Developments at Edinburgh Zoo » Edinburgh Zoo

03-11-2008

is there any news on them getting any Gaur yet and have the Kulan arrived

14-11-2008

There will be free admission to the zoo and HWP on 30th November to celebrate St Andrews day here in Scotland, should bring in the crowds.

09-01-2009

Guess what?, another zoo stock taking story from the BBC, thats 2 this year so far, how many more i wonder?

BBC NEWS | Scotland | Animals counted two by two

and since when did Edinburgh have an aquarium, deep sea world at South Queensferry i think

27-01-2009

Here is the latest copy of the zoo magazine with all the latest animal news.

http://www.edinburghzoo.org.uk/expor...inter_2008.pdf

Latest Visit
05-02-2009

Just back from another trip to the Zoo... spoke to some of the keepers around the big cat area and managed to get some information

1. Mercedes the polar bear is going to the Highland Wildlife Park
2. They have a new Amur leopard female (who is VERY cute) and once she and the male have finished their 6 months quarantine they will also be going to HWP
3. New arrivals include wildcats and european otters
4. Edinburgh Zoo is getting the wolves pack (from HWP i think, when mercedes goes there) they are gonna be housed near the zebra enclosure.
5. The female tiger Chandra will also be moving on once she has finished her quarantine and they are going to get another female sumatran tiger

While wandering around the purple faced languars have a baby, the patagonian sea lion has been joined by two females, there is a new enclosure for the beavers and i finally saw the aye-aye!!!

My Pictures will be up soon
Take care
Lesley

05-02-2009

I'm very dissapointed with the fact HWP are moving out their wolves. Regardless of all these big new animals, they have been drawcards for so many years now, and their enclosure is world class.

05-02-2009

To be honest though, I think Mercedes will be a bigger draw card:
"Come and see the UK's only Polar bear" sounds a lot more interesting (to most of the public) than "come and see a pack of wolves in a great exhibit".

05-02-2009

Still, when I spoke to the keeper in August he said the plans were to keep polar bears in a section of the reserve viewable from opposite the tiger enclosure. Surely Mercedes and wolves would both be able to stay at the park?

05-02-2009

By the looks of it Mercedes will be going into the huge wolf enclosure, around which the fencing is only light chain link, so it must be electric fences all the way round, a pool will also have to be installed.
wolves, wildcats and European otters for the zoo, along with the beavers, i suppose this is the EAZA year for European carnivores, so maybe temporary?

05-02-2009

I think the swap is only temporary... the keeper did say that mercedes was "she is going on her holidays" and then in the same sentence mention wolves are coming here... i assume that its the HWP wolves but it might be others

05-02-2009

With the Japanese serow moving to the HWP that will free up their current enclosure, the former wolf wood.
I think Mercedes is now getting too old to be moved back and forth and if she is heading north i think it will be permanent.
The wolves are one of the major attractions at HWP, but now with the tigers, macaques, red pandas and the promise of the polar bear and the leopards, there will be plenty to bring in the visitors.

05-02-2009

Aren't the wolves at HWP all males? Could they be importing females to join them?
If I remember the geography of the park correctly, 'opposite the tiger enclosure' could mean the corner of the reserve where the elk use the pools. This would mean constructing a large new enclosure which would need to be designed so that it could be occupied by further polar bears (or perhaps bears of another species) after Mercedes has passed on.

Alan

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05-02-2009

I was planning on going to the HWP today, but the weather has stopped that so hopefully i will make it tomorrow or saturday, so i will ask when i am up there if there is anyone around

Here is a link to the pictures i took yesterday at the zoo...

Flickr: Lesley4444's Photostream

I especially like the purple faced languars baby... took me ages to get that one shot..lol..hope you enjoy

06-02-2009

Great pictures

does anyone know if the Kulan are there yet and if they are still on track for the Gaur

06-02-2009

Having seen the item I would agree with you Kiang, although in the earlier years of the zoo they did have the Caird Aquarium in what is now the Zoo entrance building, but that closed some years ago and they haven't had cichlids and rays there as the item showed. Obviously somone using some library footage to fill up a gap in the sequence.