For 2013 the zoo is opening new exhibits for Australian and Madagascan animals. Notable new arrivals are a pair of red fronted lemurs, the only ones in France, which came from Jilhava and Budapest.
Strange that the Red-fronted lemur is not kept in more French zoos because France always had good connections with Madagascar and Lemurs have always been well-represented in France zoos !
Not two...three : Also, births of red-ruffed lemurs twins and two ring-tailed lemurs : Vérification de sécurité nécessaire
I don't know but suppose not as this species is hold in Puy du Fou, Les Aigles du Léman and Rocher des Aigles in Rocamadour, three very good facilities for birds breeding.
Other babies in June include: Peacock chicks: Two emperor tamarins sired by Fluffy. He was born in Belfast Zoo on May 1999 and came to Asson in 2002. The group of emperor tamarins is of 11 individuals. https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=377485389877783 Two snow leopard cubs were also born on July 2nd to mother Eva and father Dalai. This is their first litter. They have been sexed as a boy and a girl. https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=312810209888817 Two Parma Wallabies got out of the pouch recently.
A newspaper article indicate that the zoo has a multi year building plan until 2024. The zoo will use 500.000 euros to enlarge a gibbons enclosure, create a small tropical house and a walkthrough aviary. This area will be called "The Lost Temple". From what I know the enlargment of the gibbons enclosure has been done already : https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=2479263842169421
Here northen white-cheeked gibbons. For a long time the zoo had : pileated, northen white-cheeked and lar gibbons. The last times, lar were just a male and his son. I suppose these ones have gone.
Maya, the young female ocelot, is travelling to Zoo de Guyane today with scarlet ibisses born at the zoo. A young male ocelot born at Zoa, small park in Sanary Bandol (south-east of France) travel with Maya. The two ocelots will form a breeding pair.
