth to her third calf and it's a girl Log into Facebook
Video of the site of the future bears' valley which will open next year. The new exhibit is 2,4 hectares and will include a small hill, a river flowing into two pounds. https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=220255609871553
Recent births in la Boissière : - three bolivian squirrel monkeys in May, - a gelada babbon June 28th, - 14 flamingos (don't know the species) between June 18th and 30th, - twin golden-headed lion tamarins July 11th. The male, leucistic, arrived not a long time ago from another country.
In a new press article the director revealed some of the next projects of the zoo with the main idea of a 14 hectares enlargement : - confirmation of the transfer of the brown bears to a new 2,4 hectares enclosure next year. - new 3 hectares enclosure for the sumatran tigers. - tropical dome on a 6 hectares area (no more info about the size and the subject of the building) which will permit to the zoo to open whole year. The owner expect to do it before 2030. - new 3 hectares car park. For the moment the owner has secured 5 of the 14 hectares for the future developments. Zoo de La Boissière-du-Doré : parmi les projets, la création d'un dôme tropical d'ici 2030 | L'Hebdo de Sèvre et Maine
Becky, 11 years old female sumatran orangutan born in the zoo in 2010, gave birth to is first baby during the night between october 29th and 30th You’re Temporarily Blocked
The Zoo published on Facebook an aerial view of the future bears' valley which will open next year : Log into Facebook
The zoo opened the new bears valley last march 26th. To watch a video of this 2,4 hectares exhibit : ZOO DE LA BOISSIÈRE DU DORÉ - LA VALLÉE DES OURS | Facebook Other news : Manis, the female sumatran orangutan reached the age of 53 last march 28th She arrived in 1989 from the Smithsonian's National Zoo and was the first female orangutan to gave birth in France. ZOO DE LA BOISSIÈRE DU DORÉ
