The Capybaras have left Ouwehand and send to a zoo in Hongary. The old Capybara-enclosure will be rebuild and become home of Red pandas and Muntjacs.
African elephant pregnant by AI ( first time AI in an elephant was succesfull in the Netherlands ). If everything went well, the calf is expected in 2018.
Do we know where these leopards are coming from? And is this part of Pandasia as well (like the red panda/muntjac mixed exhibit)?
The arrival of the Giant Pandas has been delayed until early 2017 Giant panda move to Dutch zoo slowed - DutchNews.nl
The Eastern tarsiers and the spotted cuscus that came from the RSCC last year, will finally be on public display next year in enclosures that will be part of ''Pandasia'' Anyone knows how many tarsiers they keep?
Spotted cuscus at Pandasia. Interesting geographical context. Or does the cuscus have extended their distribution recently...? And I also doubt that a tarsier of any species has ever meet a Panda in the wild (at least not in the last 2000 years).
Agree. But I can't imagine that there were no other ways (better fitting exhibits) to put them on show.
Not at the moment unfortunately! The only other area where they might fit in doubles as an enormous indoor kids play area, so probably not the best for something as sensitive as a tarsier, let alone as shy as a cuscus. EDIT: They could actually go inside the orangutan house, or even in the rainforest house.
In addition to the muntjacs, red pandas, cuscus and tarsiers, there will also be Chinese crocodile lizards.
Hmh, do you believe it will be quite along the new panda exhibit? Not really, at least not within the first months. Oh, I see your edit: The Orangutan house was one of the buildings I was thinking of. The other were the Jungle restaurant (not sure, but I might have seen a few quiter corners there) and the Aquarium (fit not with fish, I must confess, but doesn't matter geographically and would be fine for nocturnal animals - if there is space of course).
There are quieter areas in RavotAapia but I don't think Ouwehands will be willing to risk it with such fragile species. Also, they may do a similar system to other zoos with pandas, and let in small groups of visitors at a time. I would be for them moving to the orangutan house, but since the clouded leopards are no longer being counted as part of the exhibit they will need some space fillers, similar to Land of Lions in London Zoo and their use of non-Indian species such as muntjacs and dwarf mongoose to fill up unused space despite the exhibit being Indian themed!
Alas the lack of parking facilities is as yet unresolved and is seriously preventing the zoo from moving forward and being able to absorb the expected additional increase in visitor numbers in the near future with the introduction of giant pandas. They have been trying for some time now with the nearby municipality of Wageningen to expand parking available for the zoo close to the zoo grounds but as yet to no - noticeable - avail. So, I do worry that before long we will see clogged up roads building in the region around Rhenen and Wageningen.
