Few things from a visit yesterday. Fennec foxes seem to have left the collection, their enclosure now holds a pair of Crested Porcupine Rani the female Asian Lion is still on her own after the death of Ashok The new female Fossa, Sibe, is being held in the small enclosure next to the larger one holding the male Sambara and the old female Perinet. Sibe came from the Henry Doorly Zoo, bringing a new blood-line into the European breeding programme. At the keeper talk they said they hope to introduce Sambara to Sibe around the end of March for breeding. Sibe was very interested in watching the other fossas as they patrolled their enclosure. Apparently Perinet is now too old to go into heat, which is the reason she is happily kept in with Sambara full time.
Male Asiatic lion "KAMAL" will join the collection from Assiniboine zoo. https://www.facebook.com/actuzoo/ph...716141840318/1016054231806500/?type=3&theater
The zoo has released 400 Fen raft spiders into the wild. https://www.thesun.co.uk/living/131...-the-wild-and-some-of-them-span-three-inches/
Thanks for posting but really wish I hadn't clicked that link. Great story but of course can't be reported in the tabloids without repeated comments through the article about how 'terrifying' they are...
Does anyone know there's a new Eland at Chessington called Pippa. I saw it on Facebook today and she lives in Wanyama Reserve
Did you know that the Ankole has arrived from Yorkshire Wildlife Park https://www.facebook.com/Chessingto...21321734034/10154548196209035/?type=3&theater They are called Eden and Cody
Great picture of three cubs, is the father Kamal, who is the brother of Bhanu who lives at London Zoo
