To start a new thread for this year, four Belfast Zoo-bred red squirrels have been released into Castle Ward estate, marking the zoo's 7th release site and 35th zoo-bred squirrel to be released into the wild in Northern Ireland. Lucky number seven – Castle Ward is our seventh release site for red squirrels! 登录 Facebook For those who don't know, Castle Ward is located around where Strangford Lough enters the sea, and is actually across the water from Portaferry, where the Exploris aquarium can be found.
Belfast Zoo welcomed their 40th giraffe calf on Sunday 5th February. The calf, a female, is the 5th offspring for mother Neja, and the first for father George (Ballygeorge). Belfast Zoo gets an early Valentine’s gift as 40th endangered giraffe calf is born 登录 Facebook
Male sun bear Indera has now left Belfast for Paradise Wildlife Park (as reported on the PWP thread), where he will join female Kyra from Chester in the new Sun Bear Heights. This now leaves Belfast with 30-year old female Bora. I don't think Belfast is going to continue with sun bears after she passes.
