Nice to see that a mainstay of the collection - bovids - is making a come-back at Zoo Berlin. I truly hope the breeding programme for anoa and its fellow Sulawesi counterpart babirusa may be rekindled across Europe (good developments lately in Indonesia and Surabaya Zoo)!
okapi girl has been born on june 17th. (mother: jemima, father: stomp) you can see pics here: Nene's Zoo & Wildlife Journal
A maguari stork has been successfully hatched at the zoo. Zoo Berlin / ERLEBEN / Aktuelles / News Have there been many collections breeding these storks in Europe, or elsewhere?
A male Black Rhino was born on sunday. The mother ist Maburi (born in Magdeburg). It is the first calf of Maburi. A very good news!
I have heard zoo berlin will build a new birdhouse, does anybody have more info on this, or, even better, a link to a website which contains more information about this project? I couldn't find anything on their own website.
A kiwi has been successfully hatched at the zoo, making this the 10th kiwi hatched at the zoo. Zoo Berlin / ERLEBEN / Aktuelles / News
Yes,there is a plan to build a birdhouse on zoogeographic lines but it isnt past the design stage yet.It will be on the site of the current birdhouse.
Let's hope it's going to be great. The current zoo manager doesn't believe in nice and beautiful exhibits, at least, so I've heard?
Wow, Johnny, I'd say that's a bit opinionated. I have a hard time believing any zoo director would say I "don't believe in nice and beautiful exhibits".
ANYhuis, have you been to the Animal Park Berlin? The director Blaszkiewitz, who is unfortunately also the director of the zoo in the city center, believes in green fences and barren, boring enclosures.
Yes, if you mean the downtown Berlin Zoo, I have been there -- about 2 years ago. I've seen prettier zoos, but I didn't think it was really bad. They clearly had the best animal collection of any zoo I've ever seen, and I've seen over 220 worldwide. While I do agree they could do better, I just think it's a bit harsh to say the director "doesn't believe in beautiful exhibits". Sometimes the money isn't there to make everything beautiful.
No he means Tierpark,both zoos in Berlin are in my top four in the world - how anyone could call either collection boring in any way at all is beyond me.
No one has called the collection of either Berlin zoos boring. It`s the enclosure design in the Animal Park (not the downtown zoo!!) which is beyond boring. Let`s continue this discussion after you`ve been to the Animal Park Berlin, ANYhuis.
I've been last weekend to the Zoo and the Tierpark Berlin. I think, not the view for the visitors is the problem of many Tierpark enclosures. Missing shade for equids, rhinos and elphants,or missing hiding places for most animals at the Tierpark are the bigger problem. And I think, the enclosure sizes, especially for the elphants, is for the size of the elphant herds not acceptable. The space at the Tierpark can't be the problem. A big problem is also the Alfred-Brehm house with the too small outdoor and indoor cages for the big cats, also the missing hiding places or water pools for the tigers in the cages. There is so much space around the Alfred-Brehm House to enlarge the cages. Just my personel view of the situation. A big collecton is great to us zoofans, no question, but to have better exhibits for the animals, is much better for the animals, which have to live there.
I think one of the the biggest problems is that the zoo director still hasn't heard about the word "enrichment", the only thing he really cares about is how big and special the animal collection is...
Do you mean "Tierpark Berlin" (in the former East Berlin)? Then yes, I have been there (in 2007) and I loved it! Amazing collection with many huge yards for the animals.
The collection of tierpark consists mainly out of hoofstock. And too much hoofstock is quite boring. I did like their predator collection, but not the way they were kept. @ Tarsius; Don't overestimate the importance of shade for animals who live on open plains in very hot parts of the world
@Johnny. Don't Worry, I don't. But Grevy-Zebras , for example, do not live in open plains and I've often seen them in other zoos standing and resting in the shade under trees at hot summer days, also I've seen Mountain Zebras enjoying resting in shade, so I think, shade is an neccessary for them, and there is no reason in the Tierpark, to give not shade places. i've seen some desert animals, which prefere shade places for sun places. I've seen all the african equids in the Tierpark a few years ago at a very hot summer day, they were standing as close to the stable as they could, to get just a tiny point of shade.... And I have pictures of Mountain Zebras in the Desert, resting under a Tree, there are trees in deserts and open plains also....So if you would give them a protected tree in their enclosures, the zebras at the Tierpark would be very thankful for that.
The zoo has on show in its reptile house a pair of womas, Australian pythons, these are thought to be the only pair on public show in Europe. Aquarium Berlin / ERLEBEN / Aktuelles / News
