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2 Asian Elephants Jenny & Ilona moved from Heidelberg to Karlsruhe.
Press Release from Karlsruhe website. Google translate from German to English:
Ilona and Jenny, who moved two heavyweight popular figure at the Heidelberg Zoo, the zoo Karlsruhe: Special transportation brought the elephant ladies on Thursday and yesterday morning, safe in their new home, where they continue with the equally old Rani (54) and her friend Shanti ( 53) are living together. Nach dem Neubau des Elefantenhauses in Heidelberg soll hier im zweiten Halbjahr 2010 eine "Jungbullen-WG" aus zunächst drei Tieren gegründet werden. After the construction of the new elephant house in Heidelberg will be established here in the second half of 2010 a "young bull-WG", first of three animals. "Keiner von uns hat heute Nacht gut geschlafen": Revierleiter Stefan Geretschläger und seinen drei Mitarbeitern ist die Anspannung anzusehen. "None of us slept last night, good": area manager Stefan Geretschlaeger and his three employees see the tension. "Wir haben seit Wochen mit den Elefanten für diesen Tag geübt", ergänzt Kollege Tobias Kremer. "We have been practicing for weeks with the elephant for the day," added Mr Tobias Kremer. Beide Tiere seien als alte Zirkusmitarbeiter zwar Transporte gewöhnt. Both animals were used as an old circus employees while shipments. Trotzdem bleibe der Umzug eine heikle Angelegenheit. Nevertheless, the move remains a thorny issue.
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Ilona and Jenny, who moved two heavyweight popular figure at the Heidelberg Zoo, the zoo Karlsruhe: Special transportation brought the elephant ladies on Thursday and yesterday morning, safe in their new home, where they continue with the equally old Rani (54) and her friend Shanti ( 53) are living together. Nach dem Neubau des Elefantenhauses in Heidelberg soll hier im zweiten Halbjahr 2010 eine "Jungbullen-WG" aus zunächst drei Tieren gegründet werden. After the construction of the new elephant house in Heidelberg will be established here in the second half of 2010 a "young bull-WG", first of three animals. "Keiner von uns hat heute Nacht gut geschlafen": Revierleiter Stefan Geretschläger und seinen drei Mitarbeitern ist die Anspannung anzusehen. "None of us slept last night, good": area manager Stefan Geretschlaeger and his three employees see the tension. "Wir haben seit Wochen mit den Elefanten für diesen Tag geübt", ergänzt Kollege Tobias Kremer. "We have been practicing for weeks with the elephant for the day," added Mr Tobias Kremer. Beide Tiere seien als alte Zirkusmitarbeiter zwar Transporte gewöhnt. Both animals were used as an old circus employees while shipments. Trotzdem bleibe der Umzug eine heikle Angelegenheit. Nevertheless, the move remains a thorny issue.
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Thanks for posting, SL!
Many (about 150) VERY interesting photographs and text about Rani and Shanti -click on "Elefantenbilder bis 18.11.2009" on the lefthand menu of the Karlsruhe website above.
Karlsruhe Zoo outdoor enclosure looks very small in these photos:
http://www.asianelephant.net/karlsruhe/karlsruhe.htm
I haven't had much time to read round this event, but I think that both Jenny and Ilona are former circus elephants - Jenny retired from Circus Busch in 1999, and Ilona from Circus Kaselow in 1983.
Is Karlsruhe Zoo becoming a facility for non-breeding female elephants - similar to Belfast and Burgers at Arnhem?
Is Heidelberg Zoo's new enclosure going to be a breeding facility?
Maybe Oli will know ...
Many (about 150) VERY interesting photographs and text about Rani and Shanti -click on "Elefantenbilder bis 18.11.2009" on the lefthand menu of the Karlsruhe website above.
Karlsruhe Zoo outdoor enclosure looks very small in these photos:
http://www.asianelephant.net/karlsruhe/karlsruhe.htm
I haven't had much time to read round this event, but I think that both Jenny and Ilona are former circus elephants - Jenny retired from Circus Busch in 1999, and Ilona from Circus Kaselow in 1983.
Is Karlsruhe Zoo becoming a facility for non-breeding female elephants - similar to Belfast and Burgers at Arnhem?
Is Heidelberg Zoo's new enclosure going to be a breeding facility?
Maybe Oli will know ...
Karlsruhe is a facility for older or retired circus elephants like Burgers' Zoo in Arnhem.
The outside enclosure is small: 1000 sq. meters. Photo 20 on http://www.asianelephant.net/karlsruhe/karlsruhe.htm shows the total area.
The outside enclosure is small: 1000 sq. meters. Photo 20 on http://www.asianelephant.net/karlsruhe/karlsruhe.htm shows the total area.
Poor ellies ... 
Yes, it is very small and now there will be 4 elephants there. Why is the pool empty?
Yes, it is very small and now there will be 4 elephants there. Why is the pool empty?
| QUOTE (spiritedlulu @ Nov 23 2009, 02:14 PM) |
| Why is the pool empty? |
I don't know.
European Elephant Group says the enclosure is 1.700 sq. meters. Still very small.