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08-12-2007

Would any of you UK guys know how many African Elephants have been bred at the Knowsley Safari park? and the size of their herd. Also with the four cows? at the west midlands Safari park could they be used for breeding with the bull at Knowsley?, I guess the distance between the two parks is not so far.

08-12-2007

West Midlands had 2.2.0 African Elephants i believe 1 of the Bulls has now left due to mangement problems due to the fact they had 2 Bulls coming into maturity at the same time as for Knowsley would say you could get the answers from robmv hwo is a user on this forum.

08-12-2007

Knowsley have 7 african elephants in their current herd. 1 male and 6 females.

They have had 2 succesful births and 1 stillbirth and 1 was killed.

The 2 calves are now 4 years old and the other mature females all originally came from the wild via Windsor.

08-12-2007

Do you think this herd will expand with more births in the furture, also would you know if they are working with any other zoos or Safrai parks in their breeding program?.

09-12-2007

port Lympne have a bull Elephant on loan(?) from either Knowsley or West Midlands(I can't remember which) for their new African group. His name is 'Kruger'

10-12-2007

Kruger was the breeding bull at Knowsley.

10-12-2007

Do you know if he's loaned to Port Lympne or is it a more permanent arrangement?

10-12-2007

Knowsley's current elephants are as follows

Nissim (male) b.01.12.1994 at Ramat Gan (Yossi x Norris) - arrived at Knowsley 30.11.1998
Buta (female) b.1984 in Zimbabwe - arrived 09.08.1993 from Windsor
Shaba (female) b.1984 in Zimbabwe - arrived 09.08.1993 from Windsor
Juba (female) b.1987 in Zimbabwe - arrived 09.08.1993 from Windsor
Tana (female) b.1987 in Zimbabwe - arrived 09.08.1993 from Windsor
Ashanti (female) b.10.01.2003 at Knowsley (Kruger x Shaba)
Nala (female) b.05.04.2003 at Knowsley (Kruger x Tana)

Kruger moved to Port Lympne 04.10.2006 and as far as I know this is a permanent move - I have heard that he may have left one or two cows pregnant, but I can't say for sure. Nissim is now thirteen years old and should start breeding soon (although Kruger didn't sire his first calf until he was nearly twenty) - if he is up to the job, the future breeding potential of the group is excellent.

West Midlands still have 1.2 elephants (Jack, Five and Lataba) - the second bull Tooth move to Ouwehands Dierenpark in Holland 19.06.2007.

Knowsley Elephants
11-12-2007

Hello!!!

We Have 4 adult females, two 4 year old female calves and a young male who is 13 years old. We are hoping he will breed with the cows when he gets a bit more dominant!! The father of the 2 calves, Kruger, was moved to Port Lympne in Kent (permanantly) to allow Nissim to mature and be a fresh bloodline for the herd. We are just waiting patiently for the time being

Hope this has been helpful

11-12-2007

Do you work at the park? And if so what do you do?

11-12-2007

Kruger moved to Port Lympne 04.10.2006 and as far as I know this is a permanent move - I have heard that he may have left one or two cows pregnant, but I can't say for sure. Nissim is now thirteen years old and should start breeding soon (although Kruger didn't sire his first calf until he was nearly twenty) - if he is up to the job, the future breeding potential of the group is excellent.
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I think they stated on the parks website he sired his first calf at 17 years old, would anyone have any shots of the young bull Nissim?

07-02-2008

The park have unveiled their plans for the new sea lion enclosure.
A £600,000 des res for Knowsley’s three sealions - Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk

07-02-2008

About time that the sealions got a new enclosure!

I really disliked the old one, but from the illustration, it appears the building will remain. (although it did house the reptile house, if I remember correctly).

Perhaps it will be retained as an area for the sealion shows?

07-02-2008

In that article it said that the baboons were the most popular exhibit. I so wish melbourne would do something with theirs or give them to werribee

07-02-2008

Baboons are a brilliant exhibit- when displayed properly..