Edinburgh zoo » Edinburgh Zoo

12-02-2008

My god, Edinburgh "dumbing down"? You got to be kidding me, any zoo in the world would drool over their animal inventory and since i've been there in 2002 they received a huge amount of unusual species adding to those they allready have. Those people have absolutely no idea

On the other hand, i do understand that their allready little reptile and aviary sections are all gone, which does lay the focus on their (imo massive and impressive) mammal list..

14-02-2008

Is there something of a shortage of Sumatran tigers in captivity at the moment? Chester have been trying to get a female for ages, and now it sounds as though Edinburgh are having trouble sourcing any surplus animals.

14-02-2008

Maybe Edinburgh should be looking at Indo-Chinese tigers their numbers seem to be building up in Europe at the moment

14-02-2008

As I am a member of council of RZSS I have been invited along to the opening of Budongo on the 4th of March.

Also if any members are visiting the zoo I would be more than happy if I'm free to give tours around the zoo.

14-02-2008

just to jump back a bit to the animal escape,,,,,,,,,,,,,darting the macaque may not have been as simple for all the reasons mentioned, but you have to bear in mind too the time it takes for the sedative to have an effect, if any. if the animal posed any sort of perceived or real threat to public safety, this window of time might be too long. in addition, darting the animal could have resulted in it becoming either more agitated and aggressive, running away and being lost or dying accidently. a ****** scenario all round.
just to steal the thread for 2 seconds, would love to have been at Taronga Zoo on either the day the clouded leopard got out or a bongo, when staff had to phyically restrain the animal by its horns to prevent it jumping into the kodiak bear enclosure moat!!!!!

Lions at Edinburgh Zoo
15-02-2008

When do you think the Asiatic Lion cubs will be shipped out? They must be coming up to 2 years old now, do you think Twycross will get one of them considering Kamal is being moved to Bristol?

Do you think the adult lions will be allowed to breed again with the same male, or do you think he's already well represented with 4 near adult cubs?

17-02-2008

Maybe there aren't any young/breeding age surplus anywhere just at the present time. It can happen with any less common species.

18-02-2008

Is anyone planning a visit to Edinburgh zoo this year, he asked in vain trying to get this thread back on track!

18-02-2008

Kiang, I was planning to to visit Edinburgh to see Budongo whilst it is still planted but i think i have to postpone it until next year due to other trips (zoo and non-zoo alike)...

(second step to getting the thread back on track )

18-02-2008

I Want to go to Edinburgh either later this year or early next year

18-02-2008

If you are coming up leave it till the end of March once Budongo is open and up and running.

18-02-2008

I'm coming in May, combining with a trip to the Isle of May to see the puffins. Not HWP though, that is just too far for me

18-02-2008

I'm aiming for early July: I hope to go back to the Bass Rock for the gannets too. I want to go on to the Highlands and HWP because I'd like to see the kiang and their other specialities.

Alan

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19-02-2008

From Edinburgh Zoo website it states that the Budongo Trail is scheduled to be open to the public by summer 2008. It has it's offical opening on the 4th of March. I will try to get photo's to post when I go to the official opening.

19-02-2008

What's going on between 4th March and 'the summer'?-it seems quite a long interval when its in use but not open to the public. It sounds like it may well eventually knock Chester into 2nd place as far as having the top Chimpanzee exhibit in the UK.