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Over 70 Komodo dragons hatched during January and February ! :

Dozens of komodo dragon babies hatch at Indonesian zoo

 

Till date 74 eggs have hatched over the January - February 2019 timeframe. The eggs had been laid in the nesting season from July-August 2018 and were deposited by 7 different females. The total current population at KBS has gone up to 142 at this time. The 74 hatchlings are held in a separate enclosure. Medium sized dragons currently occupy several other exhibits, whereas the adults are maintained at the main Komodo dragon area in the zoo.

 

Surabaya Zoo released the black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) and black-headed ibis (Threskiornis melanocephalus) to a mangrove forest in Ujungpakah, Gresik, East Java.
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Surabaya Zoo in 2021



The zoo's aquarium and reptile park


The zoo still have many bad exhibits, some were unsuitable for the animals (In my opinion). The binturong exhibit is one of the good exhibit so far I see.

 

The Surabaya Zoo bred from 3 female Komodo dragons and 2 different breeding males. In total 28 eggs were laid by the 3 females. Breeding pairs: M Boi mated with FF Genok and Juminten, whereas M Agustin mated with F Home..

 

Another article about the breeding of Komodo dragons at Surabaya :

Indonesian zoo breeds Komodo dragons to save them from extinction

 

Two Javan binturong has born.
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An three years old male Sumatran elephant named Dumbo has died in the zoo. Dumbo has an acute herpes infection.

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Dumbo, Anak Gajah di Kebun Binatang Surabaya Mati - Kompas.com

 

An 18 years old anoa named Bobby has died after being unable to stand and loss of appatite while an 50 years old female Sumatran elephant named Manis is reported to be sick.

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Male Bobby was part of the breeding program and sire to all of their current offspring. The dam is named Wendy. Both are / were genetically very valuable.

I wonder if you can check what is the plan now with their anoa is.

 

As far as anoa is concerned they should have: 2.4 individuals, of which 1.3 (male Memo and females Fitri, Ribut and Okta) are offspring from breeding pair Bobby x Wendy. Can you find out what their current status is?

 

No information on them, but they said that they have five anoas remaining.

 

I do hope they have changed the compositions to reflect better breeding options. It is a absolute must in order to increase numbers of anoas in captivity in Indonesia.

 

Five Javan warty pigs has been born at the zoo.

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Two new exhibits has been built for rabbits and Sunda porcupines, located beside the giraffe exhibit.
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Several banded mongooses has been born.

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29 Komodo dragons hatched February-March:

Surabaya zoo breeds dozens of endangered baby Komodo dragons

After the spate of births this year, Surabaya Zoo now houses 134 Komodo dragons.

 

Thanks for taking Nandito's spot for a while during his hiatus

 

Surabaya Zoo has revitalized their "diorama and nocturama" or museum and nocturnal house. Notable display is an dugong skeleton, a former living inhabitant of the zoo (Yes, you didn't read that wrong).

 

During a mangrove planting event, Surabaya Zoo attended and contributed in the event by releasing over 10 birds, which include little black cormorants and black-headed ibises.

 

Surabaya Zoo has once again participated in a Mangrove Festival, held by the local government of East Java, and took part by releasing several birds into the wild, most specificly in a mangrove coast on the southern part of the island of Madura. The birds in question are little black cormorants, the number of them are unspecified.