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The following summary was translated by Veronica Gmachl from the much longer German version for the English-speaking world, to be included in Peter Dickinsons ZooNewsDigest Newsletter

Little Makis - Big Stars

Cologne Zoo adjusted the admission fees. The zoo counted ca. 900.000 visitors in 2003, 3% more than the previous year. Director Nogge recapitulates: modernized enclosures for small mammals were opened, snow leopards, okapi and howler monkeys had offspring, the elephant enclosure construction started.

Kölnische Rundschau - Dec. 31. 2003

Trunks Up For The New Year!

The new elephant enclosure "Elefantenpark" at the Cologne Zoo will be opened this year. The biggest and most modern elephant park on the continent is under construction on an area of 20.000 square meters.

Berliner Morgenpost - Dec. 28. 2003

Anxious Gang of Barbary Macaques In Custody

Berlin. Tierpark Friedrichsfelde's Barbary Macaques jumped the electric fence and spread around the zoo. Two monkeys even made it to the street, the firefighters had to come. They are now in "solitary confinement" and zoo officials are thinking of how to improve their new enclosure's fences.

sueddeutsche.de - Dec. 29. 2003

The Elephant Sees His Dentist

Tierpark Hellabrunn Zoo's elephant bull Gajendra had to see the dentist because of an injury of the left tusk. The veterinarian is covering both tusks with crowns using a technique from India.

Westdeutsche Zeitung - Dec. 31. 2003

Attention Crocodile: Yesterday the Zoo Animals Were Measure

"Stocktaking" at the Wuppertal Zoo has to be completed at the end of each year. About 4500 animals of 500 different species live at the zoo.

Tagesanzeiger - Dec. 29. 2003

Out of The Winter, Into The Tropes

Half a year ago the Masoala-Hall at the Zurich Zoo opened. 500.000 have since visited the artificial Madagascar rainforest. Life at the new facility is developing surprisingly well.

sz-online - Dec. 30. 2003

Zoo Expects 500.000 Visitors

Dresden Zoo is expecting the 500.000th visitor this year. The zoo suffered the August flood last year. The facility - founded in 1861 - is known for the breeding of orangutan.

Leipziger Volkszeitung - Dec. 27. 2003

Every Guest Greeted by Santa

Eilenburg Tierpark had a lot of visitors for Christmas: Manfred Veit's crocodile sculpture attracted 600 guests on the 23rd and 750 on the 24th.

Berliner Zeitung - Dec. 26. 2003

Her Last Zoo-Talk show

Berlin. Karin Rohn was on air for the last time after 48 years of "Tierparkgespräche" - "Zoo-Talk".

Grafenauer Anzeiger - Dec. 27. 2003

Zoo-Impression Will Be Avoided As Possible

The project to build a new "animal open-air ground" at the enlarged Bayrischer Wald national park has started on the new facility close by Ludwigsthal in October. Wild horses, aurochs, lynx and wolves will be presented.

Leipziger Volkszeitung - Dec. 29. 2003

Only One Tiger baby Survives

"Conny", the Siberian Tiger at Leipzig Zoo had given birth to four young on 22nd of December. Three of them died as a consequence of difficulties at birth. The surviving tiger-boy is well and puts on about 100 grams every day.

Berliner Morgenpost - Dec. 30. 2003

Lucky Pigs

Just in time for the New Year a collared peccary at Berlin Zoo was born. Berlin Tierpark Friedrichsfelde celebrates the birth of 6 mangalica pigs.

Österreich Journal - Dec. 30. 2003

Newborn Crab-eating Macaque Attracts Visitors

The 2002 record was broken in 2003: 92.000 guests came to Linz Tiergarten.

Recently, a little Crab-eating Macaque was born, attracting additional visitors.

Neue Ruhr Zeitung - Dec. 26. 2003

No Hibernation

Popeye, Harfa and their offspring, the Red Pandas and the 3 seals at Klever Tiergarten Zoo enjoy the winter season. The Rhoen Sheep and the Blackhead Persians celebrate Christmas with newborns.