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Cotswold Wildlife Park and Gardens Cotswold Wildlife Park news 2013-2014

Discussion in 'United Kingdom' started by Nisha, 17 Jan 2013.

  1. Nisha

    Nisha Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    Can start a new thread with news that park will be closed tomorrow (Friday 18th Jan) due to the expected heavy snowfall...
     
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    The park will be closed on the 19/20th as well due to heavy snow!
     
  3. Nisha

    Nisha Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    Park is now expected to re-open on Saturday 26th Jan
     
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    New Ground Cuscus

    Doris ,the ground cuscus, has a revealed she has had a male offspring
    called Viking.He is 110 days old.The enclosure is located next to the gift
    shop.If you are lucky you can see him leaving her pouch!
     
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    When I visited in early January I saw the joey out of the pouch... Must have been very lucky as it was the first time I had been Cotswolds wildlife park and seeing the species!
     
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    1 of the 1st tapirs was given to cotswolds by whipsnade as i discovered last night in my rhinos on the lawn book
     
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    Clouded Leopards at Cotswold

    A large clouded leopard enclosure is being built in the smaller walled garden area opposite and adjacent to the bamboo lemurs/yellow mongoose enclosure.This will encorporate the lemur enclosure and the long defunct squirrel monkey enclosure. The bamboo lemurs have been moved to where the sifakas were in a cage within the madagascan section.The sifakas are now in the walkthru.The other cage is occupied by a trio of black and white ruffed lemurs. Work has now been completed on the restaurant.
     
  8. Nisha

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    0.0.1 Colobus born 30th Jan

    ..and Great news on the new Cloudie exhibit :D
     
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    New male lion arrived from France yesterday.

    Jaguarundi's have gone back to Hamerton.
     
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    Welcome to Zoochat, Snowy Owl.

    Does that mean Cotswold no longer have Jaguarundi in the collection?
     
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    If this is the case, this would make Hamerton the only UK collection with oncilla and jaguarundi.
     
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    also if it is the case what will replace them maybe a bigger enclosure for the macaws and also are the pallas cats fairly new or are they off show because i didnt see them on my visit there last year
     
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    As a season ticket holder I am a regular visitor to the park and the Pallas Cats were definitely there each time I visited last year. They are opposite the Snowy Owl & Great Grey Owl enclosures, between the train station and the playground. The enclosure is set back from the main pathway, so I can see how you might have missed it.
     
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    A Crocodile Monitor is now on show in the Reptile House
     
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    Nice species which is unfortunatly kept at too few collections and bred in even fewer !
     
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    Visit 6th March

    A few items noted -

    - Alaotran gentle lemurs now in the walk-through with other species

    - A couple of kingfishers ( unlabelled , I think collared ) in Tropical House

    - Trumpeters and young scarlet ibis in 2 halves of previous Jaguarundi enclosure

    - newly arrived , from France , young male Asiatic lion mixed with old female

    - 4 2012 Morelet's crocodiles on show in Reptile House

    - Great hornbills not mixed , in adjoining aviaries

    - 2 young scimitar-horned oryx seen

    - dark big male giraffe looked good but 2 smaller ones seemed in less good condition , with missing tail tufts

    - white-faced saki and squirrel mokey labelled in enclosure behind colobus , not seen

    - burrowing owl aviary rebuilt , other next to it demolished

    - new clouded leopard enclosure will not be very tall , which is a shame ( see photo )
     
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    What species of lemur are now in the mixed walk through now? :)
     
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    Ring-tailed , red-bellied , collared , Alaotran gentle . Possibly black but not certain of this , certainly saw the first 4 species .
     
  20. Mr Sifaka

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    Don't forget the absolutely gorgeous Crowned Sifaka ;-)