I wonder if and by how far the new management had anything to do with this?! Anyway, a great development and much needed for maintaining this attractive smaller flamingo species in Europe (hope we are finally cracking the eggs ... with the recent hatchings here and there).
For sure, Dr.Reinschmidt isn't the father of the chicks Seriously,I think,he has not very much do with it, because the Lesser Flamingos had eggs in the past regulary, but they were unfertilized.
OK, did not know that. Anything down to bird husbandry or management? What sex/age ratio do they have?
Good and bad news from Karlsruhe : Good news On Saterday female Red-capped mangabey Kano ( born 2008 ) gave birth to her second baby . Bad news : On Sonday the male Snow leopard was found with a small wound and died theother night : ( article in German ) Karlsruhe: Nachwuchs im Affenhaus
At Zoo Karlsruhe the enclosure for the Red-necked wallabies has been enlarged and also will be mixed with Parma wallabies : Zoo Karlsruhe: Erweiterung um ein begehbares Gehege für die Wallabys | ka-news
Earlier this week a male Persian gazelle was placed n the enclosure of the 15 females. It's only during the autumn/winter period that a male is living with the females in Karlsruhe, the rest of the year the males are living at Tierpark Oberwald. Karlsruhe Zoo is already since the 1960-ties succesfull in breeding this species : https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=563152533883378
Yesterday, 60 years old Asian elephant "Shanti"was euthanized. She has lived at the zoo since 1958. Karlsruhe: Elefantenkuh Shanti im Karlsruher Zoo gestorben
Snowy owls have been released into their brand new aviary : https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=595334100665221
The zoo has started building a new European lynx-enclosure. This will be 1100 squar meter which is 10-times larger as the current enclosure and it's expected to be finished by the end of 2017.
Article ( in German ) about the Pygmy marmost-twin : Affenbabys im Exotenhaus des Karlsruher Zoos geboren
