After several years wondering about what happened to the last ones that arrived, it looks as though two zebra have arrived at the zoo. https://www.facebook.com/DartmoorZoologicalPark
Very sad news that tigress Stripe passed away in April which just leaves her brother Vlad as the only remaining tiger at Dartmoor. She was a lovely cat, stunning in fact and will be much missed. Also cheetah Sita has passed away, she came from Paignton Zoo to "retire" at Dartmoor, again a lovely cat. RIP Stripe and Sita...
Very sad news indeed, but both lived to be a very good age, Sita in particular. I've just checked their Animal list on their website, and it appears that both lynx have passed on as well. Can you confirm this? And do you know of any plans to, not replace the cats, but fill their niche? I'm sure Vlad will live out his days at the park.
I must admit that I did not know this until your post, sad that they have passed away, such beautiful cats too. I don't know of any plans as to what they will do about getting in other animals but sadly Dartmoor can no longer boast that they have the biggest collection of big cats in the South West. It will be very upsetting to see Vlad all alone in his enclosure that's for sure. I do wish that the Zoo would keep us supporters up to date with their animals, other zoos do this and we do care, annoyingly they seem preoccupied with a silly gimmick advert audition for children at the moment rather than letting us know what is happening with the animals.
That's sad news, since I visited 2 years ago then they have now lost both Lynx, 3 tigers, sovereign the jaguar, and sita the cheetah, having lost Soloman the male lion and ben the bear just before I visited. Surely they need to bring some more animals in soon? I hope so, because one of my favourite friendly zoo's but it wasn't a very large collection.
Still searching for news of the shaun ellis wolves? Does anyone know anything about what happened to them. I have asked several times since last year but cannot get a reply.
Not sure what happened to the wolves but maybe you could contact Shaun via Facebook to ask him directly: https://www.facebook.com/TheWolfCentre/ or his centre's website at: thewolfcentre Also this might be of interest: http://st-ive-parishcouncil.gov.uk/?p=528 scroll down to the second comment, "Shaun Ellis said that the Wolf Centre has 7 mature wolves, all raised in captivity" maybe they have been relocated to the centre?
The question has been asked many times Kerry. And no - they were not re-located to the centre. Kim and Shaun were devastated by the fact they could not take them. The zoo gave them a deadline they could not meet and the wolves were signed over to the zoo. I received one reply from the zoo which only hi-lighted the problems in re-locating pack animals and said to keep watching social media. But I have seen no posts referring to them. This was a year ago.
To clear it up, the pack of four wolves and one hybrid were moved to Combe Martin Wildlife Park some months ago, and the remaining three wolves once owned by Shaun Ellis are still being kept at Dartmoor, however were off show for quite a while
I remember I while ago on this thread or another that Dartmoor zoo had been allowed by the stud book to have Sumatran tigers and Amur leopards. So maybe do something with those empty enclosures for those specials. I do guess that money is an issue though.
Thank you for your reply. Strangely enough - we are visiting Combe Martin next week and I noticed on their animal listing that there were now 7 wolves in the grey wolf enclosure and I did wonder? We will go visit our old friends. I am glad they went home - that feels right. But sad that they have been separated. They have been an inspiration to many people. It would have been perfect for them to all be side by side as they always have been - but that said - we can see everyone has done their best
Amur leopards would be great - they are very rare now. Twycross have a pair which have bred successfully. Very special.
lt looks as though three cat enclosures are now free, as Jasiri has been successfully introduced to Josie in the main lion enclosure. https://twitter.com/DartmoorZoo?ref_src=twsrc^google|twcamp^serp|twgr^author
That's great news for the 2 lions, especially the male. I used to visit him quite a lot at both Combe Martin and Newquay where he was previously known as Samson and after being pushed out by his 2 brothers and then not accepted by Connie in Newquay, it's about time he settled down with another lion. On a completely different note, does anyone know the history of the bears at Dartmoor? Where did they come from?
2 Amur tigers are arriving from Tierpark Berlin. https://www.facebook.com/tierparkbe...86918835148/10154127158565149/?type=3&theater
A little embarrassing at best,grossly incompetent more probable. In its enclosure for less than a day and it escapes. Just hope it gets found and re-captured without any harm to it or local residents!
