The problem at Twycross was they couldn't keep a bull themselves due to insufficient housing. So all breeding attempts in the latter years were by...
"Highly speculative" This is a zoo gossip page. None of us here are experts so everything is going to be speculative.
This is highly speculative .. as Asiatic elephants are quite rounded out at the best of times. Further, the bull has been there a few years ......
I've thought of some more, quite a few UK black rhino; Parky- Whipsnade and Chester(and maybe Port Lympne as well) Esther. London and Chester(?)...
I don’t believe Lego is an effective use of zoo space vs real animals and to be honest I hope I am long gone before real animals in zoos are all...
Difficult to put my top 5 in order but here they are with some mentions to others at the end: PROJECT ELEPHANT BASE CAMP at Blackpool zoo. Have...
Have you got an updated list for this year? :)
No 1 - The Desert House is too cold for reptiles, the reason they were removed many years ago.
Re. January closure, it will be interesting to see how the zoo tackle some big issues going forward into the new year. I wonder how many of the...
Here is a much due update, containing my entries from 5 collections I have visited in the 7 months since my starting list, this has taken a fair...
And most importantly - when will the Nocturnal house reopen so we have a fighting chance of seeing Bruce!?
Only a bit of news to share today, I visited Twycross today and a few new things. The enclosure which used to house the L’hoest monkeys and most...
I have further looked at Whipsnade's current Elephant herd and I have a question, are Kaylee and Lucha related, as they arrived at the zoo...
Believe that the bongo was the last female and was due to move to Chester and either died after being at Chester briefly or died before the move...
1994: VOLUME 41 Eight issues, all represented within this thread: Volume 41 Issue 1 - Edition 250 - January/February 1994 - physical copy...
Well as you may never know that time will indeed tell when WMSP is ready to welcome new African Elephants to join Five and start breeding as I...
Belgium 1. Zwartberg/Limburgse Zoo (as this was about 30 years ago, I have a fond elephant memory of it, but can't remember anything else, it's...
EVEN-TOED UNGULATES Many zoos have to make a choice on what they specialise on – Colchester has very much gone down the route of primates and...
I remember the old Elephant house. The main building was knocked down but I think the Tortoise indoor and outdoor area stayed in place. The house...
Yes, I believe there are several zoos in continental Europe (and many more if we include other continents and Aquariums) which are superior to...
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