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15-08-2008

it must do. A few weeks ago there were 13 in the group. They are quite active but even more noticeable- very noisy(the park comments on this too) -they make a strange and almost continual grunting noise like a baboon being sick....

15-08-2008

I photographed them today. I saw 2 sets of twin piglets (peccarylets? ). The enclosures were very muddy - but it was very wet in Oxfordshire yesterday. The photos will reach the gallery eventually.
I didn't have time to go round all the park, but I noticed that they are refurbishing the rhino house & paddock - although their old male is still looking healthy.

Alan

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12-11-2008

New arrivals at the park include Utilan iguana, black mamba, pied avocet, black winged stilt, redshank and Von Der Decken's hornbill.

12-11-2008

Sadly, the pair of Squirrel’s Monkeys have been stolen from Cotswold Wildlife Park yesterday. Thieves forced their way into an enclosure overnight between Monday and today and took two female squirrel monkeys.

Police believe the monkeys were taken on the orders of a private collector. The stolen monkeys are Stripe, who was acquired by the park in 1993 and is about 15 years old, and 12-year-old Deana, who was born at the park in 1996.

Concerns about keeping primates as pets were raised during the formation of the Animal Welfare Act 2006. The proposals would also raise awareness of how the market for exotic pets could undermine global conservation efforts.

12-11-2008

Very sad

12-11-2008

that's a terrible thing to do

13-11-2008

A squirrel monkey was also stolen from Chessington a year or so back- they got it back I believe.

14-11-2008

yes they did, his name was spongebob and he was found in a "poor" estate in london.

Sadly he wasnt accepted by his old group and he now lives in battersea childrens zoo with two/three females.

14-11-2008

I heard on the Radio the Cotswold ones have been returned, left in a box near the Park. Hopefully they are okay.

14-11-2008

oh thats good news!

14-11-2008

Yes, the monkeys are safe and well.

19-03-2009

Apparently the Great Indian Hornbill died this morning Always loved getting so close to these magnificent birds. They're hopeful of getting a new male

19-03-2009

... and did I hear mention of Warty Pigs having arrived from Rotterdam?

19-03-2009

Nothing on ISIS on Warty Pigs, you might be getting confused with Newquay. It still reports a male Pallas Cat however, presumably off show.

And a great conservation achievment; an expedition funded by the park discovered the largest group of Greater Bamboo Lemurs known to man, believed to make up 10% of the world population:

Largest ever group of Greater Bamboo Lemurs discovered during a research trip funnded by Cotswold Wildlife Park

19-03-2009

no cotswolds will get them soon too!