Male Asiatic Lion 'Ketan' has been put to sleep after a short illness Bristol Zoo Gardens on Twitter Farewell to our lion Ketan | Bristol Zoo
Rather a strange twist of fate so soon after the arrival of the female from Cotswold. Presumably just coincidental and not related. Another male will no doubt be sourced asap.
wow that so sad, i only saw him last week and he was actively walking around, you would have never guessed he was ill, such sad news he was a lovely lion
New arrival at the Zoo, a blackspotted pufferfish. Our latest arrival will really turn heads! | Bristol Zoo
Report on the Fota(Ireland) thread indicates 0.3 drills have now left Bristol. This appears to leave Bristol with a single adult male(probably father of two of the three that have left). Will fresh unrelated females soon be acquired- or are they disbanding the group?
oh no...not another short-term species like the Rock Wallabies. It was only a few years since they got them... Any idea where the male Rourke is going to?
I had a very good day at Bristol today, but I was worried at the start. I arrived at 9.15 and went straight to the nocturnal section, but only the yellow mongooses were showing signs of life, apart from a cople of keeping tidying the exhibits: I thought 'I set my alarm for stupid o'clock and I'm just going to see nothing at all!' Luckily a couple of spiny mice started to dash around, then I noticed some movement in the pygmy slow loris nestbox and the straw in two of the aye-aye nestboxes started to quiver. Once the giant jumping rats appeared the other animals started to as well - although I didn't see a quoll or kowari at all. I took an awful lot of photos before the lights went out completely - thankfully one or two look pretty good. It's been a bit over two years since I visited Bristol and although there have been no major changes, apart from the closure of Zona Brasil and the conversion of the walk-through for the tree kangaroos. I was impressed by the overall quality and condition of the displays, particularly in the Reptile House, Aquarium and Insect House and I particularly like the range of species on show in these areas and the explanatory signage is generally very good too. I was delighted by the dwarf chameleons, although I couldn't get a decent photo opportunity until my third visit to the Reptile House. I suppose the bird collection is rather plain in comparison with few species that are not displayed as well or better in other collections. I also felt that the male drill looked rather restless, so I hope his situation can be resolved soon. I don't think I'll wait for another two years before I visit Bristol again.
I'm interested to know where he will go from here, and also what their plans are for this enclosure now. Were you able to see the Lord Howe Island stick insects?
A new male Aye-Aye has arrived and one of the twin females has left for Chester: “Aye-aye” – there’s a new boy in town | Bristol Zoo
In a discussion on Cologne getting Coquerel's sifaka on another zoo forum it was mentioned that both Bristol and Chester will also receive a pair each in 2020 from the US.
That's amazing news - having seen them in the wild, it will be great to see them at Bristol! I was under the impression that only Chester would be getting them... Where do we all think they'll be in the zoo? In the walkthrough or elsewhere?
I think it is destined to be changed into a new "Heart of the Philippines exhibit as per a post I put up last year after I spotted a planning application the Zoo had put in, but there has been no indication if they are still going to do this and if so when! It may be that the area will be redeveloped during the quieter periods of Autumn and Winter as it would make sense to avoid serious disruption during the busier summer period.
A new male Asian Lion is due to arrive from France this week. Sahee (Born in July 2016) is coming from Le PAL
Bristol Zoo's Facebook page and their Twitter feed have a photo of the new male lion. Here's a link to the Twitter posting which includes the image. Bristol Zoo Gardens on Twitter
The spider moneys have bred recently. Also, I was pleased to see the blue-eyed black lemur are still at the zoo but only just visible in the cages for the demonstration animals.
