Ah OK, thanks for the answer. You never quite know what to believe on a site like this as sometimes an animal not being immediately visible can equate to it having departed.
Alas, the perils of only arriving at 2pm - closing time was rapidly approaching by the time I was out of RotRA. Good to hear that work on the Latin American walkthrough aviary is (presumably) imminent, though...
Isn't it more a matter of people assuming that because they personally didn't see something, that the zoo has got rid of them? This does seem to happen on here, as well as commonly by the general public. We always joke that the easiest way not to see something is to not look for it, and then tell everyone that it wasn't there at all... That might be why Lego animals are increasingly popular.
Not with me they're not. I'm not keen on artificial animals in zoos, especially Lego ones. My particular issues with Lego are twofold: 1/ Legoland replaced a perfectly good safari park 2/ When the kids were small, I was forever stepping on bits of Lego when I got out of bed. Uncomfortable
When I visited on 14th January they had both species of Flamingo the Chilean flock was slightly smaller than usual but that was all
The Chileans left last year for a number of different collections (Holland, Jersey and Birdworld), the small flock you would've seen were actually juvenile Caribbeans. The current flock of Caribbeans are now in the off-show holding facility to enable work to start on the redesigned aviary. Work dismantling the monorail (which has stalled for weeks) will restart over at the Jubilee Square station, so hopefully that section will be complete before the flamingos return.
Sundara the Asian elephant has given birth, as confirmed by the zoo on Twitter: Chester Zoo on Twitter Congratulations to Sundara and the elephant team!
Confirmed on their website that Sundara has produced a female calf!!! Fingers crossed she has her sisters fighting spirit
So thats makes Sundara (15 year old), Indali (3 year old) and the new female Calf (full Sister to Indali). The new safeguard to the future of the Asian Elephant Herd @ Chester Zoo. Just a Shame we still dont have another Mature Breeding Female.
The female Asian elephant calf born February 26 to mother Sundara and father Aung Bo has been named Riva Hi Way. Rare Asian elephant born to mum Sundara Hi Way at Chester Zoo | Metro News Your votes have been counted! Everyone, meet little star... Riva Hi Way - Chester Zoo | Facebook
Has there been any planning application for the stable block? - Or is it all just talk at the moment? (I am constantly amazed at how people find these things out!) I am interested in knowing more about the mini-museum celebrating the history of the zoo - if you know anything else about it
Not sure if any planning application has been put in yet. But just check Cheshire West and Chester planning site to find out. Yes what has been said here about it is all very true. The history bit will happen but as for when is another question, as it will not bring any money in for corporate.
