The new animals were introduced in the frame of a press conference, they will be on display at the Veszprém Zoo from mid April. The seals were pretty hard to come by, and many penguin babies are expected from such a number of adults.

Based on the information from MTI and veol.hu, this is what we know about the new residents:

  • The 16 penguins arrived from Living Coasts (England), Mulhouse and Peaugres (France)
  • The three seal cubs are known by name
  • 2-year-old Pierre arrived from France
  • Robi was born last year and moved here from Westkünstenpark (Germany)
  • Lili is also 1-year-old, and also arrived from Germany
  • Last year, a virus killed about a 1000 seals in the north of Germany
  • Hence, it was difficult to come by these cubs
  • Both the penguins and the seals feed on saltwater fish
  • Accordingly, the Zoo ordered 500 kilograms of deep frozen fish

We reported about Veszprém Zoo's new elephant park when it was opened in October; now the Zoo will soon introduced the 1.2-billion-Forint penguin and seal complex together with its inhabitants, while the new bird exhibit with the flamingoes and the other tenants will début in mid May. But enough of words, check out the cute photos: