The park will welcome this year : - Beisa oryx and mohrr gazelles (in the african plain, together with the giraffes, zebras and kobs), - a pair of north-american porcupines, - a new restaurant with an exhibit for a pair of two-toed sloths, cotton-top tamarins and armadillos.
The park reopen today. Nice births during the crisis : two timber wolves, two transcapian urials and a male kulan Puy-de-Dôme : les nouveaux nés du Parc animalier d'Auvergne visibles dès le 18 mai
Exceptional birth in the park: a baby Coendou was born Security Check Little video of the little one.
Exceptional birth on June 8 at the park: a Thorold deer. First birth of the species in France and first of the year in Europe!
Anybody an idea, what happend to giraffe Tero - is he died in 2017 oder sent to another zoo? Also giraffe Mamaki....is he died shortly after the transfer in 2018?
The restaurant was delayed to next year but there will be another addition in 2021 : Amur leopards, new species for the park.
Important news : for four years the park was in touch with Parque Zoologico Buin Zoo (in Chile) for the import of southern pudus. Last september they received a breeding pair with great importance for the EEP. Unfortunately, the male died two weeks after for unknown reasons (the investigations continue). But, great news, the female was pregnant and one week ago a pudu calf was born (a male). The pudus will be viewable next year in their new enclosure (two years ago the previous pudus were mixed in the south-american exhibit - it seems it was not a good choice).
Great news and breeding result! I do hope through Santiago and Buin Zoos more southern pudus can be added to the EEP/EAZA gene pool.
In 2021, the park will host amur leopards in the largest enclosure in Europe. Another very good choice for this park which multiplies the good facilities. Parc Animalier d'Auvergne
I have already put the info few weeks ago Valentin and you liked it Regarding the size indicated as the largest we will see. French zoos often love to say wrong things to attract visitors
Yes it's true sorry. It was mainly to say that the park mentioned the largest enclosure in Europe. Yes you are right but I have the impression that it is more frequent in a large zoo which starts with B. In any case I do not believe that the Parc Animalier d'Auvergne has this mentality. We will see... Since the takeover by Mr Damois it is a park which can easily be placed among the best in France. Each year offers its share of beautiful surprises. I can't wait to see if it ever happens: Indian rhinos. It's one of the director's dreams as he mentions it in this very good article that I invite you to read. Parc animalier d’Auvergne : « Nous voulons aménager un centre d’élevage dédié à la réintroduction » (2/3) - Biodiversité, faune & conservation
Oh I know and ever read this excellent interview Valentin but could be interesting for our foreign friends who luckily speak french !
I nice interview indeed and some great additions in store for the future! Appreciate their focus on smaller mammals with birds and reptiles and amphibians hopefully down the line as indicated by the director!
Suyiana, a seven years old female amur leopard, arrvied last tuesday from Olomouc Zoo in Czech Republic. She will be joined by a male who will come from Colchester (UK) in the next weeks. At the moment she is in a temporary enclosure as the new enclosure is not finished. Une panthère de l’Amour, Suyiana, accueillie au parc animalier d’Auvergne (Puy-de-Dôme)
Her name is Suiyana (those i and y are the other way around). Daughter of rather prolific Ústí nad Labem´s breeding pair Rusher and Kiara. Rusher was rather ordinary zoo leopard with a lot of North Chinese subspecies blood (including gene for black fur color). But Kiara was last pure bred Amur leopard from the Prague pair Daniel and Kuli, descendants from animals imported from North Korean zoo. Usti zoo has helped out immensely in year 2002 when Prague zoo was hit by devastating floods and offered asylum for dozens of animals, small and large, on shortest notice possible. Kuli was rather old and highly pregnant and her night evacuation from already flooded cat house, transport and care at Usti were full of risk. As a thank you, Prague zoo has decided to give Kiara to Usti zoo permanently.
@Jana, sorry for diverting from the initial subject but you infer the current "Amur leopard EEP" include some founders from the Northern Chinese subspecie ? I know taxonomy is moving and that a the two subspecie may actually be considered as only one unit but I was not aware that it was also the case in captive population.
