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70 million i bet will be OUR tax!

and the savannah is to open much later apparently CZjimmy
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70 million i bet will be OUR tax!

and the savannah is to open much later apparently CZjimmy
Is bristol zoo council run???
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and the savannah is to open much later apparently CZjimmy
70million certainly won't be coming from tax, most of that will be spent on the 2012 olympics. As the article says, funds are going to be souced from outside parties (although "organisations" may include the government).
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Is bristol zoo council run???
No Belfast is the only zoo left in the U.K that is still owned and run by the local council,although many others have small collections or bird gardens but none are a full blown zoo.
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No Belfast is the only zoo left in the U.K that is still owned and run by the local council,although many others have small collections or bird gardens but none are a full blown zoo.
thanks for information, I really dont see the money coming from the government, I guess they will have to have a sort of sponsorship deals with firms.
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A bit more info from the zoos website
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A bit more info from the zoos website
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Some really cool species mentioned there, most noticable bonobo's!
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Reading through the plans it looks as though manatees have been dropped from the plans, as have Indian rhino, being replaced by black rhino.
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Reading through the plans it looks as though manatees have been dropped from the plans, as have Indian rhino, being replaced by black rhino.
I don't know. The aerial map on that site still shows a 'nepal grasslands' zone and one of the major species that they could put here would be Indian rhinos. Manatees also appear in the banner at the top so i'd imagine bristol still want them...
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Reading through the plans it looks as though manatees have been dropped from the plans, as have Indian rhino, being replaced by black rhino.
Black rhino would be a better option, as indian rhino's can take up more room for the same amount of animals plus added expense of indoor heating pools!
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I don't know. The aerial map on that site still shows a 'nepal grasslands' zone and one of the major species that they could put here would be Indian rhinos. Manatees also appear in the banner at the top so i'd imagine bristol still want them...
Would be nice to have more zoo in the UK keeping indian rhino's but the same case can be implied for black rhinos.
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I don't know. The aerial map on that site still shows a 'nepal grasslands' zone and one of the major species that they could put here would be Indian rhinos. Manatees also appear in the banner at the top so i'd imagine bristol still want them...
Well done Poirot you spotted all the clues
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I do hope they will get the rhino and manatee at some time, with spending all that money they will need some special exhibits and species to get people through the gates, and i think they could achieve this with what is planned.
But speaking of getting people in, maybe i am just a cynic but i noticed on the map a large blank area called the Chinese montane area, pandas anyone?
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Possible they look like there undecided on whether to go with it or not, because the area is completely blank, but you can see potential enclosure indian rhions could go thou!

Panda's definitely would draw the crowds in
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I do hope they will get the rhino and manatee at some time, with spending all that money they will need some special exhibits and species to get people through the gates, and i think they could achieve this with what is planned.
But speaking of getting people in, maybe i am just a cynic but i noticed on the map a large blank area called the Chinese montane area, pandas anyone?
I think the Chinese area was mentioned earlier in this thread. Pandas would be the obvious choice, but i reckon they will go for something like Snow Leopards especially with doubts about raising the money to build the place.

Just to add to my earlier detective work () there is a Costa Rica Swamp House, which is a perfect setting for West Indian Manatee perhaps...
 
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