Following a recommendation from the European Breeding Program for Rodriguez fruit bats (Pteropus rodricensis), two males have been transferred from Paris Zoo to our nocturama at the beginning of this week. They are both 2 years old.
Created in June 1966, La Palmyre Zoo celebrates a big milestone this year: its 50th anniversary. A slice of life marked by the daring personality of its founder, Claude Caillé, deceased in 2011 after 45 years focused on building, developing and popularizing his institution that became one of the star attractions of Charente-Maritime and one of the most renowned zoo in France.
A yellow-breasted capuchin (Cebus xanthosternos) was born on May, 17 bringing to 10 the number of individuals living on the island of the monkey house. This is the 12th yellow-breasted capuchin birth recorded at the zoo since its arrival in 2004.
In less than a week, 9 African spurred tortoises (Geochelone sulcata) were born at La Palmyre Zoo! This is a first for the zoo that had never bred this species before.