"marmoset, and macaques. The predator sector houses big cats, bears and small predators, including lions, tigers, leopards, pumas and brown bears. In January 2011 the zoo received eight Humboldt penguins on loan from Germany. The penguins are on loan for about 18 months, after which they will be returned, with any offspring to stay at the zoo. The zoo has some 1,400 individual birds representing 192 species. Waterbirds are housed in a lake, and Imperial eagles, Griffon vultures, Egyptian vultures and buzzards in a large walk-through aviary. Other species of birds at the zoo include ostriches, Silver pheasants, peacocks, flamingos,"
"of the opening of the zoo. Visitors can view the gorillas through a large glass window. The drill monkey enclosure was also renovated in 2006. On 24 May 2007, the zoo opened a new enclosure for lions and tigers. The lion enclosure is claimed to be the largest in a German zoo, and the Siberian tigers now live in several enclosures in the Valley of Tigers. Anori, a polar bear cub born on 4 January 2012, who shares a father with the internationally well-known late polar bear Knut, made her debut to the public alongside her mother Vilma on Thursday,"
"""Patna"" was put down due to a longstanding leg injury. The zoo obtained a replacement male from Edinburgh Zoo in March 2010. Since they were closely related the previous female departed for a zoo in Spain shortly after, and the zoo are in the progress of creating a breeding situation – Baabu has now been exchanged for 'Beni' from Pilsen Zoo. 2 Indian rhino calves have been born on the plain, the most recent, a male was born May 2018. The paddocks formerly housed barasingha, Ankole cattle, blackbuck and sitatunga. Other paddocks on the west side of the zoo support"
"Oscar guests. Heidi (opossum) Heidi (May 2008 – 28 September 2011) was a Virginia opossum housed at Germany's Leipzig Zoo. In December 2010, the two-and-a-half year old, cross-eyed animal made international headlines shortly after a photograph was published by ""Bild"". Heidi inspired a popular YouTube song, a line of stuffed animals, and a Facebook page with over 290,000 followers. The zoo's new tropical wildlife exhibit opened to the public in July 2011, and Heidi was exhibited alongside two other opossums – her sister Naira and a male named Teddy. International media has noted that Heidi was one of several animals"
"two years. In December 2010, German tabloid ""Bild"" featured photographs of various animals to be featured in Leipzig Zoo's upcoming ""Gondwanaland"" exhibit. Pictures showing Heidi, the cross-eyed Virginia opossum, quickly became a phenomenon on the Internet. Although the zoo declined any plans for marketing the small marsupial, Heidi's quick rise to fame led to a popular Facebook page. Despite the opossum's sudden fame, the Zoo had no plans to change the upcoming exhibit to better showcase its new star. Leipzig Zoo spokeswoman Maria Saegebart stated in early January: ""We understand that Heidi has become so popular and that people will"
"male died after an orthopedic operation in 2011 and the female died due to cancer in 2013. In 2011 a new enclosure was built to host four raccoons. The zoo also received a new pair of lynxes. In 2012 a pair of Siberian cranes arrived and in the other part of zoo 40 greater flamingo were placed. In 2013 the zoo received the first pair of cheetahs in its history. It came from Borås djurpark in Sweden and has been placed in the former Siberian tiger enclosure, which has been redesigned. It has also been announced that a new pair"
"or living in German zoos who have made headlines over the past few years; she followed in the footsteps of other German celebrity animals such as polar bears Knut and Flocke, as well as Paul the Octopus. Heidi was given to Leipzig by Denmark's Odense Zoo in May 2010, although she was originally raised in a wild animal sanctuary in the U.S. state of North Carolina after being found as an orphan. It is speculated by zoo officials that Heidi's most notable attribute – her crossed eyes – may have been caused by fatty deposits behind her eyes, the result"
"Heidi (opossum) Heidi (May 2008 – 28 September 2011) was a Virginia opossum housed at Germany's Leipzig Zoo. In December 2010, the two-and-a-half year old, cross-eyed animal made international headlines shortly after a photograph was published by ""Bild"". Heidi inspired a popular YouTube song, a line of stuffed animals, and a Facebook page with over 290,000 followers. The zoo's new tropical wildlife exhibit opened to the public in July 2011, and Heidi was exhibited alongside two other opossums – her sister Naira and a male named Teddy. International media has noted that Heidi was one of several animals either born"
"pregnant, the herd was moved to the zoo where, on June 20, 2012, the calf was born. The herd is kept in an off-exhibit section of the zoo and the goal is to eventually create a breeding herd of genetically pure bison through embryo transfers with the surrogate hybrid bison. In 1981, the zoo successfully implanted a gaur embryo into a Holstein cow in an attempt to clone the endangered species. In 1990, the zoo experienced a pest problem with the Canada goose. The park had become so over-crowded with the geese, that the zoo had to take action to"
"were euthanized in 1971 and 1977, respectively. The female Aruba, born in 1979 in Zimbabwe, was bought in 1981. Afrikano died in 1981 due to wounds he got from spike nails in his stable, and Afrika died in 1982, the same year as the female Toto was bought from Munich Zoo. Toto was euthanised in 1992, and Opeline died during the nineties. Since then new elephants were bought, but they have not bred so far. The new elephant house with a new enclosure was built in 2013, Opel Zoo The Opel Zoo () is a zoo in Königstein im Taunus,"
"the zoo's nocturnal animals in Elephant Park, and the finishing of the small animals house (1968–2014). By 1993, Wilhelma reached its current size. A new ape house was opened in May 2013 (construction cost 22 million euros). The redesigned exterior of the elephant enclosure was completed in April 2012. To make room for even more elephants, the rhinos will be moving to their previous enclosure. A new hippo plant on the Neckar with a new pedestrian crossing is in development. A collaboration with the Neckar-Käpt'n and the National Museum of Natural History on this topic is being discussed. Construction will"
"and grey wolf, as part of the creation of a 240-hectare ""Quaternary Park"". Three Przewalski horses from a breeding center in Le Villaret, France were added to the park in October 2012. Onagers and ""aurochs"" were planned to follow. On 11 April 2013, eight European bison (one male, five females and two calves) were released into the wild in the Bad Berleburg region of Germany, after 300 years of absence from the region. Pleistocene rewilding was proposed by the Brazilian ecologist Mauro Galetti in 2004. He suggested the introduction of elephants (and other proxies of extinct megafauna) from circuses and"
"zoo larger, and in 1959 it had an areal of 20 ha, and the name was changed to ""Zoologischer Garten Magdeburg"", shortened to ""Zoo Magdeburg"". In 1960 the first elephant arrived from Assam in Inda, a female Asian elephant called Sonja, who unfortunately died of elephantsmallpox in 1971. From 1979 to 1998, during the appointment for the new director, Zoologist Wolfgang Puschmann, the zoo became internationally famous for its breeding of black rhinos and other threatened species. 1981 started a renovation of the zoo, and a lot of classical exhibits were replaced by more modern enclosures. Magdeburg Zoo Magdeburg Zoo"
"Lüneburg Heath Wildlife Park The Lüneburg Heath Wildlife Park () is a wildlife park near Nindorf in the municipality of Hanstedt in the north German state of Lower Saxony. The park is home to around 1,000 animals of over 120 species in an area of . The park is open all year. The park specializes in animal species from the northern hemisphere, such as the grey wolf, Arctic wolf, brown bear, Kodiak bear, lynx, elk, red deer, reindeer, moose, sika deer, ibex, chamois and wild boar. Two Siberian tigers live in a naturalistic exhibit that opened in June 2010. The"
"began. Several new enclosures were added, like a new enclosure for sea lions 1973, Africa enclosure 1977, carnivores 1978, brown bears 1981, bird enclosure 1985, primates 1988, followed by a new tiger enclosure and other buildings. A new elephant house was opened in 2010, where only young elephant bulls are kept, as part of the EEP breeding programme for Asian elephants. Heidelberg Zoo Heidelberg Zoo is a zoo in Germany which was founded in 1933 and opened for the public on 20 November 1934. Since 1998, the zoo director has been Klaus Wünnemann. The zoo was created as a foundation,"
"part of the Zoologischer Garten complex. In addition to fish and other aquatic life, it is home to most of the zoo's reptiles, amphibians and invertebrates. Polar bear Knut was born in captivity at the zoo on 5 December 2006. He and his twin brother or sister were directly rejected by their mother at day of birth. He was subsequently raised by zookeeper Thomas Dörflein and became the center of a mass media phenomenon that spanned the globe, quickly spawning numerous toys, media specials, DVDs, and books. Because of this, the cub was largely responsible for a significant increase in"
"African lion, who lived at the zoo from 1995 until February 2012 and was one of the zoo's most popular animals. Upon his death, an anonymous donor paid for a statue of Adelor which now stands at the East Gate. He was succeeded by a male lion named Sahar, who turned four in January 2014. A new addition in 2014 to the Lion House was a one-year-old snow leopard named Taza who arrived on December 11, 2014. In 2016 a plan was announced that would discontinue their tigers and remodel the Lion house. One of the zoo's most historic buildings,"
"partner Barney, who choked on a plastic child's toy thrown into his enclosure. In 2009 the zoo carried out their plans to create a new exhibit and improve conditions for Mercedes, moving her to the Highland Wildlife Park, where she was joined by a young male polar bear named Walker. Mercedes was euthanized on compassionate grounds in 2011, suffering from severe arthritis. In January 2006 the zoo put forward plans to sell off of land in order to raise funds for the ongoing redevelopment. The plans were rejected by the council in October 2007 by a single vote, leaving the"
"Hellabrunn Zoo, Gladys Porter Zoo, National Zoo of Malaysia (Zoo Negara), Zoo Taiping, Singapore Zoo, Capital of Texas Zoo, and Southwick's Zoo. Unfortunately, the animals at Hellabrunn Zoo were euthanized in 2017 because of old age, and there is only one male left at Berlin Zoo, 3 individuals (1 castrated male and 2 females) left at London Zoo and one individual left at Gladys Porter Zoo and the individuals were replaced by red river hogs in Southwick's Zoo as of 2017, which means that the species will likely disappear soon from European and American zoos. Bornean bearded pig The Bornean"
"and two basins with interchangeable substrates (e.g. bark mulch, gravel.) were added. Currently, there are two living elephants at Wilhelma: ""Pama"" (1966) and Vella (1967). Previous elephants include Vilja, the oldest living elephant in Europe, died July 10, 2010 (cause of death is thought to be circulatory collapse), and ""Molly"", whom was euthanized in July 2011 at the age of about 45 years. Other elephants at the zoo include the African elephant ""Jumbo"" and, briefly, an Asian bull elephant sent by the Indian state as a gift to Stuttgart. Another construction project, announced in a speech, that will begin in"
"Saarbrücken Zoo The Saarbrücken Zoo () is with over 200.000 visitors annually, and over 1.700 animals from 160 Species the largest Zoo in Saarland. The Zoo is specialized in African animals. In 1870, the land for the present Zoo was used as a quarry, and until 1926 a funicular. The old Zoo was founded in 1932, but became totally destroyed during world war II. 1956 the work started to rebuild the zoo on a new site, consisting on the foot of the hill ""Eschberges"". In February 1995 the elephant Danka killed the head elephantkeeper Uwe Rothe, by headbutting him against"
"at first hosted in the Center District and moved to its current location in 1951. In 2008 a complete renovation of the zoo that would be completed by 2016 was announced. In 2009 a new colony of saimiri arrived in their new enclosure. The same year new alpacas and red pandas arrived. In late 2009, construction of a new sealion enclosure began and as of 2013 the zoo hosts three California sea lions. In 2010, both Siberian tigers died of old age. Since 1996, it also hosted two lions (""Panthera leo""), a male and a female, from Karlsruhe Zoo. The"
"include Przewalski's horse, bears, European and American bison, wildebeest, greater and lesser kudu, dromedary camels, zebras, giraffes, rhinos, hippos, eland, Watusi cattle, and three elephants. Animals in the walk-through portion of the zoo include Siberian tigers, Eurasian lynx, snow leopards, lar gibbons, red pandas, ring-tailed lemurs, a colony of about 60 Tonkean macaques, cheetahs, reticulated python, wolves, pygmy goats, and Komodo dragons. On March 7, 2017, a male Southern white rhinoceros named Vince was found shot dead with one horn removed and another partially sawn off. This was reported as being the first such live animal poaching at a European"
"Liliger The liliger is a hybrid cross between a male lion (""Panthera leo"") and a ligress (""Panthera leo"" × ""Panthera tigris""). The first hybrid was born at the Hellabrunn Zoo in 1943. According to ""Wild Cats of the World"" (1975) by C. A. W. Guggisberg, ligers and tigons were long thought to be sterile, but in 1943, a fifteen-year-old hybrid between a lion and an 'Island' tiger was successfully mated with a lion at the Munich Hellabrunn Zoo. The female cub, though of delicate health, was raised to adulthood. In September 2012, the Russian Novosibirsk Zoo announced the birth of"
"In summer 2011, a new monkey rock in the Sautergarten opened, followed by a renovated and greatly expanded monkey house that fall. A year later, in September 2012, the ape outdoor exhibits opened — about 100 times larger than before construction. Zoo Basel is constantly upgrading its infrastructure, but can hardly grow in area, as it is surrounded by the city of Basel. According to Zoo Basel, construction started in the fall of 2013 and was partially completed by Easter 2014. Of interest will be a large window on its side towards the elephant exhibit, additional restrooms, and an additional"
"Leipzig Zoological Garden Leipzig Zoological Garden, or Leipzig Zoo is a zoo in Leipzig city, Germany. It was first opened on June 9, 1878. It was taken over by the city of Leipzig in 1920 after World War I and now covers about and contains approximately 850 species. Leipzig zoo is internationally noted for its large building projects such as Pongoland (housing gorilla, chimpanzee, bonobo and orangutan) and Gondwanaland (world's second largest indoor rainforest hall at ). It has bred more than 2,000 lions, 250 rare Siberian tigers, and other carnivores like bears. Leipzig Zoological Garden has been called the"
"""Victoria"" was transported from Tierpark Hagenbeck on January 10, 2008: (video) to Zoo am Meer with the hope that she and ""Lloyd"" might breed. She stayed in Bremerhaven until October 24, 2011. The polar bear ""Irka"" came from Canada to Bremerhaven in 1979 when she was probably a year old and she spent her whole life in the zoo. She was suffering from arthritis when she got old, but she was otherwise fit for a long time. She was euthanized on June 4, 2012 after she became disoriented, lost coordination and a blood test suggested changes in her liver. After"
"mate with the zoo's other two females, Shine and Chendra, although they never materialized. Tusko underwent two surgeries to have his tusks removed due to risk of chronic infection. He was blind in his right eye. In June 2014, the elephant tested positive for tuberculosis. An 18-month treatment began that year. In late December 2015, a decades-old right-rear foot injury flared up, forcing Tusko to use his other three legs and his trunk to bear weight. His right-front foot then became infected and swollen, and Tusko had difficulty standing and walking. He was euthanized on December 22, 2015. Zoo officials"
"of arrival of the first elephant, Sundali. 2002 director Klaus Jacob was retired and replaced by Dr. Jens Kämmerling. Cottbus Zoo The Cottbus Zoo () is a zoo in the town Cottbus in region Brandenburg, Germany. The Zoo was founded in 1954, and covers . The park includes a lot of trees, growing along the river Spree. The Zoo is breeding over 70 species of waterfowl, and its symbol of the Zoo is the Red-breasted goose. The Zoos first director, Erhard Frommhold (1956-1963), developed the park into a real Zoological park, and the zoo had status as a Zoo in"
"being hand-raised by humans. Children protested outside the zoo, and e-mails and letters expressing sympathy for the cub's life were sent from around the world. Knut became the center of a mass media phenomenon dubbed ""Knutmania"" that spanned the globe and spawned toys, media specials, DVDs, and books. Because of this, the cub was largely responsible for a significant increase in revenue, estimated at about €5 million, at the Berlin Zoo in 2007. Attendance figures for the year increased by an estimated 30 percent, making it the most profitable year in its 163-year history. On 19 March 2011, Knut unexpectedly"
"""Zoo of the future"". Among the rarest species in this zoo are eastern quolls (which formed the basis for the entire European zoo population), as well as Chinese pangolin (only pangolins in Europe). Leipzig Zoological Garden Leipzig Zoological Garden, or Leipzig Zoo is a zoo in Leipzig city, Germany. It was first opened on June 9, 1878. It was taken over by the city of Leipzig in 1920 after World War I and now covers about and contains approximately 850 species. Leipzig zoo is internationally noted for its large building projects such as Pongoland (housing gorilla, chimpanzee, bonobo and orangutan)"
"GmbH Zoologischer Garten Rostock"" was founded and chaired by Rostock Zoo director, Udo Nagel, and from 1992 until 1998, several new animal enclosures were established, among them painted dogs, eared seals and Hussar monkey, and since then more enclosures has been created or renovated. In 1999, the zoo celebrated the Jubileum named ""100 Jahre Tiergärtnerei"", after being a garden for a hundred years. The female African elephant, Sara, who was the oldest in a European zoo, died 2013, and ended the Zoo's keeping of elephants, and the elephant enclosure was replaced with Pygmy hippopotamus. Named after the originator of the"
"2011, zoo officials thought Ewa might be pregnant. Wilbär Wilbär is a polar bear who was born in captivity at the Wilhelma Zoo in Stuttgart, Germany on 10 December 2007. Wilbär made his first public appearance on 16 April 2008, swimming alongside his mother. His name comes from combining the name of the zoo with the German word for bear (Bär). Zoo officials have registered the name as a trademark. In May 2009, Wilbär left Wilhelma Zoo and was shipped to Orsa Grönklitt wildlife park in Sweden. There he is paired with Ewa, from the Rotterdam Zoo, and received many"