The zoo has become the first in Germany to breed the Northern cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus soemmeringii). 5 cubs were initially born, but 0.0.2 died soon after, with 3 kittens currently being raised. A female Philippine deer was born in August. A male Hartmann's zebra arrived from Blackpool A female white naped mangabey has arrived from Bioparc Valencia, to join the resident 1.2 animals. Willkommen im Zoo Landau in der Pfalz ... Tieren auf der Spur ... !
News from Landau Zoo : 2 important births during February 1 White-crowned mangabey ( Landau plays an important role in the European breeding programm ) 1 Brindled gnu
On June 13 Brown-headed spidermonkey-female Tina gave birth to her fourth baby, a female. Landau Zoo has a nice group of Brown-headed spidermonkey's and it now has 14 animals.
Does anyone know about the zoo's expansion last year? According to the map on their website it looks like they expanded into a chunk of land across from the tigers. Camels are shown on the map.
Note about the group of white-naped mangabeys in the latest edition of Zooquaria - number 84 . There have been a number of recent white-naped mangabey births with the father being wild-caught and received from a Rescue Centre in Ghana . Excellent news for the breeding programme , which seems to be doing well recently .
The Northern Cheetahs have been busy again - 0.0.4 new cubs born on 9th May. Doing well so far The previous cubs mentioned at the start of the thread have since been moved to Marwell (2.0) and Fota (0.1)
A slender horned gazelle has been born, a first for the zoo. https://www.facebook.com/Zoofreunde...9001103273048/413469448826211/?type=1&theater
Zoo Landau is taking care for the breeding programm of the Prince Alfred deer in Europe. The breeding female gave birth on Nov. 23 to her 8th young - a female. Because the breeding male died earlier this year, this young can stay at Landau and now they are searching for a new, unreleated breeding male.
New bird-species at Zoo Landau : from the Wilhelma -Stuttgart a young pair of Northern cardinals arrived .
On May 13 a White-naped mangabey was born to 10-year old female Conchita. This is her 3th young. Sofar 6 young have been born in this group. The group at Landau consist now : - one breeding-male - wild-caught from Ghana and confiticated 2010 ) - 3 adult females - from which one is Conchita with her newborn baby - 2 young sisters of the newborn - 2 half-sisters of the newborn
Earlier this year Zoo Landau joined the breeding-programm for the Socorro dove. At the beginning of July already the first young hatched ( a first-breeding for the Zoo ) and at the end of July a second chick hatched. The breeding-pair wanted to do however even more for its species and at the beginning of September a third chick hatched .
The Azara's agouti-pair which came to Landau in spring 2018 is doing very well. Already 2018 the pair had two times young, both times twins. This year the female gave birth to a single young in June and on Oct. 18 again twins were born .
A blue or common wildebeest has been born on May 23rd to mother Etana. This is her second calf. Security Check Required Two Visayan Warty Hogs have been born on May 16th. The mother came from Bristol in 2017 and this is the first successful breeding at the zoo. Security Check Required Since May 11th, 3 Standing's Day Geckos have hatched. Security Check Required Offspring in April include several Ring-tailed lemurs and a black headed spider monkey. Security Check Required
Some birth-news from Landau : - on Jan. 15 White-naped mangabey female Pirina gave birth to her 6th young . - In Sept. 2020 the zoo recieved a new female Azara aguti from the Vivarium Darmstadt. The male seemed to be quite happy with his new wife and on Jan. 29 twin were born. One of the young was however death at birth but the other one is doing fine.
Some recent deaths in Landau: On December 2 male blue wildebeest Kiboko (18) passed away. He arrived from Kaunas zoo in 2004, he sired 19 offspring with 3 different cows. The zoo expects two gnu births later this year, therefore a new male will most likely arrive at the end of summer. On January 28th the female Madagascan big-headed side-necked turtle was found dead in her enclosure, she arrived together with her mate at the zoo in 1996. They were estimated at the time to be around 40 years old, which probably makes them the oldest residents of the zoo. According to ZIMS refered to in the article only 44 individuals are kept in zoos and no births have taken place in the last 12 months. Some older birth news: On November 8th 5 Asian small-clawed otters were born. Sources: Zoo-Landau - Tieren auf der Spur - root-dummy Zoo-Landau - Tieren auf der Spur - root-dummy Zoo-Landau - Tieren auf der Spur - Startseite
