This investigation has produced a report, which appears to be damning. Environment department failed to investigate allegations rare Australian...
Orangs are all antisocial, when compared to the African apes. I believe that Mali is a particularly intelligent and strong-willed individual and...
Unfortunately this is not the case. Poor Gambira was usually kept with Chinta, her daughter Natalia and male Wousan. Mali and Tatau are always...
Belfast, Birmingham and Chester are cities too, and Dudley is contiguous with Birmingham even if it is not within its boundaries.
Checking into the zoo's website, I noticed a plan for the development of its west car park for housing. I didn't even know that this site existed...
An article on this topic from The Observer. Carrie Symonds wants animals to run free. So why is she working for a zoo? | Catherine Bennett Isn't...
Last night I finally got the chance to look in detail at the plans for the new Reptile and Giant Tortoise exhibits. Although I will miss the range...
When I visited the stalls in the Cotton Terraces the deer and antelopes down there always seemed very nervous and surprised to see visitors. I...
Spawning is probably quite simple (I don't know details for this species), rearing the fry is much more difficult.
I agree. We must remember that animals from this private collection have been passed on to several public collections in the UK and on the...
Thresher shark breaching by gentle lemur posted 17 Jun 2018 at 10:24 PM A thresher shark leaping vertically out of the water - I think it was...
I don't think the sex determination problem is so puzzling, many South American monkey species have unusually large external female genitalia and...
Some years ago, in one of our old walk-and-talk sessions with Tim Rowlands when he was Curator of Mammals at Chester, he told us that one of their...
My camera case is arranged so that I keep the 300mm on the camera body inside it: consequently when I enter a zoo and sit down on the nearest...
There are dozens of reasons why governments subsidise loss-making enterprises, particularly in current circumstances. But they must only do it for...
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