New Gorilla at Longleat? » Longleat Safari Park

19-08-2007

No, Port Lympne still breed the so-called Barbary Lions. There is a Barbary Lion thread about this too.

The old male they sent to Longleat was 'Kabir', a past breeding male who they have replaced in recent years with a new breeding male 'Suliman' from Rabat, Morocco. I presume they no longer had space for 'Kabir' and so his move to Longleat and yes, he has fathered cubs there, to a homebred 'ordinary' lioness.

19-08-2007

That may of been a "one off" thing, as his bloodline is well repersented at PL, as far as knowing what they are doing at Longleat who knows, their website stinks and has very little info on its animals

19-08-2007

The breeding female lion at Port Lympne is a daughter of 'Kabir' and she has had several litters now.

I don't think Longleat treat him as anything other than a 'lion' as far as genetics go. And yes, Longleat's website has precious little animal news.

last hope for Nico?
20-08-2007

Returning to the original subject of this thread...

I believe Longleat should act responsibly and at least provide Nico with a partner if they can. It would also be the last chance to try and perpetuate his genes in the captive population.

The number of older wildcaught gorillas in Europe dwindles a bit more each year. With them go the last chances to add the genes of any unrepresented animals into the population. Several males(in particular) which previously have been regarded as 'asocial' or 'impossible to breed from' have been allowed to die, sometimes without being given a realistic chance to breed. Nico falls pretty much into this category. I think the chance of success for him is slim but still worth the effort perhaps?

25-08-2007

I don't think Longleat treat him as anything other than a 'lion' as far as genetics go. And yes, Longleat's website has precious little animal news.[/quote]


Grant, looks like Longleats just updated there website, WOW, "at last" the new Trio of Siberian tigers from France look nice

05-09-2007

three warthog have also arrived, i wonder if they are the 3 males born at edinburgh last year, they are on the east african reserve.

06-09-2007

update as usual way out the edinburgh warthogs went to the south of france and portugal (latest issue of zoo magazine arrive today)

06-09-2007

Warthogs are suddenly become quite common in UK zoos. A few years ago Marwell was about the only place that had any.

06-09-2007

I remember when whipsnade had them

07-09-2007

whipsnade were the first zoo in the world to breed them in the 1950's

07-09-2007

Did it have something to do with the Eastern bloc countries joining the EU? I'm not sure whether this was because many species were thriving here already, or if countries like Poland were able to import animals into Europe for less cost.

07-09-2007

I remember when Whipsnade had; Hunting Dogs, Mountain Zebra, Tommie Gazelle, Spectacled Bear, Polar Bear, Leopard, Moose, and Wapiti to name but a few they don't have now- but I can't remember Warthogs!

Where abouts did they live?

08-09-2007

no the majority of warthogs in europe are related to groups that were imported to europe from the gambia by antwerp, rotterdam and beekse bergen in the early nineties

08-09-2007

Marwell's came from Rotterdam. I think they have bred them but I don't know if its frequently?

08-09-2007

Yes Grant I remember most of those but not the Spectacled bears, I think the Warthogs were near the rhinos, but I am not sure now as it was quite a few yaers ago, the Tommies were a nice large herd sorry to hear they are all gone.