Lowland Gorilla, Namoki arrived safely from Bristol this morning - couple of photos on Belfast's Facebook page. So far so good
News from Belfast this morning - the UK's first Goodfellow's tree kangaroo has been born to mother Jaya. Although keepers noticed movement in her pouch on May 1st, only in recent weeks has the baby started peeking from the pouch. Information and pictures on Facebook.
Oh people, am I happy for both zoo staff and the European program. It is far from easy establishing a compatible pairing these days. Have we know cracked the nut?
Well done Belfast a cracking result, hopefully we see a few more potential UK holders encouraged by this success.
Another article about the Emperor tamarin : http://www.zooborns.com/zooborns/2014/11/movember-madness-at-belfast-zoo.html#more
Belfast's final African Painted Dog has been PTS this week at the age of 14 - a different species will likely replace him Belfast Zoo. A sad farewell to Usiku, the African wild dog
Dare I suggest it would be nice to have Golden Jackal return to the UK after several decades of absence? Dhole or Iberian Wolf are more likely though.
A male Francois Langur baby has arrived from London to be handreared alongside the young male, Xiao Xing (who was born at Belfast in August) 'Precious' ginger primate Zhen is right at home in Belfast Zoo - BelfastTelegraph.co.uk
If only seven Zoos in Europe have this species, there is certainly a skew toward the UK with four(?) of our Zoos having them- London, Twycross, Colchester, Belfast. Is there a fifth- Howletts/PL?
