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30-08-2008

I assume that the 2007 Annual report has now been produced Chris , I requested a copy a while ago but it was not then available .

30-08-2008

I would assume so too, but I don't have a copy. In the meantime I have been using the Trustee's Report for 2007 which is available from the Charity Commission website:

http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk...071231_e_c.pdf

30-08-2008

Thanks Chris . Apart from the detailed animal report there is probably more information here than in the Annual report , if it is produced this year .

I picked out 2 items that really pleased me - the latest white-cheeked gibbon is being mother reared , and quote ' Plans also include the demolition of the old Chimp Houses with the chimps being rehoused in a new Ape Cognition Centre ( whatever that is ) to be built in the area next to the Gorilla Enclosure ' .

Twycross Chimp plans
30-08-2008

HOORAY!!! Thank god for that, it IS a start.

... but I'm still skeptical about just how many of those chimpanzees, particularly the oldest ones, will eventually be put together in one single group?

30-08-2008

When you get down to Howletts you will see a perfectly functional regular breeding pack of dholes in a classic linkmesh fenced paddock.

I'm not hugely convinced by the rotational enclosures, having dealt with enough animals that refuse to enter nightquarters (just so you can clean the exhibit) would throw the whole idea out the window. Interspecies stress is not to be dismissed easily. It would be interesting to compare the breeding records of animals kept in rotational exhibits versus traditional ones.

30-08-2008

That was my initial thought- see above. I would think Dhole would be really stressed by lion scent in their enclosure. I don't think there are any Dhole in the Gir Forest in India, but if there are and they come across Lions, they can simply flee to another area.

30-08-2008

Going next sunday will see if they have produced an annual report,if they have i will pick some copies up.

31-08-2008

One thread per topic please. Closing thread.