Longleat news and the future #3 » Longleat Safari & Adventure Park

23-04-2012

Oh...Sorry for hassle!How are the lions?

23-04-2012

Its no hassle... Can't help you with Lions though.

23-04-2012

Again I don't see where you are getting this from, neither oumbie or boulas have behavioural problems. I see them 2 or 3 times a month and they seem like well adjusted gorillas to me. Kesho has genetic problems, but is a good social animal. Alf presumably will have the same social skills as his brother.

I really hope that oumbie moving is unfounded speculation, but if it isn't it seems terribly unfair to say that they will shunted out later, not least because I doubt many places would take a group of males.

23-04-2012

read on warminster web that longleat are either having or it may be a rumour but theres a mention of crocs in particular white crocs

23-04-2012

None of the four males being discussed have behavioural problems, though Kesho and(almost certainly) Boulas are infertile males. I am surprised if Dublin are letting Alf go so soon, but maybe its to make up the numbers and he would certainly remember and get along with Kesho. Also he would have to leave at some stage anyway.

If/when these males (or some of them, or any others) arrive at Longleat I think it will be longterm. If they also want a breeding group at a later stage, Nico's island will presumably become vacant when he dies, and after a decent upgrade, could hold one of these two groups.

23-04-2012

It was announced some time ago they were getting at least 1 white crocodile-its in the 2012 leaflet

28-04-2012

Why is isis making you become a user I wanted to see how many lions there are

28-04-2012

The ISIS database is being upgraded to the new ZIMS software. While the changeover is in progress there is no public access, but this should be back once the changeover is completed.

29-04-2012

Am I right in saying that Kesho is leaving London? So they will be replacing him with a fourth silverback in three years?!

29-04-2012

Yes, he is the only male at London so will be leaving London for Longleat. Your correct fourth male in three years;

Bobby arrived in 2003 and died in 2008
Yeboah arrived in 2009 died in 2010
Tiny born in October 2010 died in 2010/2011
Kesho arrived in 2010, due to move to Longleat this or next year.

Possibly candidates for the London male;
Lengai (Stuttgart) Ebobo (Budapest) one of the Beekse Burgen males or a male from a bachelor group in Austria.

29-04-2012

Nothing has been officaly comfirmed by Longleat or ZSL regarding Kesho's future yet. The article about him being moved to Longleat wasn't from an official source, just wait and see, but that move is nowhere near certien as of now.....

29-04-2012

I agree,i asked the question earlier whether the zsl & Twycross moves had been confirmed elsewhere,so far nothing either official or unofficial appears to have been disclosed by either Longleat or the zoos holding them.the info came from someone working on the boats who could have got it at least partly wrong!

29-04-2012

You took the words out of my mouth Nisha. Couldn't agree more.

29-04-2012

It hasn't been stated anywhere officially so I would not be quite so positive about this- at least yet..

From memory 'Ebobo' from Budapest has already transferred to Barcelona. There is never any shortage of replacement males in these situations though narrowing them down to the most suitable ones does weed a lot of the others out.

02-05-2012

The first of Longleat's Penguins (currently being housed at Seaview, IOW) has hatched. Current plan see's them travelling to Wiltshire once the youngest is a few weeks old
Hatched, matched and dispatched