thanks Toddy. That doesn't sound good. The annual report 2010 said, that a male was euthanized, too. So only 1,1 animals are still there. Do you know whether the zoo try to get new ones?
The Zoo has very high hopes of getting new devils and try again as the project was very close to succeeding. It is not known yet whether more devils will be sent to Europe. It all depends on the Tasmanian government.
Breeding at last Today at was announced that the attempts to breed the tasmanian devils finally have succeeded. Both females have given birth and there are at least five young in total (one of the females may have more in her pouch). The babies are currently 10 weeks old. The zoo is claiming it to be a world first breeding outside Australia even though several other European zoos (and possibly US?) have already bred this species in the previous century. Picture taken from an article on TV2
Great news Toddy, thanks for bringing it to us, hopefully this breeding (if successful) will kickstart a breeding programme for Europe. Well done to all involved at Copenhagen.
Very nice! Hopefully, like with the quolls we can now set up sustainable populations of both devils and quolls in Europe and perhaps even along the line ... contribute to the in situ conservation programs. On the first breeding claims: any info on earlier examples outside Australia? (somone questioned whether it was in fact a first)
Thank you for posting this news Toddy. How many Devils are currently at the zoo and are the births to the original imports, which must be getting very old by now? You're quite right, the species was successfully bred by two North American zoos (Toronto in 1995 and Cincinnati in 1997)
Fantastic News...... Five New Devils outside Australaia may mean we see them somewhere else........?? There's a bit missing from this thread......how many more Devil's were imported to Copenhagen after 2 of the original four died?
Both in 2006 and 2012, 2,2 was imported. So no, they are youngs of the new females. The last two of the original imports were unfortunately put down last year, but then again, they did reach old age.
Yes, many zoos across Europe are cheering now with this new birth. I know that at least a couple of zoos have stated themselves willing to built a new devil exhibits should the opportunity arrive (rumours mention Amsterdam on the top of the list). Hopefully with this new success more devils can be exported from Tasmania.
another article: Denmark welcomes baby devils - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) I think the last two lines of the article explain why the zoo is saying it is the first breeding outside Australia.
I'd love it if this meant more collections in Europe starting getting devils. Not so sure they will though.
