Scimitar oryx
Animals in our sanctuary
Hercule
Date of birth
31-08-2016
Date taken in
15-09-2021
Hercule comes from a zoo in France. This zoo participates in an international breeding programme to conserve the scimitar oryx, a species threatened with extinction.
Because of the breeding programmes, animals sometimes have to be removed from the zoo, either because they disrupt the breeding or because there is not enough space to keep the species. The fate of these animals is often uncertain: will they find a refuge where they are wanted or will they be euthanised as a 'problem'?
Luckily Hercule found a new home in De Zonnegloed.
Mao
Date of birth
06-03-2020
Date taken in
15-09-2021
Mao comes from a zoo in France. This zoo participates in an international breeding programme to conserve the scimitar oryx, a species threatened with extinction.
Because of the breeding programmes, animals sometimes have to be removed from the zoo, either because they disrupt the breeding or because there is not enough space to keep the species. The fate of these animals is often uncertain: will they find a refuge where they are wanted or will they be euthanised as a 'problem'?
Luckily Mao found a new home in De Zonnegloed.
