animals Died at the end of November at the zoo of Plaisance, the white rhinoceros could be naturalized and integrate the collections of the Museum of Toulouse
Buldo, the rhinoceros from the Plaisance-du-Touch zoo died at the end of November. — African Safari
- Buldo, one of the two rhinos at the Plaisance-du-Touch zoo died of illness at the end of November.
- This mammal was recovered by the Museum of Toulouse, which intends to naturalize it, in order to integrate it into its collections.
- Other animals, such as the bear Caramelles and the lion Charly are also among the hands of the Museum’s taxidermist, for presentation at future exhibitions.
For thirty-two years, it has been one of the emblematic attractions of the African Safari zoo in Plaisance-du-Touch, near Paris. west of Toulouse. At the end of November, the white rhinoceros Buldo, a 36-year-old male breathed his last, after a gradual deterioration in his condition over several weeks.
Despite some traces that his illness may have left on his skin, the Muséum de Toulouse, with which the park at a partnership, has decided; to recover Buldo’s body for naturalization. “It’s not every day that we have the opportunity to to have a white rhinoceros, the largest on the planet, in our collections. We decided to preserve the skeletal elements and we extracted the skin, not without some difficulty, which is in the first phase of treatment to stabilize it. We will only be able to manipulate it when it has been slimmed down, advances, cautiously, Brian Aïello, the Museum’s taxidermist.
The one who has already given back life at; more than one animal, cannot yet certify that we will one day see Buldo keeping company with; Punch the elephant which welcomes visitors in the hall of the cultural establishment. For the time being, he has made it safe. the skull and horns of the rhinoceros, which are the object of poaching and much covetousness and exchange on the market; black to thousands of euros.
Naturalizations of Caramelles and Charly in progress
Brian Aïello dived the 350kg rhino skin in a brine bath and should know by March whether he will be able to exploit it. The last time he had to to intervene on such a large mammal, it was on the cumbersome Twiga, a giraffe which he had naturalized live, in front of the visitors of the museum, in 2015.
Since it is no exception. While waiting to be able to work on Buldo, he has his work cut out for him. He indeed inherited de Charly, the lion of the Atlas, who died of old age in 2017 at l’African Safari, and which will be presented at an upcoming exhibition. A species that no longer exists in nature, the last living specimens being in captivity. ink: the bear Caramelles, shot by a hunter who she attacked in November 2021. After its naturalization, the plantigrade should be presented to the general public at a future exhibition.