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Chester Zoo Annual Report for 2017

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  1. bongorob

    bongorob Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    NEZS annual report for 2017 has ben published.
     

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    14556 Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    So the sun bears had a baby but it didn't survive?
     
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    TeaLovingDave Moderator Staff Member 10+ year member

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    Notable details confirmed by these inventory reports:

    A sun bear was born but DNS.
    The inventory lists the newly-imported Babirusa as B. celebensis and the existing stock as B. babyrussa
    As of the end of 2017, the zoo held 7,7 Javan Green Magpie.
    A single hybrid starling of unspecified parentage was born but DNS.
    Following another birth, the zoo held 1,5,8 Tuatara as of the end of 2017.
     
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    Kifaru Bwana Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    I would take the distinction between B. celebensis and B. babyrussa with a pinch of salt. They go back to the same imports I believe.
     
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  5. bongorob

    bongorob Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    Nice to see Ring-tailed lemur and chimpanzee back on the breeding list. Also the first sun bittern to have been hatched since 1971.
     
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    bongorob Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    I just realised, salamanders are missing from the amphibian list.
     
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    Charlie Simmomds Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Nice to see this out I shall read soon.
     
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