Just a minor correction, Ambah the margay passed away last year, the only margay now is a female named Tepin. :)
I work at Port Lympne, just to reiterate what was said on an earlier post, we do still have two female margays left in the enclosure by the...
I agree, it would be lovely to have more of these species again but we'll see what the future holds.
I *may* be biased but Port Lympne is the only zoo in the UK to have its own dedicated small carnivore section (to my knowledge) and we also offer...
Thank you so much, sorry that was my bad about the lions!
Absolutely! It doesn't seem uncommon in Europe for the male to be present, I just completed research on a snow leopard family where the male was...
Sorry I should have specified but I can't edit the original post, it's for solitary cats so excluding lions. It can be the father present at any...
Hi everyone. :) I hope this is the right section as I couldn't see where else it would go. Apologies to anyone who is a member of Zoo Keepers...
Thank you so much for your reply, you have really helped me to feel a bit more positive about the situation. You would be surprised how many...
Thank you for your advice ☺️ I did my bachelor's degree in psychology and I did my masters degree in Zoo Conservation Biology and got a...
Hi everyone I was just after a bit of advice really for ways I could possibly improve my chances of getting a role within a zoo. Ideally as a...
I am really hoping to get a job as a keeper, the end goal would be with a range of felids, but I generally enjoy working with all animals. I have...
When I was volunteering, people looking at the snow leopards for all of 2 minutes and stating they 'must be bored' because they were both asleep....
I don't have anything significant to add to the discussion, just my own opinions, but from my brief time at Blackpool Zoo and following BIAZA...
I was also there in 2018! I was in the education department sadly. My placement was organised through my MSc course and they said that because we...
This is a cool idea, I try to visit as many zoos as possible but haven't managed to get to a lot down south yet so this gives me a few ideas! Of...
Mine is Tara and Pavan; the snow leopard couple involved in my sociality research. :)
Thank you! To be honest, Amur leopards are a very close second although the leopards at YWP seem to evade me everytime I visit.
Hello all :) Thought I'd do a little introductory post! I'm Jess from Lancaster in the UK. I've recently graduated from MMU with a Distinction...
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