New species

Two red river hogs arrived at the zoo des Sables d'Olonne in April 2017. Belonging to the family of the wild boars, this big mammal is native of rainforests and savannas of Equatorial Africa.  Omnivorous, it spends a large part of [...]

A pair of greater rheas arrived at the zoo at spring 2017. It is about the biggest bird of the American continent(approximately 1m of top for 25 kg). Distributed in the pampas of South America, the rhea is known for its [...]

A group of bush dogs arrived at the zoo in May 2016. Click here to learn more about buh dogs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_85kBXMeBs?rel=0

A pair of bat eared fox arrived at the zoo in May 2016. Click here to learn more about bat eared fox.

A group of dwarf mangooses is arrived at the zoo in april 2016. Click here to learn more about the dwarf mangoose.

A pair of burrowing owls is arrived at the zoo in november 2015. Click here to learn more about burrowing owl.

A pair of Kirk's dik-diks arrived at the Zoo des Sables d'Olonne in september 2015. This African species, one of the smallest antelopes, has joined the enclosure of the biggest terrestrial mammals : giraffes. Click here to learn more about Kirk's dik-dik

Very rare amur leopard took their neighborhoods at the Zoo of Sables d'Olonne. Classified as critically endangered by the World Conservation Union, the species is one of the most endangered of all mammal species! > Press release of amur leopard https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Llvyq9_Hgo0?rel=0