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#1
West midlands
09-07-2007
Anyone else heard about plans to expand the drive though at west midlands safri park ???
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#2
10-08-2007
yes I went there! They had some gorgeous white lions
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#3
12-08-2007
this is a very exciting collection at the moment, with such rarities as phillipine deer, addax, banteng, african wild dogs and even an aye aye!!!!. They even had plans for indian rhino a few years back they had planning permission and whipsnade and dvur kralove offered some of their animals but the eep commitee knocked them back.
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#4
13-08-2007
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 . The collection is starting to get really serious now. Does anyone know where the Aye Aye came from?Also, has the Cotswold Wildlife Park ever had Aye Aye? |
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#5
13-08-2007
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#6
13-08-2007
the aye aye is a spare male from jersey
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#7
13-08-2007
I saw in the Gallary the photo of the Hippo herd at West midland which looks like a good size, had a look on ISIS which shows ten anianls there, cool.
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#8
13-08-2007
Its easily the largest common Hippo group in the Uk. I'm not sure if they are breeding anymore at present though.
Only a few zoos in the Uk nowadays exhibit Common Hippo- Whipsnade, Dublin, Flamingo Park(whose animals came from the West Midlands group) and (possibly still?) Longleat- that's about it. Several more exhibit the smaller Pygmy Hippo which is easier to accomodate in a limited space. |
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#9
09-09-2007
had an email from mr lawrence at the safari park saying keep checking the site news is imminent. i see they have bred from their phillipine deer.
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#10
09-09-2007
great to see them breeding the spotted deer.
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#11
09-09-2007
wonder what new species they will bring in, the safari parks in britain seem to be bringing in more rare and unusual species.
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#12
09-09-2007
bontebok maybe and somali wild ass, kudu, gaur, black rhinos, giant elands and congo buffalo maybe. most can be seen in the one or two collections in the uk at the moment. a lot of places do seem to be housing black instead of hite rhinos at the moment. eland and gaur are the most unlikely of the ones i mentioned.
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#13
09-09-2007
where did you get this list from, there are no giant eland in europe never mind britain and no bontebok a great list though.
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#14
09-09-2007
not and official list at all.
im just guessing sorry i should have maid it more obvious. ps. dont africa alive have bontebok |
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#15
09-09-2007
africa alive have blesbok, the bontebok are a lot rarer in europe with i think leipzig and hanover holding them.
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