Okapis in Europe

Actually, wasn't it born at Lisboa but arrived at Falconara from Doué?

 

It was born at Lisboa in 2010, then was moved to Doué in 2014.

 

I've had a go at updating this list, but I'm by no means an Okapi expert and some of the language barriers stumped me so if I've made mistakes or missed out information please feel free to correct me or help me out

BELGIUM
Antwerp = 3.3 (Bondo, Henry, Libembe; Yenthe, Lindi, Qira)
- Qira - moved to Dvur Kralove

CZECH REPUBLIC
Dvur Kralove = 1.0 (Ewango)
+ Qira - moved from Antwerp

DENMARK
Copenhagen = 1.1. (Stanley; Luani)
+ ? - male born in 2016
+ ? - born in 2018

FRANCE
Doue la Fontaine = 2.0 (Azizi, Obasi)
+ Beni - female, moved from Lisbon April 2018
- Azizi - moved to Parco Zoo Falconara May 2018

Zoo du Bassin d’Arcachon
+ Rab, male, moved from Rotterdam, April 2018
+ Kimosi, female, moved from Wild Place Project April 2018

Zooparc de Beauval = 2.2 (Bosi, Henry; Ann, Tafari)
+ ? - male born to Tafari in 2018

GERMANY
Berlin Zoo = 1.1 (Zumi; Bashira)

Frankfurt = 1.2 (Ahadi; Antonia, Etana)
+ Neyla, female born April 2017
+ Dayo, male born November 2017

Cologne = 1.3 (Dayo; Kisanga, Hakima, Jamili)
- Hakima - moved to Wuppertal July 2018

Leipzig = 1.1 (Kimdu; Zawadi)
+ Kala, female, born July 30th 2017

Stuttgart = 1.4 (Vitu; Epena, Ibina, Nyota, Lumara)
- Lumara - female, moved to Dublin

Wuppertal = 1.2 (Deto; Lomela; Elani)
- Elani - female, moved to Italy Spring 2018
+ Hakima - female, moved from Cologne July 2018


IRELAND
Dublin = 2.0 (Isiro, Kitabu)
+ Lumara - female, moved from Stuttgart


ITALY
Parco Zoo Falconara
+ Elani - female, moved from Wuppertal Spring 2018
+ Azizi - male, moved from Doue la Fontaine May 2018


THE NETHERLANDS
Beekse Bergen = 1.1 (Zukuma; Abeni)
+ Zaire, female, born July 2018

Rotterdam/Blijdorp = 2.2 (Rab, Ngwani; Kamina, Mbuti)
- Rab - moved to Zoo du Bassin d’Arcachon, April 2018
+ Gerrit - male, born May 2017
+ Mboshi, male born November 2017

POLAND
Wroclaw = 2.1 (Maiko, Nkosi; Hazina)

PORTUGAL
Lisbon = 1.1 (Steve; Faraa)
+ Beni - female, born 2016
- Beni - female, moved to Doue Le Fontaine April 2018

SWITZERLAND
Basel = 2.2 (Imba, Nuru; Mchawi, Ebony)
- Nuru, male - moved to Antwerp, then to Yorkshire Wildlife Park

UK
Chester = 4.2 (Dicky, Kheri, Usala, Stomp; Stuma, K'tusha)
- Kheri - moved to White Oak Conservation Center
- Stuma - passed away
+ Semuliki - born 2018

London = 1.1 (Mbuti; Oni)
+ Meghan - born 2018

Marwell = 2.1 (Shomari, Jabari; Daphne)
- Daphne - not sure, but no signs of her still there?

Wild Place = 1.4 (Kivu; Lodja, Kibibi, Rubi, Kimosi)
- Rubi - moved to Yorkshire Wildlife Park
- Kimosi - moved to Zoo du Bassin d’Arcachon, April 2018

Yorkshire Wildlife Park
+ Rubi - moved from Wild Place Project
+ Nuru - moved from Antwerp


Not sure on UK - apparently only 13 Okapis in UK but this count makes 15/16? - are Usala and Stuma definitely still at Chester?

 

Stuma died and Usala I am not sure on.

 

Oh silly me, of course Stuma died - I even wrote that oh my list - I meant Dicky - anyone else know if Dicky and Usala are still at Chester??

 

Dublin - They have 1.1 I think I read somewhere on Zoochat that a male died, but after a quick look I haven't been able to find it.

 

I think that Usala moved to a collection in the US, but I again can’t be 100 percent sure.
Dicky is still at Chester.

 

I am not absolutely sure, but I think ANTONIA left Frankfurt.

 

Would be good to know her present whereabouts if not at Marwell but some details on Daphe
born April 25 2013 can be read at

Rare okapi calf ventures outside

and "Meghan" was actually born in December 2017 although no announcement made until 2018.

https://www.zsl.org/zsl-london-zoo/news/endangered-okapi-born-at-zsl-london-zoo

 

I read on a facebook post that in Safari Park Beekse Bergen a new okapi arrived. The name could be Lena of Nela. The only okapi with a name like that is Neyla born in Frankfurt but I saw her there last month. Doe sanyone know more about the new okapi in Beekse Bergen?

 

On the zoofreunde forum it was confirmed it is indeed Neyla from Frankfurt now in Beekse Bergen.

 

In Rotterdam is a female okapi born in september. Her name is Kisala

 

What will be the future of the okapi's at Copenhagen?
As far as I can see they are housing two males. In the past the okapi house has been a step forwards for okapi housing and breeding. But what for the coming years?

 

Zaïre has been moved from Hilvarenbeek to Antwerp recently.

 

Would someone know the current numbers now in Europe with the new births?

 

I’ve been keeping track of everything, it should now be roughly 35.42 across 26 zoos...

 

Thanks any idea about numbers in the USA?

 

No, I don’t really follow their population at all

 

Antwerp Zoo announced this week that an okapi was born on 23 February. It is a male and has been given the name Xandor. Mother is Lindi, this is her second young. Father is Semuliki, this is his first young. Besides father, mother and young, there are two other okapi's living in Antwerp. This is the young male Ubundu and the female Zaïre. Zaïre is also expecting a young animal at the end of this year.

In a Facebook group about Safaripark Beekse Bergen a picture was shown today of a sign saying that an okapi was born today.


After the birth in Antwerp, and after I saw that this thread had not been updated for a while, I decided to make an updated list:

Spoiler: Okapis in Europe

There are currently 79 (35,43,1) Okapi’s living in Europe in 25 zoos.

BELGIUM - 5 (3,2)
Antwerp Zoo (3,2)
1,0 Semuliki (27-04-2018, Chester)
0,1 Lindi (21-09-2014, Frankfurt)
0,1 Zaïre (21-07-2018, Beekse Bergen)
1,0 Ubundu (26-01-2019, Antwerp)
1,0 Xandor (23-02-2022, Antwerp)

CZECH REPUBLIC – 2 (1,1)
Dvur Kralove (1,1)
1,0 Ewango (21-09-2008, Dvur Kralove)
0,1 Qira (15-11-2015, Antwerp)

DENMARK – 2 (2,0)
Copenhagen Zoo (2,0)
1,0 Stanley (27-09-2005, Stuttgart)
1,0 Atti (15-07-2018, Copenhagen)

FRANCE – 9 (6,3)
Doue la Fontaine (1,1)
1,0 Obasi (06-12-2011, Stuttgart)
0,1 Beni (14-09-2015, Lisbon)

Zoo du Bassin d’Arcachon (1,1)
1,0 Mboshi (28-10-2017, Rotterdam)
0,1 Kimosi (14-11-2016, Wild Place Bristol)

Mulhouse Zoo (2,0)
1,0 Dayo (18-10-2005, Rotterdam)
1,0 Azizi (18-10-2010, Lisbon)

ZooParc de Beauval (2,1)
1,0 Bosi 16-09-2007, Berlin)
1,0 Mambasa (04-08-2018, Beauval)
0,1 Quinta (30-10-2019, Basel)

GERMANY - 22 (9,13)
Zoo Berlin (2,0)
1,0 Zuri (06-05-2013, Lisbon)
1,0 Laluk (07-04-2020, Stuttgart)

Zoo Frankfurt (1,3)
1,0 Ahadi (03-06-2003, Basel)
0,1 Antonia (01-07-2003, London)
0,1 Etana (01-07-2003, Antwerp)
0,1 Elikia (10-12-2020, Frankfurt)

Cologne Zoo (1,3)
1,0 Quenco (18-02-2019, Basel)
0,1 Kisanga (12-04-1995, Rotterdam)
0,1 Hakima (02-06-2006, Antwerp)
0,1 Imani (12-10-2019, Cologne)

Zoo Leipzig (2,2)
1,0 Kimdu (11-05-2005, Rotterdam)
0,1 Ibina (14-09-2001, Berlin)
0,1 Zawadi (25-03-2009, Stuttgart)
1,0 Thabo (19-01-2020, Leipzig)

Stuttgart Wilhelma (2,3)
1,0 Vitu (04-04-1998, Basel)
1,0 Shomari (25-01-2006, Marwell)
0,1 Epena (25-11-1998, Frankfurt)
0,1 Nyota (07-06-2012, Stuttgart)
0,1 Jamili (06-05-2016, Cologne)

Zoo Wuppertal (1,2)
1,0 Deto (24-08-2001, Rotterdam)
0,1 Lomela II (22-07-2003, Rotterdam)
0,1 Niara (08-03-2021, Wuppertal)

IRELAND – 3 (1,2)
Dublin Zoo (1,2)
1,0 Kitabu (16-03-2008, Stuttgart)
0,1 Lumara (20-06-2015, Stuttgart)
0,1 Dalia (31-10-2019, Dublin)

ITALY – 2 (1,1)
Parco Zoo Falconara (1,1)
1,0 Dayo (09-11-2017, Frankfurt)
0,1 Elani (07-10-2016, Wuppertal)

THE NETHERLANDS - 10 (3,6,1)
Beekse Bergen (2,2,1)
1,0 Zukuma (18-02-2007, Cologne)
0,1 Abeni (25-08-2014, Leipzig)
0,1 Neyla (08-04-2017, Frankfurt)
1,0 Guus (19-06-2020, Beekse Bergen)
0,0,1 ? (25-03-2022, Beekse Bergen)

Diergaarde Blijdorp/Rotterdam Zoo (1,4)
1,0 Ngwani (15-12-2012, Antwerp)
0,1 M'buti (23-06-2013, Beauval)
0,1 Kisala (02-09-2019, Rotterdam)
0,1 Mhina (26-11-2019, Rotterdam)
0,1 Mayala (21-11-2021, Rotterdam)

POLAND – 5 (3,2)
Opole Zoo (2,0)
1,0 Usala (30-04-2015, Chester)
1,0 Ituri (01-10-2016, Copenhagen)

Wroclaw Zoo (1,2)
1,0 Nkosi (15-09-2012, Antwerp)
0,1 Hazina (02-06-2008, Marwell)
0,1 Kala (30-07-2017, Leipzig)

PORTUGAL – 2 (1,1)
Lisbon Zoo (1,1)
1,0 Gerrit (13-05-2017, Rotterdam)
0,1 Faraa (03-11-2004, Antwerp)

SWITZERLAND – 3 (1,2)
Zoo Basel (1,2)
1,0 Imba (15-01-2007, San Diego)
0,1 Mchawi (04-07-2011, Antwerp)
0,1 Ebony (08-09-2011, Dvur Kralove)

UK – 14 (4,10)
Yorkshire Wildlife Park (1,1)
0,1 Ruby (19-05-2016, Wild Place Bristol)
1,0 Mzimu (30-10-2021, Yorkshire WP)

Chester Zoo (1,4)
1,0 Stomp (25-05-2003, Stuttgart)
0,1 K’tusha (11-05-2013, Bristol)
0,1 Meghan/Ada (19-12-2017, London)
0,1 Nia-Nia (28-12-2020, Chester)
0,1 Kora (??-12-2021, Chester)

London Zoo (1,2)
1,0 Mbuti (05-09-2006, Bristol)
0,1 Oni (27-12-2013, Antwerp)
0,1 Ede (21-09-2020, London)

Marwell Zoo (1,3)
1,0 Nuru (01-10-2016, Basel)
0,1 Kibibi (06-03-2008, Rotterdam)
0,1 Daphne (24-04-2013, London)
0,1 Niari (17-04-2019, Marwell)