Zoo Ostrava The Annual Report 2009

the new breeding male Calvin coming from Hannover Zoo to the elephant group possible. The process of
uniting the females and the male went very well and mating already occurred as well, with both Belfast
females mating with the male in turn. In the late 2009, both females were confirmed pregnant. The elephant
management is discussed in more detail under a separate paper in this annual report (page 62).
At the African Animal House, the offspring of the southern ground hornbill (Bucorvus leadbeateri) was
produced for a third year in a row. Nonetheless, the year 2009 was the more successful as the zoo managed to
rear both chicks hatched. More details can be found on page 60. In addition, natural rearing was underway in
African ostriches (Struthio camelus), with all of the six young successfully reared. On the other hand, the eland
(Tragelaphus oryx) did not do well - the breeding male and two females died of heart disorder and trauma,
respectively.
The zoo also recorded a number of offspring in hoofed animals elsewhere around the area - three young
Siberian red deer (Cervus canadensis sibiricus), three Pere David’s deer (Elaphurus davidianus), four Vietnamese
sika deer (Cervus nippon pseudaxis) and seven individuals of domestic llama forms - three llamas (Lama
guanicoe f. glama) and four alpacas (Lama guanicoe f. pacos). The death of the old female hippo (Hippopotamus
amphibius) Roza was a great loss - read more on hippos in the article on page 65.
In the primate section, several important developments were registered, with the birth and first successful
rearing of a male Sclater's lemur (Eulemur macaco flavifrons) being certainly the greatest success. The young
animal was one of a mere three more young Sclater's lemurs in Europe in 2009. Some time later, this success
was stigmatised by the death of the breeding male due to bone tumour of the animal's spine. Subsequently,
the zoo imported a pair of this lemur species from Poznan Zoo at the end of the year. Read more about the
Sclater's lemur on page 44. Aside from the lemurs above, the zoo reared a third young red-bellied lemur
(Eulemur rubriventer) in a row. The ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta) was another species with traditional
breeding success, with a female born and reared.
For visitors, the birth of a chimpanzee female (Pan troglodytes) must have been the top event. This was the
first baby chimp born following a nine-year break. A third young chimpanzee born in the recent period, it was
the first descendant of the male Sebastian, who arrived from Krakow Zoo a year earlier. Read more on page
46. In addition to the reared animals mentioned above, offspring was produced in the species that breed
routinely: the Hanuman langur (Semnopithecus entellus) and Diana monkey (Cercopithecus diana diana), with
sex of the two animals still unknown. A new breeding male arriving from Lisbon was successfully integrated
into the group of lion-tailed macaques (Macaca silenus).
In the first half of the year, a group of cotton-top tamarins (Saguinus oedipus) was imported for the new
Little Amazonia exhibit from Dresden Zoo, and enlarged very early with two new individuals - young
tamarins born a month after arrival; see separate report on page 43. The new exhibit was also the place
of introduction for many other animals, especially some lesser species. The vivarium imitating the primary
forest habitat became a new home for frogs, more specifically, two poison dart frogs - colour, but feared
and poisonous members of the Amazon Basin fauna. The three-striped poison frog (Ameerega trivittata) is
the more common of the two; black and green in colour, it is not easy to detect in the vegetation. Critically
endangered, the golden poison frog (Phyllobates terribilis) is found in the wild in three different colour tones,
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