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I would maybe guess Twycross has the smallest?
Although Newquay's is much too small for lions.
Its one hell of alot bigger than where they used to be kept in Newquay and they had to share it with Pumas.
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Its one hell of alot bigger than where they used to be kept in Newquay and they had to share it with Pumas.
Newquay Lions used to live in a 'modern' breeze block house with meshed outside enclosure- it was REALLY tiny.
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Were they in a mixed exhibit with the Pumas, or did they alternate use of the outdoor area? Is this the area where the Lynx now lives, or where the Fossa now live, as I think I remember both of them housing Pumas.
What is the smallest Lion enclosure in the UK?
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i seem to remember during a keeper talk at the lions that the lynx are in the old puma enclosure
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Thought the Pumas used to live there. And before that I think they lived in those really small cages the Fossa live in now... Stupid really.
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i seem to remember during a keeper talk at the lions that the lynx are in the old puma enclosure
The Lynx are in the old Puma enclosure. The original Lion enclosure was a small building on the other side of the path,with mesh outdoor cages- maybe its got fossas now, I don't know.
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And, due to the design, I guess that the Sulawesi Macaque (right species?) enclosure probably used to house bears...?
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And, due to the design, I guess that the Sulawesi Macaque (right species?) enclosure probably used to house bears...?
yes, i know that for sure...i've read a article on the history of newquay zoo and the macaque enclosure did inded hold bears, asiatic black bears
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Where the Fossas are is where the Lions and Pumas used to be,as for the smallest Lion enclosure its the stud-book holder i believe.
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yes, i know that for sure...i've read a article on the history of newquay zoo and the macaque enclosure did inded hold bears, asiatic black bears
One of the Zoo Yearbooks(can't remember which) has an article on the construction of Newquay's Bear enclosure and a photo showing the bears using it.
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Where the Fossas are is where the Lions and Pumas used to be
Wow... That enclosure's only just big enough for Fossa. I don't think a Lion would even fit in there. That really is quite shocking...

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As for the smallest Lion enclosure its the stud-book holder i believe.
I think my guess was right
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I think my guess was right
Your guess is correct,there was an enclosure half the size of that that used to keep a pair of lions in another u.k zoo as lates as the 1990s
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Thought so. That's bad, as late as that?!
Did the Lions and Pumas used to alternate enclosures, or did they have one of those cages each?
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Thought so. That's bad, as late as that?!
Did the Lions and Pumas used to alternate enclosures, or did they have one of those cages each?
They had one half each on my first visit i saw it with just the pair of Lions and boy did it look small,the Pumas had just moved in to what is now the lynx enclosure.
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i simply cant imagine a lion even fitting into one of those cages, what was the lion enclosure space used for before the enclosure
 
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