Despite the closure of the zoo, life has continued at the Barben Zoo and its pink notebook has continued to fill up in recent weeks.
Bennett’s large Wallaby family has grown by 14 babies. Exceptionally, one of the mothers gave birth to twins. This had not happened for more than 10 years. Visitors can now see them coming out of their mothers’ pockets.
Our female tapir, a species supervised by a European Breeding Program, gave birth to a baby of just over 5 kg in very good health. It took 13 months of gestation for the family to grow, thus contributing to the preservation of this mammal, one of the largest in South America.
Our pair of anteaters (or anteaters), at the Barben zoo for 6 years, have given birth to their third baby since their arrival. Lau, the female, and Hannibal the male, are also protected by a European Breeding Program because their species is among the most endangered animals in Central America and Brazil.
Among the births, there are also fallow deer, goats, turtles, birds of prey…
The latest arrivals are baby fennecs. After a first litter in March 2019, our pair of fennecs repeats the adventure with the birth of three baby fennecs. This is good news for this species, which is also protected by an EEP. They are the latest arrivals from the zoo. To find out more about the fennecs and their babies, Elodie, animal caretaker, answered your questions…
