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Visited today and there are a couple of things of note:

Twin pygmy marmosets were born recently. They're still teeny tiny and clinging on to mum.

The male Pallas cat has passed away recently and his enclosure is currently empty. Very sad as Buck was my favourite animal at the zoo

The baby armadillo is now venturing out with mum and dad during the Amazing Animals show. He's almosts full size already!

 

Great news announced today on the Banham Zoo facebook/Instagram- a male Pallas's Cat kitten born in Wroclaw Zoo, Khal, has just arrived! Hopefully kitten bells will be in the air for him and Bella in future!
Good luck to them!

 

They've also just received a female pudu, so they're back to having a breeding pair.

 

Oh that's great! Is Bella too old for kittens now? Fingers crossed for kittens ❤️❤️❤️

 

No I don't think so, she was brought in to breed with Buck, but it never worked out. Fingers crossed the young male can step up in time

 

2.0 Large hairy armadillo have been born. The twins males are the second litter for parents, Pedro and Melanie, who produced their first litter - a single male pup in August 2019.

Other new arrivals include a Milky eagle owl chick, a Pygmy marmoset, three Pygmy goats, two African spoonbills, and four Sun conures.

Banham Zoo armadillos: Competition to name new additions | Environment | Eastern Daily Press

 

Some amazing news just announced on Facebook.....Pallas Cat kittens born at the zoo! Number of kittens is currently unknown, but mum is looking after them in her cubbing box

 

Certainly, a welcome and important breeding success.

 

THIS HAS MADE MY WEEK! MY YEAR! if they survive all well of course... So difficult to breed and raise in captivity, I wish Bella and the kittens all the success!!!! SO EXCITED!

 

Snippets of news from the zoos social media;

-0.0.4 Pallas Kittens born

-0.0.1 Coppery Titi monkey born

- Suspected pregnancy with their Female Sri Lankan Leopard- they are confident she is pregnant from a mating a couple of months ago and her weight charts are consistent with this. (Video on their Facebook page)

-0.0.4 Brazilian Guinea pig babies have been born

-Milky Eagle Owl & White faced Owl chicks have hatched

 

Sad news about Sveta . I saw it on twitter, I'll try and post the link: Heartbreak as much-loved Amur tiger Sveta dies | Banham Zoo | Zoological Society of East Anglia

 

Banham announced today that their female Amir tiger died under anaesthesia yesterday. The male Amur tiger is due to return from Knowsley on 28th.

Re-opening confirmed for 4th July.

 

More horrible news for Banham

 

The zoo has announced that their female Sri-Lankan Leopard has passed away the post mortem discovered she had a serious heart condition- she had a male cub that was born in June 2020.

Death of beloved female Sri Lankan leopard Sariska | Banham Zoo | Zoological Society of East Anglia

 

Awww, I've been fearing opening this thread for the last couple of weeks since my last visit.

 

How devastating - especially given she has a three month old cub. A zoo in New Zealand lost a Cheetah with a litter of cubs this age; and since they had just been weaned - they were able to survive without keeper intervention. Unlike them, this cub has no siblings to build social skills with however. Are there any similar aged cubs within the European breeding programme?

 

That is really bad tidings. Sorry to hear!

 

Just before Christmas, a pair of emerald tree boas arrived at Banham Zoo.

Information comes from the Banham Zoo Facebook page.

 

Banham Zoo have just announced the arrival of a new male sloth from Amazon World Zoo. The previous male has moved to Marwell Zoo.