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Old 17-03-2008
Thought it would be, was just checking thanks

some great news from chester
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AMAZING NEWS!!!!!

I have to see that baby babirusa!! Any pictures rob?
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Old 17-03-2008
A baby babirusa that is mighty fine news! That is the third EEP zoo to breed them nowadays.

Regarding the cheetahs: once again the North African cheetahs are to be imported from UAE. I do not know of EEP northern cheetah inside Saudi.
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Marwell have placed a male Okapi on short term breeding loan for 6 months herd.

The island for Orang Utan Sibu is surrounded by a tall wooden pole fence, so he will only be visible if he climbs a tree.

Loja did not have any cubs.
1. Presumably to get 'Stuma' pregnant more quickly as 'M'Buti is still a bit young to be a successful sire.

2. 'Sibu Island'- what's the point of the tall fence?

3. Do you mean Loja hasn't produced any cubs yet, or that she wasn't pregnant?
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Old 17-03-2008
I got the impression that she wasn't pregnant. The keeper was a bit vague with the information. I could have gone back to the bear talk to find out, but I did the carnivore section instead. The red panda cubs went to Trotters if anyone is interested.
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1. Presumably to get 'Stuma' pregnant more quickly as 'M'Buti is still a bit young to be a successful sire.
He does know how to mate, it is just that he does not know which end he should be at.
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He does know how to mate, it is just that he does not know which end he should be at.
He's still only young... he was certainly very interested in her when I went though they weren't together. Its a good idea in this situation to bring in an older bull to get her pregnant the first time around.

Did you actually see Loja? - if so I'd say she either wasn't pregnant or that she 'lost' the cub(s).
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Any one know if Asha the lioness is pregnant again yet? Starting to think might be getting too old to conceive. I presume she didn't take after being re-introduced to Asoka after she rejected Tejas back in September?
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Any one know if Asha the lioness is pregnant again yet? Starting to think might be getting too old to conceive. I presume she didn't take after being re-introduced to Asoka after she rejected Tejas back in September?
Apparently they were mating quite frequently only months after Tejas was rejected, so a future pregnancy can't be completely ruled out just yet...
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It is supposed to be pure Rothschild's. Sorry, I should have made it clearer.
Brilliant news this now only leaves Hybrids at Blair Drummond will be nice to see the Chester herd of Giraffes getting up to the niumbers held at Belfast.
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Did you actually see Loja? - if so I'd say she either wasn't pregnant or that she 'lost' the cub(s).
I didn't see her.

The presenters now give a daily talk with all the zoo news at the main entrance at 10am. A strange time to pick since the zoo does not open until then.
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Old 17-03-2008
Wonderful news about the babirusa and great to see more Camels and Onagers arriving
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I didn't see her.

The presenters now give a daily talk with all the zoo news at the main entrance at 10am. A strange time to pick since the zoo does not open until then.
That's probably because on busy days quieus start to build up at the paydesks before it opens. I've seen them starting to form at 9.30 a.m.
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Old 18-03-2008
They let people in around 9:30 now to try and stop queues forming, but with access to just the entrance area.

So there would be probably plenty of people to keep busy while they can't explore the rest of the zoo.

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Regarding the cheetahs: once again the North African cheetahs are to be imported from UAE. I do not know of EEP northern cheetah inside Saudi.
I wonder where this confusion is coming from regarding their current location? I was told it wasn't an arab state
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Old 18-03-2008
I've always found it rather irritating Chester don't open earlier than 10a.m. Many other zoos manage to be open at 9 a.m and there is so much to see at Chester, that extra hour would be very valuable...
 
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