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Added on the 09/07/2019 13:56:55 - Copyright : AFP EN
Taronga Zoo celebrates the arrival of its first Meerkat pups in almost seven years
The Zoo of Copenhagen has released footage of a baby elephant which was born last week in captivity as part of a European breeding program for Asian elephants. The mother is 16 year old Maha Kumari and the fathers name is Fahim. The name and gender of the baby elephant aren't known yet. Calves weight in beetween 70 and 90kg at birth after spending 22 months in their mothers wombs, the longest gestation in the animal kindom. Elephant births in zoos are relatively rare with a total number of 18 worldwide in 2023 IMAGES
Crates containing two endangered giant pandas are loaded onto a plane as they return to China after 12 years in the United Kingdom at Edinburgh Zoo in Scotland. It had been hoped female panda Tian Tian ("Sweetie") and male Yang Guang ("Sunshine") would breed while at the zoo, but they did not produce a cub. The pair are flying back to Chengdu where they will live at a wildlife sanctuary. IMAGES
French serial killer Michel Fourniret's widow, Monique Olivier, arrives in the courtroom's dock to stand trial for complicity in the abduction and murder of little girl and two young women in northern France. Spanning three decades, the murders included a 9 year old girl on her way back from school, a mentally disabled 18 year old and a 20 year olf British woman whose body was found in a river in 1990. Fourniret, known as the "ogre of the Ardennes", was charged with abduction, rape and murder in the cases but died in 2021, aged 79, before he could be brought to trial. IMAGES
French serial killer Charles Sobhraj walks through the Doha airport on his way to France after his release from prison in Nepal. Sobhraj murdered multiple people in Asia in the 1970s. (Resending footage in HD after initial version VIDI33629UV_EN) IMAGES
French serial killer Charles Sobhraj, responsible for multiple murders in the 1970s across Asia, arrives at Doha airport on his way to Paris, after being released from prison in Nepal where he served almost 20 years. IMAGES