Jersey Zoo » Durrell (Jersey) Zoo

07-04-2008

It won't take him very long.. You can walk around the whole grounds of Jersey Zoo in about twenty minutes- if you didn't stop to look at the animals...

07-04-2008

that's just it. Putting the majority of the pressure on the actual site to become more viable largely ignores that people actually have to come to the Island in the first place, and it is a relatively small site. I think that as a brand name, Durrell could massively increase its donor base through nationwide fundraising campaigns as do many charities and pressure groups right now. It may annoy you to see some dreadlocked hippy in a tabard with an over-sincere expression trying to stop you on the street to sign up for some charity but it works phenomenally well - which is the reason so many NGOs still fundraise in this way. To market themselves as primarily a charity which also maintain living collections both ex situ at their jersey headquarters and in situ in many sites worldwide would dissolve the problems of the zoo being located in Jersey. Sure, the zoo should not be a massive drain on money, but then if most of the species there are part of their wider conservation projects anyway, then why should the site need to generate enough gate revenue ex situ when their in situ breeding centres generate, quite rightly, no funds at all as they are not open to the public? It does worry me slightly that there is this feeling that Jersey zoo itself needs to earn its keep a little more to stay viable, when the charity itself could be strong enough to generate sufficient funds for all Durrell projects.

10-07-2008

New at Jersey is a male red-fronted lemur from Cologne. A female was expected from Blackpool, but she has given birth and will be coming to Jersey with her youngster as soon as the baby is old enough to be moved.

1.1 Pied Tamarin have been born by caesarian section, the mother got into difficulties.

07-04-2009

sory to dig up this fossil of a thread but it's better than creating a new one on the same thing;

looking on wikipedia i've foud the page on Durrell (jersey) has been recently updated, now it contains quite a good list of species and exhibits aswell as their future developments.


from the page it seeems they are looking into aquiring yellow mongooses, guenons, red river hogs and affrican clawless otters

07-04-2009

I don't think Jersey ever kept penguins either.

07-04-2009

They had some in the early days of the zoo because Gerald Durrell wrote about them arriving in the zoo in one of his books,have also found out that they did keep Gaharials during the first year of opening as its mentions them in the very first guide book that Jersey produced

07-04-2009

Oh, something else I didn't know. Thanks Zoogiraffe.

07-04-2009

Not a problem will try to find out which book,as for the Gaharials this was mentioned on another Jersey thread that is now closed so just added on to this,i think its just a case in the early days of most collections the records of whats kept are often not as good as they are today why should Jersey be any different?

08-04-2009

It may have been "Menagerie Manor".



Hix

10-04-2009

Wise words, johnstoni. I am also convinced the prime job of the commercial director would be to increase the funding base.

However, I do feel there is some requirement to acquaint the wider public with the work of Jersey Zoo and by way of increasing the no.s of visitors to the zoo on site the standing and thus the funding base for its in situ conservation work.

Coming to in situ work: when will Jersey Zoo get Cayman blue and Anegada island iguanas? Would be a nice addition. And I do feel there is a need for a more robust presence in ex situ European collections of endangered Caribbean iguanids.

24-04-2009

New avian arrivals from Zurich zoo include a Madagascan crested ibis (only one in the UK?), 6 Madagascan turtle doves and 10 Madagascan fodies as new inhabitants for a Madagascan themed aviary to be opened later this year.
Hopefully they will be joined at a later date by hammerkop and crested coua.

24-04-2009

I expect some more crested ibis will arrive from Zoo Koeln and Vogelpark Walsrode in due course to set up a further potential breeding colony?

24-04-2009

Madagascan crested ibis are fantastic birds, very happy to have see we now have them in the UK.

24-04-2009

Would be even better if we could see them on the main land,having said that i will be seeing them in Koln in less than 3 weeks.

25-04-2009

Koln have a different subspecies according to ISIS