A male lowland anoa has been born at the tierpark, the first successful birth in 9 years. Nachwuchs bei Wildrindern - Freie Presse
0.1 pygmy hippo was born just before new year. Nachwuchs bei den Zwergflusspferden im Tierpark - Freie Presse
More info on the parents of the Pygmy hippo young : Father is Bingo - 15 years old Mother is Petty - 24 years old The young is a female and named Malela Tamika Another very intresting birth is that of a female Somali wild ass.
2 new Mountain goat-females have arrived and will later be placed by the older pair already living at Chemnitz.
New species for Chemnitz : 1 - 2 Rock cavy's arrived. They share their enclosure with a pair of Pygmy marmosets.
2 new species arrived at Chemnitz : - a pair of Harris hawks arrived - some more will follow - a one-year old male Pied crow
On April 7th, a female Bactrian camel was born to Siri. She has been named Namika. Also, 2 Bennett's wallabies got out of the pouch recently. Heinrich and Katharina, the emus had 4 chicks on March 16th. Wildgate Oberrabenstein received on February 13th a male European turtle-dove from Dresden zoo and they are waiting for a female to come.
Recent News: 4 Barnacle goose chicks were born on June 11th. Tierpark Chemnitz A West Caucasian Tur was born on May 17th. The group at Chemnitz is now of five individuals. Tierpark Chemnitz A Vietnamese Sika deer was born on May 10th. A first breeding for this specie at the zoo, they started keeping this specie last year. The females came from Karlsruhe and Tierpark Berlin, and the males from Usti Nad Labem. Tierpark Chemnitz 4 meerkat pups were born on April 9th. Tierpark Chemnitz A female European Bison left to Berlin a week ago. Now the group is of 1.2 at Wildgate Oberrabenstein. Momentaufnahmen im Wildgatter
Some new arrivals at Chemnitz : - 1.1.x Chinese striped hamster - Cricetulus barabensis - 0-1 Booted eagle from Zoo Liberec - 1.1 Pink-necked green pigeon - Treron vernans
Also, 2 lowland anoa bulls arrived from Gdansk. They are named Belik and Darek. They will be company to female Natasha who has lived at the zoo for more than 20 years.
Again new arrivals : 2 White-throated toucans 1 Booted eagle - this one is kept at Wildpark Oberrabenstein which is belonging to Tierpark Chemnitz. The eagle was captive-bred at Liberec ( Czech Republic )
On June 23 a male African wild ass was born but on July 6 its mother died. The foal is now being hand-raised.
