Chessington Zoo Chessington Zoo News 2017

Thanks to our friends at the Chessington Buzz forum for news that Merlin have recently submitted a planning application for a brand new Tiger enclosure at Chessington. The new exhibit will be based around the existing Dragon Falls ride (to be renamed, Tiger Falls) and will have three separate but interconnecting (via overhead walkways) enclosures. The park will also switch to keeping Amur Tigers for this new development rather than the existing Sumatran's (doesn't say if they will remain in Trail of the Kings or be moved on)

This new development is currently planned to be open in 2018

https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.ne...=b1d50c7dd18dbfb18f55b2acffcdf925&oe=59FF1B6C

https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.ne...=280b37f49be08f1668ddcfc6fb596cf2&oe=5A044D01

https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.ne...=11cc97120745a9656f6b8eea186be305&oe=59CF36C2

https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.ne...=ec76e85e677cd7295c16438011f48987&oe=59CBAA6A

 

No, the old females are at Marwell and the tame one is still at London.

 

As mentioned in last years thread there seems to be a masterplan than ultimately uses newly acquired land for animal enclosures and the current Trail of the Kings location disappears.

 

Interestingly Chessington have never kept Amur tigers before - only Sumatrans and Indian (or zoo- "Bengal"s) before that. Overhead walkways are not always the best option for large cats, they generally don`t like moving overhead, between enclosures, and if people are below, it can be a possible hazard to the public in terms of any potential bodily fluids occurring from the cats ?

 

A male Serval was sent to Tilgate Nature Centre from Marwell earlier this year

 

Eight penguins have been killed by a fox.

Eight Humboldt penguins killed by "urban fox" at Chessington - BBC News

 

Work on the Tiger Falls development will start in the next few weeks, with the construction area being closed off from 12th September

 

Nice indeed and it's amazing when the Amur Tigers arrived and it means Chessington will be the only place in the UK to house Amur and Sumatran Tigers

 

Howletts and Wildlife Heritage Foundation also house both

 

so does that mean Chessington will become the 3rd place in the UK where it houses both Amur and Sumatran Tigers ?

 

Obviously an unofficial video but I did come across this YouTube video which gives the authors view of what is happening

 

Don't they still have both of those tiger species at Dublin zoo as well? (I know that's not really a UK zoo as much but still)

 

Dublin went out of Sumatran's last year

 

The penguins are now back in their pool.