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06/05/11

World Environment Day celebrated at the Zoo

Barcelona Zoo celebrated last 5th June the World Environment Day, with workshops, activities and games addressed to families, especially to young boys and girls but also their parents to educate them in recycling, animal care and the necessity to work for improving Biodiversity and environment.
Around the Dona del Paraigües sculpture, children learnt how to classify refuse, made bird banding, and discovered the activities that the Equip Verd do with the animals that live in freedom at Zoo, taking part in different activities related to the ape conservation campaign or sow seed with compost made at Park from the elephants stools.
The World Environment Day takes place every 5th June from 1973 and is promoted by the United Nations General Assembly, in order to raise public awareness about the importance of taking care of our environment.
Link to BTV news dated 5th June

Barcelona: a citadel of herons

You can read the new publication on the Barcelona Zoo's grey heron Ardea cinerea colony. Please check the following link to get the writing of "Barcelona Metropolitan" magazine:

"A citadel of herons" (in english)

Pas de l'Estret Campaign: Last publication on the campaign

You can use the following link to the last publication on the "Pas de l'Estret" campaign published in "elFarodigital.es", in wich the Barcelona Zoo collaborates actively.

Read article (in spanish)

More information on the "Pas de l'Estret" campaign

Zoo de Barcelona and Depana organize a campaign called “Paso del Estrecho”, with the aim of stopping the Barbary Macaque (Macaca Sylvanus) indiscriminate capture, which threatens the existence of this kind of macaques, unique in North Africa. The campaign will take place at Algeciras’ Port from 1st to 17th July and 25.000 brochures addressed to adults, 10.000 tales for children and 2.500 sunshades for cars will be hand out. The organization asks voluntaries who want to collaborate with the campaign going to Algeciras on those dates to send a mail to campanyaestrecho@gmail.com, where will receive more information

Link to Europa Sur new from 5th June

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New elephant house

The new house for the African elephants (Loxodonta africana) covers a total area of 435 m2, and the animals can go in and out as they please. It is surrounded by glass, letting natural light in and enabling visitors to see inside.
Inside the house are the two bedrooms, each measuring 120 m2, and a perimeter circuit of about 2.5 metres wide to allow the keepers to move about.
The new house includes the very latest requirements for this type of facility: heating, mobile feeders, enrichment elements, sand for sleeping and the utmost facilities and safety guarantees for the keepers.

The warthogs move into their new home

The new home for the warthogs (Phacochoerus africanus), in the central area of the Zoo, has a large patio covering 750 m2, with sand, trees and trunks and a mud pit. It is surrounded by an artificial stone wall with two large windows through which visitors can watch these animals right up close.
The bedrooms, measuring some 60 m2, also have a large window for watching the animals when they are inside.
There are presently two females and two young of this African relative of the boar living in the house, and they will soon be joined by a male.

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