Chester Zoo Chester Zoo Discussion and Questions 2020

Looking at the Google maps photo of the holding zoo, they appear to have concentrated on getting the enclosure ready that can hold hoof stock.

 

Thank you very much zoogiraffe for your quick answer.

Do you have one for the planning application on flamingo aviary ?

 

I have just checked the council's planning website and there haws be no such application in the past 3 years. That doesn't surprise me as I don't think permission should be required: several years the whole enclosure was netted, so that must have approved at some stage. A new aviary structure is merely a replacement for that netting, albeit after a relatively long interval.

 

Many thanks gentle lemur for your anwser and explanation.
I didn't know this enclosure was previoulsy netted. I must have a look at the gallery to see if there are some pics of this time.

 

So are the capuchins on show & is the island outside Tropical realm not empty?

 

I don't recall the enclosure being netted, when was that? There aren't really any structures being built for the redeveloped aviary, the flamingo house remains and other than that there's just a new viewing window.

 

Not onshow and not likely to go on show. As I believe they are on the surplus list.

 

It was during one of the H5N1 outbreaks as I recall? (Around 2007-08)

 

Any one help please what is the history on the Sun Bittern from 2003 to present day please?

 

History in terms of what exactly? Breeding history or where they have been in the zoo? For the latter I know they are in the Tropical Realm (or at least were).

 

Really looking as to when they were kept at the collection as I have the history up to 2003 and I know they were in the Tropical Realm in 2017 as I have photographs but have nothing in between so if anyone can help I would be extremely grateful

 

I hope this is in the right place?
will be visiting on the 11th with my nephew and was wondering which mammal species they have on show at the moment.
As a bird lover myself I never really take much notice of what other species are around, I will stop and look at many species but don't take much notice of the names unless I take a photograph of them.
So any help would be extremely welcome so as my nephew will know what to expect.
Many thanks in advance.

 

Not all of them as I am likely to forget but the major ones currently on show are:
- Asian elephant
- Colombian black spider monkey
- Lion-tailed macaque
- Mandrill
- Sulawesi crested macaque
- Greater one-horned rhinoceros
- Brow-antlered deer
- Babirusa
- Philippine spotted deer
- Black rhinoceros
- Meerkat
- Cape porcupine
- African painted dog
- Rock hyrax
- Aardvark
- Grevy's zebra
- Eastern bongo
- Sitatunga
- Prevost's squirrel
- Visayan warty pig
- Dusky pademelon
- Goodfellow's tree-kangaroo
- Javan banteng
- Lowland anoa
- Sumatran tiger
- Sun bear
- Palawan binturong
- Malayan tapir
- Spectacled bear
- Lowland tapir
- Capybara
- Giant anteater
- Cheetah
- Bactrian camel
- Persian onager
- Bush dog
- Red panda
- Giant otter
- Asian short-clawed otter
- Sumatran orangutan
- Bornean orangutan
- Jaguar
- Azara's agouti
- Linnaeus' two-toed sloth
- Philippine mouse-deer
- Aye-aye
- Chimpanzee
- Red river hog
- Okapi
- Red forest duiker
- Round-eared sengi
- Asiatic lion
- Dwarf mongoose
- Kirk's dik-dik
- Rothschild's giraffe
- Congo buffalo
- Ring-tailed lemur
- Fossa
- Red ruffed lemur
- Black-and-white ruffed lemur
- Black lemur
- Black-and-gold howler monkey
- Cotton-top tamarin
- Pied tamarin
- Golden-headed lion tamarin
- Emperor tamarin
- Alaotran gentle lemur
- Southern pudu
- Roan antelope
- Pygmy marmoset (these are on show right?)

That was a fun memory exercise which probably has some mistakes...

 

Many thanks for your efforts will note these down so as to try and not miss any on this visit as it will be bird free unfortunately.

 

Visiting the zoo tomorrow, and plan to spend all day there. How have people, in this new "Covid-era", found the zoo? Anything that would be handy to know before my visit would be appreciated

 

If visiting early try and do Butterfly walk through first then Jaguar House and then Realm of the Red Ape as these will quickly get cue's.

 

Would anyone have any information on the history of the howler monkeys at Chester please?
I believe they arrived in 2012 and there are currently 2 females and 1 male.
Has there always been the same 3 individuals? Have they ever bred at Chester?
On my last visit the area was not accessible due to social distancing restrictions.

Also, Scimitar Oryx which were at Chester, why did this species leave the collection-I used to really like these and does anyone know what happened to the herd or where they went?

Any finally, the giant anteaters at Chester-I managed to catch one from a distance last week-do they still have the female (Bliss) and the male which came from South Lakes a few years back.
They have not been successful with the anteaters breeding at Chester over the past 10 years or so-the last birth must be around 10 years ago now?

 

The Howlers are the original 1.2 that arrived from Twycross in 2012. They are related to each other and hence prevented from breeding

 

Does anyone know what the situation with reciprocal members visiting Chester is please? As in - we would normally be able to visit with our Colchester passes once a year. We will be visiting for Lanterns and I am not sure if we need to buy a day ticket or can book a 'members' time slot (it will be a Saturday). Couldn't see anything in their FAQ's so thought I'd check here while I wait for them to respond to my query.

 

@Zia As a Chester member, I have contacted reciprocal zoos before visiting via Facebook messaging and have found that they are still honouring the scheme. They might just ask for your details and have you collect a ticket from the service kiosks before entering.