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#46
02-11-2008
I think down that walk should be turned into a congo forest area. move the gorillas, bongo and red river hogs down bring in okapi and mandrill and even try a few pygmy hippos, there is a stream runs down through there if my memory serves me right divert this into the hippo pool, could even put up a leopard enclosure. would be cool. perfect place for it too!
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#47
26-03-2009
Does anyone actually know why the polar bears were moved out?? i remember them as a child but havnt been back to the zoo for a long long time!! bout time for a revisit i think it sounds great!
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#48
27-03-2009
Probaby becuase this was the time when "all zoos that keep polar bears are evil"
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#49
27-03-2009
I spect it was a yet another 'cramped n concrete'.
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#50
27-03-2009
Actually it wasn't, they had a massive enclosure with a very large pool. It probably would rival some newly constructed exhibits today. There's some pics in the gallery of the Spec bear enclosure, that's where they used to live.
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#51
27-03-2009
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#52
27-03-2009
MD it is nowhere near that
 It is a large exhibit and very well done (Only critical thing is that the bloody guests stop chucking their rubbish in the beautiful pool) with alot of logs to climb and areas to lie in the shade. When were the polar bears moved again? I remember them but only when I was very young and only the once so.... |
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#53
27-03-2009
Alright, it was only a wild guess as to why they weren't there! The word 'spect' defined that.
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#54
28-03-2009
They were moved at a time when we had only two females and a new enclosure was being built for the species in holland. It was decided that we would concentrate on the smaller neotropical species such as the spectacled and sun bears. The existing enclosure is indeed very large and more than adequate if we had decided to continue with the species.
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28-03-2009
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#56
28-03-2009
Hi Al,
Perhaps you can elaborate on recent comings and goings? I see from ISIS listings the female Mhorr gazelle has departed? Was it Madrid Zoo in the end? Re: the elderly elephants' home. What is the rumour re Hannover's Jenny and Dunja coming to join the 2 elderlies already in residence at Belfast? What about news on the tree kangaroos? Cheers, K.B. |
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#57
28-03-2009
Cat-man, I think I remember someone saying it was 2003 when they left. Shame I never saw them, I think it was a great enclosure and it seems far more suited to Polars than Specs.
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#58
28-03-2009
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#59
28-03-2009
Any news about the francois langurs? ISIS lists 0.5 since at least a year or more and should be correct if I remember right. Surely Belfast wants to start breeding this species again? Are the 2 males in Twycross or the 2 young males in Rotterdam related to the Belfast group? While an unrelated male would be best, I think inbreeding is better then no breeding and given how rare these langurs are, I really really hope Belfast will get a new male soon!!!!
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#60
28-03-2009
Hi All,
I dont have a date of the top of my head but know the polar bears have been gone for more than 10 years. The mhorrs gazelle is now at Woburn safari park with the two males from twycross. Our tree kangaroo female is doing well and will be out of quarantine soon. No male as of yet , may be abit of a wait! We will receive a new male francois soon which will bring much needed new blood to the population. Other females should also be available within the next year also! The two black-footed cat kittens are nearly six weeks old and are both female! We recently receioved a young male sloth from antwerp to pair with our female. Two male northern helmetted currasows arrived from stuttgart tonight! 
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