Next to the Giant panda first breeding for Belgium at Pairi Daiza also Planckendael archieved a Belgium first-breeding : 2 Inca terns have hatched ( have checked Zootierliste because I first couldn't believe this species had not been bred before but sofar no other Belgium zoo has even kept the species ).
The new Giraffe-calf is a male and the 5 th offspring of Diamant. The Giraffe-herd at Planckendael now numbers 9.
Should have said this a while ago, but bonobo female Hortense and her sons Zamba and Kikongo have moved back from Apenheul. Zamba continuously fell out with the alpha there, so Apenheul felt it necessary to move them back to their former home. This leaves the group at 13 individuals; 6.6.1
Tragic accident with the Giraffes : on friday the female Qualimba ( born June 2015 ) got stuck in the fence with her neck and died. The zoo will investigate how this could happen .
Tree shrew young sexed at an age of 8 weeks : https://www.facebook.com/Planckendael/videos/1249978358377732/
Short video of the young Secretary bird : https://www.facebook.com/Planckendael/videos/1249980805044154/?hc_ref=PAGES_TIMELINE
According to the local newspaper, two female Tasmanian devils (related to the individuals at Pairi Daiza) will be arriving at Planckendael next week.