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#46
16-01-2008
Well ISIS lists 1.0 asiatic lions...
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#47
16-01-2008
maybe its out of date. Didn't they change females a year or two back, meaning the male was alone for a while?
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#48
16-01-2008
I work at Twycross as a volunteer.
Isis list is right - 1.0. We lost Khari (our female Lioness) just before Christmas. She was the worlds oldest Asiatic breeding Lioness. So now Kamal is on his own but he maybe sent to another collection. This will make us not have Lions now until the new enclosure is complete. James B |
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#49
16-01-2008
Thanks for that James!
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#50
16-01-2008
That's a shame isnt't it. Thanks for informing us anyway James.
When did Twycross's last tiger leave?? |
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#51
16-01-2008
Hari, the last Twycross Tiger left a few years ago, I can't remember the exact year. I think he went to Australia. He was a Tiger who liked spending time on his own.
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#52
16-01-2008
Yes James - Hari came to Australia to the then Mareeba Wild Animal Park but is now visiting Perth Zoo. What he carries under his tail is very valuable in this region!
You are right that he is a bit of a loner but he is the friendliest Sumatran towards humans that I have ever met. Despite his very obvious physical defects he is a lovely boy. |
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#53
16-01-2008
The Twycross male could go to Cotswold - they lost their male last year and now have 0.1
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17-01-2008
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18-01-2008
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#57
18-01-2008
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That's a shame about the Asiatic Lioness, although it sounds like she had a good long life - whilst I myself would not be too bothered if Twycross had no lions, I wonder if a lot of visitors might. Big cats are still a huge draw for punters, and for some reason leopards just don't seem to have that 'wow' factor that lions and tigers do! As long as the Snow Leopard plan comes off I'm happy, but I wonder what could go in the present lion enclosure? 
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#58
18-01-2008
the asiatic lion studbook is held at twycross so i doubt they'd evr go out of them. I had heard a new set of enclosure for lions, dhole and otter will be built with eed beds near the elephant paddock! also that the amur leopards would most likely move to the lion enclosure! twycross also are getting rusty spotted cats soon!
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18-01-2008
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#60
18-01-2008
Twycross will keep Asiatic Lions for many years to come yet. I have heard nothing on moving the Amur Leopards to another enclosure, or the zoo getting Rusty Spotted Cats.
James B |
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