Overview
- Zoo Dresden will send the young female Kiri to Zoo Duisburg, with Duisburg’s nearly four-year-old male Kamaroo headed to Dresden.
- Both zoos say the exchange is part of the European Endangered Species Programme, which matches animals to keep the captive koala population healthy.
- Kiri will travel with longtime keeper Olaf Lohnitz and will first settle behind the scenes before joining other females in Duisburg.
- Kamaroo will live in a separate area next to Dresden’s females because male koalas are solitary and meet females only to mate.
- Dresden underscores the importance of the new male after its previous male was euthanized earlier this year due to a tumor, and visitors will see the newcomer after a short acclimation.