Edinburgh zoo » Edinburgh Zoo

09-01-2008

No Chris i'm afraid not, it will be a group of Afghanistan urial arriving next week from the Nordens park Sweden.
And thats all i'm allowed to tell you!

09-01-2008

Tell us, the second you're allowed. No hesitation, I want some Juicy news!

10-01-2008

For some reason Hornbills popped into my end with the third one!!

Are they hornbills!!

10-01-2008

I'd love some more asian, or Black or Yellow casqued, hornbills to be brought into UK zoos.

11-01-2008

So does this mean the blue-tongue restrictions have been lifted at last?

23-01-2008

Edinburgh has announced that the Budongo trail will open on March 21st, this will be the biggest chimpanzee enclosure in the world according to the zoo.
Having cost £5.65 million pounds it will be the most expensive zoo exhibit in Britain.

23-01-2008

I might try and get up there by Easter then.

It'll be interesting to compare it to the previous most expensive exhibit (Gorilla Kingdom)...

23-01-2008

The brand new chimpanzee exhibit looks amazing, especially with all of the different, temperature-controlled rooms. It might give the new chimp enclosure at Monarto Zoo in South Australia a run for its money in terms of innovative design.

I see from their website that they still have Mercedes the old polar bear kicking around...

23-01-2008

What is their target number of Chimpanzees to inhabit it? Will they be adding any new chimps or just increasing the group by further breeding? At present in the UK ONLY Chester has a proper social & decent-sized group of Chimps(also Monkey World though theirs are essentially a 'rescue' project) Examples of disappointing groups in large modern enclosures are at Dudley(females only) and Whipsnade(small imbalanced group) Lets hope the eleven chimps at Edinburgh will expand rapidly into the 20's at least and put Edinburgh's group on a par with Chester's- and make the exhibit worth the cost of building....

23-01-2008

i think Edinburgh are looking to hold around 40 animals in Budongo.
As with the majority of building projects in Britain, i would be very surprised if Budongo was open to the public on the 21st, call me sceptical i know, but i hope i am wrong.

23-01-2008

Unlike Gorilla Kingdom What is the current situation like with Edinburgh's chimps?

and Re: Kiang's post. 40 animals!! That would be an impressive group to see...

Are any other animals going to be featured in Budongo besides Chimps?

23-01-2008

The press articles and the information on the zoo's website all state the same thing: a target of 40 chimpanzees. Hopefully the enclosure is enormous...

23-01-2008

40 Chimpanzees sounds excellent Even Chester's group is only about 25 strong. With a group that size they will need a good 'cohort' of adult males to give it the proper social dynamic.

Will they take the slow route, allowing the existing group to build up in numbers or the fast route, adding a whole lot more chimps? The former is my guess....

09-02-2008

sad news at the zoo today....................................
BBC NEWS | Scotland | Edinburgh, East and Fife | Escaped rabies cage monkey shot

09-02-2008

Even though the authorities are 'content' with the situation, I can still see the animal rights activists jumping on Edinburgh's back, similar to the chimp at whipsnade.

It is sad news indeed...