I visited this zoo in 2009. The zoo was inaugurated on the 15th of march in 1958. The zoo is actually in a suburb of the metropolitan city, Sao Bernardo. It is next to a lovely botanical garden ( as are all the jardim botanicos i have seen in Brazil) and to the Safari park which is under the same administration as the zoo and has many of the same animals. Together the zoo, botanical gardens and safari park hold a large space of Floresta atlantica or atlantic coast tropical forest, which are a refuge to many native flora and fauna. the vegetation and landscaping is lovely. This space is surrounded by a truly enormous concerte junge that is metropolitan sao paulo, one of the largest urban concentrations on earth. The zoo is large and hilly. Most of the exhibits are moated and spacious. Past the modern entrance there is a statue of St. francis de Assisi,according to popular catholic devotion friend of animals and nature. it seems nice here, even if many people in brazil are actually evangelicals. The statue is on the edge of a truly gigantic waterfowl lake. 2 species of pelicans, black, mute, coscoraoba and black necked swans, egrets, night herons, diverse species of tree ducks, white faced ducks, gallinues and coots and more waterfowl are all here. A open space for tegus and a small aviary for tropical screech owl,lead us on to a large open space for bird shows and adequate moated exhibit for african elephant. Our first of many hills is Alameda Urso for south american animals. Two breeding groups of great anteaters, a pair of bushdog, 2 spectacled bear and some alpaca are here in nice moated pens. Then we go down to Alameda Aves, though there are actually more birds everywhere. A large aviary holds hynacinth, blue and yellow, and scarlet macaws. Smaller bird cages have green amazon, blue headed parrot, black headed parrot, black headed conures, 2 species of seirema, toco toucan, red billed toucan, aracari, red fronted macaw and 2 cockatoo species. Spix macaws and lears macaws are kept not exhibited. A large aviary has a breeding pair of crowned cranes. Then, one of the highlights of the collection. Black, golden and lion faced tamarins in breeding groups, all next to each other in very nice exhibits. Near them are some wooly monkeys. Sao Paulo is not close to Rio´s amazing primate collection, but they are better housed here. There are free ranging troops of both red and black howler monkeys and i saw both. Finally there are some adequate long cages for tayra and crab eating foxes. next is alameda felinos, here in long cages are ocelot, jaguarundi, fishing cats, servals, the only snow leopard in brazil, black panther, pumas and jaguars which have the only really large glass fronted exhibit. Another hill is Alameda bisao which has diverse mammals. Aoudad, a herd of wisent, european and canadian wolves, maned wolves, meerkats, tapir,river otters and patagonian sea lions are all here. then comes avenida yacare which of course has 3 species of yacare caimans in breeding groups with sliders. Avendia tartaruga follows with pools with large amazon turtles, snake necked turtles and mud turtles. Afterwards, sulcata, leopard, red footed and galapogos tortoises in spacious open pens. Back to the waterfowl lake we find some moated islands. here are separately red faced spider monkeys, black faced spider monkeys, coatis, an ageing lar gibbon, brown and yellow breasted capuchins. Climb another hill to see a nice moated exhibit of breeding chimpanzees, about 12 with 2 babies and a solitary male organgutan adjacent. the hill become alameda leao with moated exhibits for african lions, white bengal tigers, siberian tigers and american black bears. then come dromedaries and bactrian camels. Down into a nice african savana with damara zebras, ostriches, waterbucks,demoisille and stanley cranes. this is now alameda jirafa with a herd of reticulated giraffes and 2 white rhino. here there is nice pond for 3 species of flamingos and south american waterfowl like the orinoco goose. We are back at the lake, and go into alameda condor, which has birds of prey. 3 large aviaries for the harpy eagles,in the others are king vultures, andean condors, african fishing eagles, chilean eagle, white headed vultures, crested eagles, white tail hawks,savana hawk, barn owls and spectacled owls. After other bird cages hold peacoks, touracos, 3 species of hornbills, 3 cracid species, brazilian quail, flycacthers, woodpeckers and red ibis. There are many wild urubus or vultures about. There are also some indoor reptile and invertebrate exhibits. A false gharial and a huge american crocodile have large pools. Then savanah monitor, banded gecko, leopard gecko, armored skink, brazilian tarantulas, walking stick, emeperor scorpion, harvester ants,green horned toad, cururu toad, african bullfrog, american bullfrog, golden poision arrow frog, uromastik, 2 species of king snake, false coral snake, reticulated and ball pythons, green anaconda, 2 headed snake, canimana snake,nauyaca or bushmaster, indigo snake, green vine snake, sucuboa and surucucu water snake. Once more we arrive at the lake to pass ñandu or rheas, cassowary, emus, crested screamers and jaibiru storks. We finish at a nice pool for a family of nile hippos. I placed some sao paulo photos in the other brazil gallery and will place more when i can.
Ornate Hawk-eagle hatched at Sao Paulo Zoo : Endangered Ornate Hawk-eagle Hatches at San Paulo Zoo - ZooBorns
The article states the mother is a melanistic oncilla, which means of course now I want to fly to Brazil to photograph her! (And the spotted baby...)
photo on the following link of the pair. A weird-looking animal (the melanistic one); in the photo it looks almost jaguarundi-like, I think due to its pose. Oncilla Range | Pictures of Cats
Collared peccary piglet at Sao Paulo Zoo : Meet Milo, São Paulo Zoo's Collared Peccary Piglet - ZooBorns
2 Leopard geckos have hatched at Sao Paulo !!!! ( ) : Meet Leo and Lisa, Sao Paulo's Leopard Geckos - ZooBorns ( however, nice pictures )
Update : The Canadian timber wolves have both passed away as have the black bear ( in terms of bears there is only a single spectacled bear now) and the female lar gibbon "Julia" that was housed with the Orangutan for some time. A few species not mentioned in the text ( they arrived in the years since 2009) are the caracal , African painted dogs and addax antelope.
Sao Paulo Zoo joins "species 360": Member Spotlight: São Paulo Zoo promotes biodiversity - a conversation with registrar Mara Cristina Miguel - Species360
Hey, Carlos. I believe the giraffes at the São Paulo zoo aren't reticulated, but South African/Transvaal ones.
Doria management auctiones SP Zoo, Zoo Safari and Botanical Garden concession for R $ 111 million - 2/23/2021 - Daily life - Around World journal (aw-journal.com) São Paulo Zoo, Zoo Safari and Botanical Garden was auctioned, following discussions regarding its privatization that started in 2019 and a São Paulo bill published in 2020.
Very sad news, but this has been coming for a long long time. Whatsmore he is also doing terrible damage to the Jaragua area too.
Twin Black Lion Tamarins have been born at São Paulo Zoo. They now have a family group of six: Filhotes gêmeos de mico-leão-preto nascem no zoológico de SP e ganham nome em votação
I personally feel and am convinced this contravenes any laws on oversight and transparency that should have been heeded and taken into account of the decision making process. I cannot see a commercialised venture having conservation philosophy and ethics and good husbandry and animal welfare standards as first priorities. Can anyone of our Brasil members comment on how this will affect current trained zoo keeper and scientific management and curatorial staff? Re. black lion tamarin breeding: the offspring are 1.1 and the family group numbers 6 individuals. An offsite facility known as Micario holds another 12 specimens apparently.
Yes, sadly I suspect that you are right but we will have to wait and see how this will play out. As I've hinted in some of my comments above João Doria is a more socially acceptable face of Brazilian rightwing neoliberal politics than Bolsonaro but just because he isn't as visibly deranged or fascist doesn't mean he is any less dangerous. He is basically an astute businessman and a career politician so when all is said and done Doria's top priority is profit and economic growth in the neoliberal sense and he clearly doesn't care at all about the environment, conservation of biodiversity or human development and wellbeing. Doria may be seen in global news as a positive figure who has bravely opposed Bolsonaro but his COVID-19 response is more a calculated stance to do with the progression of his own political career rather than one that has arisen from any concern towards Brazil's population. If you want an idea of what Doria's attitude towards the environment / conservation and human rights is then you need only check out what is being done here in SP city to the Atlantic rainforest and the indigenous Tupi-Guarani communities of Jaragua and needless to say his record on both of these issues is awful. I wish I could give you a more detailed reply of what the future may hold but ultimately none of us here have any idea of what the long-term consequences of this will be for zoos or their staff and conservation programes. I think we can only expect the worse but hope for the best and prepare to resist such cuts and institutional sabotage accordingly.
The breeding pair of Salomon Island Skinks (Corucia zebrata) produced its sixth offspring. I belive they are the only zoo in Brazil that keeps the species, and even though it's not a endemic species, I think it's a great achievement, as they seem to be rarely breed.
It's been some months and no news regarding plans for the future, do you think a master plan will be made? I mean, it's for 30 years, I'd be less skeptical about this if at least we had some long term plans for development, animal welfare, new enclosures, conservation and how they plan on investing the money over the years.
Found this feature on confiscation and repatriation of endangered poison arrow frogs back to Sao Paulo Zoo, Brasil. The purported illegal shipment of these rare frogs only discovered and described in 2012 came in from Europe into Miami and was deemed an illegal export on the basis of Brasil's IBAMA declaring any frogs exported without prior scientific permission from IBAMA and originating from this small location in the wild in Brasil as illegal under the wildlife laws. Of the confiscated frogs 19 were the rare blue morph coloration of splash-backed poison frogs (Adelphobates galactonotus), the other 2 were the orange colour morph. Some have died since, but it provided the Sao Paulo zoo with a new species for their rare amphibian ex situ programs. It is worth noting this species was allegedly regularly traded and bred in European continent countries. I wonder how the oversight occured and where law enforcement was failing the species. SOURCE: Rare Splash-backed Poison Frogs are Anything But ‘Blue’ as They Fly Home to Brazil NOTA BENE CAPTIVE: A) Adelphobates galactonotus - Intermediate B) Splashback Poison Dart Frog
