The male common hippo left the park and was transfered to Planète Sauvage. On the contrary, Planète Sauvage's male hippo arrived. One of them won the national lotery. The other... On Facebook, it is said that the female common hippo is genetically important and the EEP wants the zoo to bred.
The one who left la Palmyre just started living his life, the exhibit in Planète Sauvage is great while the one in La Palmyre is outdated
@Antoine, are there plans for the Royan - La Palmyre hippo exhibit now? I believe they only have a female hippo left, right?
@Kifaru Bwana You should be tired ! Take a look at my previous message The enclosure has been refurbished (all the same) a few years ago if I remember well.
Great news from la Palmyre : birth of a central common chimpanzee at the end of november. Mother is Tibé, arrived last year from Barcelona Zoo. The central common chimpanzee troop is now 7 animals. For info, the zoo has also a breeding group of western common chimpanzees.
The Zoo takes its time to do the work. The new enclosure will be ready for the end of the year, not before. So the giant otters are expected for 2022 !
Pictures of the refurbishment of the pas polar bears exhibit into giant otters exhibit : Log into Facebook And a link to a panoramic view : Log into Facebook Unfortunately there will be no enlargement of this space that is really tiny and I am afraid there will add just mock rock and nothing more to this area
And second birth of a central common chimpanzee in four months for the zoo. The baby is a girl and the mother is Bamia, 17 years old. This is her second baby after Soko, a male, born 4 years ago.
The baby has been given the name of Linga. Other news : - two females red ruffed lemurs get a check-up before their future transfer in april in other zoos (EEP recommendations), - birth of two coscoroba swans at the beginning of the week, - a female sudan cheetah is pregnant and 3 babies are expected for may. Video of the cheetah ultrasound :
Masaï, a five years old male lion, will arrive today from the rescue center Tonga Terre d'Acceuil. He was rescued from a private in 2016. He will join the remaining female but not for breeding. Facebook