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Birmingham Nature Centre Birmingham Wildlife Conservation Park News 2018

Discussion in 'United Kingdom' started by Charlie Simmomds, 13 Jan 2018.

  1. Charlie Simmomds

    Charlie Simmomds Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Is anyone visiting the centre tomorrow??
     
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    I am tempted, but shouldn't as I have to work on Sundays getting all my planning and prep in place for the coming week :-( (At least it is only 4 days next week!)
     
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    I'm going, i'll get pics
     
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    Does this mean that the Blue cranes will have to be either moved to another enclosure in the park or off to another collection? Because they certainly CANNOT have them sharing the same enclosure as the Komodo Dragon, that I know.
     
  6. Charlie Simmomds

    Charlie Simmomds Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    I would hope they’d stay, I rather like the blues
     
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    I didn't get a chance to ask as the team were very busy. Hopefully the blue crane will be moved to another part of the park.
     
  8. Charlie Simmomds

    Charlie Simmomds Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    And by blues I don’t mean the football team :p
     
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    That's good to know, Villa all the way! :)
     
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    The usual groups do their rounds of zoos around the West Midlands at Easter time every year, but this is the first time I've seen any vandalism.

    I been having such a laugh at some of the comments and videos they've been posting online over the past few days. Never will you encounter such narrow-minded, uneducated and ill-informed people. Bless 'em.

    I always think that if instead these people put their efforts towards campaigning to bring an end to poaching, deforestation etc. then their would be no need for zoos and their prayers would be answered.
     
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    This is just speculation but I think the Blue may move to the White naped crane exhibit as they only have a single bird now and the white naped may move to another collection.
     
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    If it does I would like that enclosure to be spruced up just a tad.
     
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    See I have a relative, who shall remain anonymous who is big into their animal rights, you know the shtick, vegan, protests, lots of social media posts. But I think even they would find this utterly ridiculous.
     
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    This annoys me so much. They will achieve nothing because they are too stupid. Honestly, these people I feel just read too much bs online from Peta and the like.
     
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    What an entirely pointless thing to do.
     
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    Visited yesterday, not much to report. The Komodo enclosure is very nice indeed, me and my daughter even watched the documentary being shown inside the building. Only other bit of news is the extension to the reptile house has foundations laid, looks to be roughly half the size of the original building. Only no-shows were the spider monkeys, everything else was visible.
     
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    The Invertebrate House is now closed for redevelopment into a new exhibit.
     
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    Just saw on social media. The park now has a pair of Scarlett Macaw.
     
  20. Charlie Simmomds

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    With the changes occouring to the invertebrate house, the park have announced once done it will house a number of new species for the park.

    As for the species currently residing there they will be moving to other collections.