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  1. JurassicMax

    JurassicMax Well-Known Member

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    On the 14th of March a male Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer caffer) was born.

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    Instagram of Safaripark Beekse Bergen (23/03/2022) Login • Instagram
     
    JurassicMax, 24 Mar 2022
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  3. JurassicMax

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    Recently male Okapi (Okapia johnstoni) Guus (*2020) was send to Branféré Zoo.
    This was already reported in a different thread, but I thought it would be meaningfull to also mention it here.

    The South African cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus jubatus) that were born last year, have recently been moved to the former African wild dog enclosure.

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    Instagram of Safaripark Beekse Bergen (07/04/2022) https://www.instagram.com/p/CcCt-ACKAs9/
    Instagram of Safaripark Beekse Bergen (08/04/2022) https://www.instagram.com/p/CcFoPwtqrOP/
     
    JurassicMax, 10 Apr 2022
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  4. vogelcommando

    vogelcommando Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    vogelcommando, 20 Apr 2022
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    vogelcommando Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    Again a Cape buffalo was born. Also a Vietnamese sika deer was born.
     
    vogelcommando, 9 May 2022
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  6. KevinB

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    A recent e-mail newsletter from Beekse Bergen mentioned the birth of two Père David deer fawns.

    A recent Facebook post hints at an expecting animal, mentioning that the animal in question can be seen from the walking safari and changes it molars five times in its lifetime. To my knowledge this can only been that they are expecting an elephant birth. That would be welcome news indeed.

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    KevinB, 13 May 2022
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    Yes it seems that one of the African elephant females is indeed expecting :) !
     
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    It's female Pina Nessi which will - when everything went well - giving birth in about 1,5 year. Father is Yambo.
     
    vogelcommando, 21 May 2022
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  9. JurassicMax

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    JurassicMax, 16 Jun 2022
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  10. Mr Gharial

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    The old sealion exhibit will soon be used to house great white pelicans! These will eventually also have access to the boat safari area
     
    Mr Gharial, 24 Jun 2022
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    The pelicans are already at their new location.
     
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    I’m currently in the resort :) the bachelor herd of giraffes contains a veeery light brown specimen, does anyone know if an Angolan giraffe has arrived? Or is it just a very light coloured Rothschildt’s I’m looking at?
     
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    In one of the giraffe herds at the resort, there are Rothschilds, reticulated and kordofan giraffes. I don't know anything about an Angola giraffe.
     
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    I already saw the pelicans in the former sea lion area when I visited on June 12th.

    Would be interesting to see pelicans from the boat safari, but I do think it will be challenge to make that work.
     
    KevinB, 30 Jun 2022
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  15. Mr Gharial

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    Newsletter came in today, with some animal news!

    - A new male Gemsbok has arrived

    - A (wild) Eurasian Eagle owl chick was hatched between the water buffaloes on the boat safari
     
    Mr Gharial, 22 Jul 2022
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    Any idea of where the gemsbok arrived from?
     
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  17. KevinB

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    Today in an non-public Beekse Bergen photography group I saw a clip showing two recently hatched secretary birds.
     
    KevinB, 29 Jul 2022
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    Safaripark Beekse Bergen has started construction work on a renovation of the rhinoceros plains.

    The renovation will include the merging of the two existing plains through the demolition of the current dyke with the walking safari route, giving all species in this area the options of direct access to the plains and choice of going outdoors or staying indoor, the construction of separate areas for rhinoceros bulls and rhinoceros cows with calves, the construction of a new walking route and viewing areas with a stacked rock wall and new planted areas and improved viewing from the boat safari.

    They hope to complete this renovation by the fall school holidays. Animal welfare is a crucial reason for and an important concern during this renovation.

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    KevinB, 9 Sep 2022
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  19. JurassicMax

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    On the 3rd of September a Black sable antelope (Hippotragus niger niger) was born.

    The female has been given the name Desi.

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    Instagram of Safaripark Beekse Bergen (11/09/2022)
    Instagram of Safaripark Beekse Bergen (18/09/2022)
     
    JurassicMax, 24 Sep 2022
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  20. MennoPebesma

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    A 17-year-old German student was bitten by a cheetah at Safaripark Beekse Bergen this morning. The boy was on a school trip at the park and walked off the walking safari path with two classmates. In doing so, the three ended up in the animals' enclosure.

    A spokesperson of Beekse Bergen says the boys' class was walking the walking safari. The three students then deviated from the walking safari and walked up a staff path. Through this staff path, the students then reached the car safari, after which they walked on to the cheeta enclosure. To enter the enclosure they walked over the metal grid, where you normally only go by car. This a six-metre-wide grid wich is electrified and has very big holes in between.

    According to the spokesperson, there were warning signs at the staff paths and at the cheetah enclosure too. All in several languages, including German, that it's not allowed to walk there. When the boys saw the cheetahs, they started running. The animals reacted to that. One of the boys was grabbed by a cheetah.

    A zookeeper saw it all happen and rescued the boy from the cheetah. The boy was taken to hospital after the bite. A short while later, he was allowed to return home, he is doing well. So is the cheetah. The two other students remained unharmed.

    Beekse Bergen is investigating whether more measures should be taken to prevent such events in the future.

    Source (in Dutch): Jongen (17) gegrepen door cheeta in Safaripark Beekse Bergen
     
    MennoPebesma, 26 Sep 2022
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